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Palinurus
On the coast of
Lucania[?]
, Aeneas' helmsman in
Roman mythology
,
Palinurus
, fell asleep and dropped into the water. He swam to shore but was killed by the Lucanians.
Mt. Palinuro[?]
is named after him.
Virgil
III, 202; V, 858; VI, 381.
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