Halesus, a companion of
Agamemnon during the
Trojan War; some state that he was an illegitimate son of Agamemnon.[4] After the war, having escaped the massacre organized by
Clytaemnestra and
Aegisthus of Agamemnon and his retinue, he travelled to
Italy and founded the city of
Falerii (now
Civita Castellana), which received its name after him.[5] He joined
Turnus in the war against
Aeneas,[6] "not because he liked Turnus but because of the hate caused by his ancient hostility (towards Aeneas)", as
Servius remarks.[4] He was killed by
Pallas while defending
Imaon, a fellow warrior.[7]
Publius Ovidius Naso, Amores, Epistulae, Medicamina faciei femineae, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris. R. Ehwald. edidit ex Rudolphi Merkelii recognitione. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1907.
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