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Acestes or
Egestes (Greek
Ακέστης) was, in
Roman mythology, the son of the
Sicilian river-god
Crinisus by a
Dardanian or
Trojan woman named Egesta or Segesta.
According to
Servius, this woman Egesta or Segesta was sent by her father, Hippotes or Ipsostratus, to
Sicily, that she might not be devoured by the monsters, which infested the territory of
Troy, and which had been sent into the land, because the Trojans had refused to reward
Poseidon and
Apollo for having built the walls of their city. When Egesta arrived in Sicily, the river-god
Crinisus in the form of a bear or a dog sired with her a son named Acestes, who was afterwards regarded as the hero who had founded the town of
Segesta.
A slight variation on the tradition has it that Acestes welcomed
Aeneas when he arrived in
Sicily. The funeral games of Aeneas' father
Anchises were held there. Those of Aeneas' folk who wished to voyage no further were allowed to remain behind with Acestes and together with Acestes' people they founded the city of Acesta, that's
Segesta.
Mythological tradition of Dionysius
The tradition of Acestes in
Dionysius, who calls him Aegestus (Αίγεστος), is different, for according to him, the grandfather of Aegestus quarreled with
Laomedon, who slew him and gave his daughters to some merchants to convey them to a distant land. A noble Trojan however embarked with them, and married one of them in Sicily, where she subsequently gave birth to a son, Aegestus. During the war against Troy Aegestus obtained permission from
Priam to return and take part in the contest, and afterwards returned to Sicily, where
Aeneas on his arrival was hospitably received by him and
Elymus, and built for them the towns of
Aegesta and Elyme. The account of Dionysius seems to be nothing but a rationalistic interpretation of the genuine legend.
Arrow of Acestes
In the
Aeneid, Acestes participates in a trial of skill in which he shoots his
arrow which then bursts into flame as a sign from Jupiter of Acestes' deserved honor.
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