Αχατης
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A Trojan, the faithful friend of Aeneas and companion on his travels until he reached Italy. There is a tradition that Achates killed Protesilaus, the first Greek to land on Trojan soil.
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The name given by Nonnus in his Dionysiacs to one of the companions of the god. This Achates was said to be a Tyrrhenian.
{E2 DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY}
Table of Sources:
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- Virgil, Aen. 1, 120 etc
- Ovid, Fasti 3, 603
- schol. Hom Il. 2, 701
- Eustath. p. 326, 4f
- Hom. Od. 11, 521 with Eustath. ad loc., p. 1697
- Tzetzes, Antehom. 230ff.
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- Nonnus, Dion. 13, 309; 37, 350; etc.