Misenus (original) (raw)

In Greek mythology, Misenus referred to two different people.

1. A friend of Odysseus
2. A companion of Hector and, after his death, Aeneas' trumpeter. He challenged Triton in a trumpet contest, who drowned him. after Triton won Cape Miseno was named after him. (Virgil III, 239; VI, 173, 212, 234)