Palinurus
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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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