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A friend of Odysseus
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 (Aeneid 3.172; 6.224-250).

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MISENUS : Encyclopedia Entry (101 words)
	He challenged the gods to a musical contest, and for his impudence was drowned by Triton.
	Aeneas was later told by the Sibyl of Cumae that Misenus' body had to be buried before he can enter the Underworld.
	Cape Misenum, near Cumae, is supposedly named for Misenus.

Hector (233 words)
	Eldest son of Priam and Hecuba, called "breaker of horses" though he never seems to do so.
	He had a horse named Lampos and friends named Misenus and Poludamas.
	Hector provides a stark contrast for Achilles, who was from first to last a man of war.

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