Æsacus

Family: Troy · Role: Trojan hero · First appears: Fable 98

Æsacus, a Trojan hero, was secretly brought forth by Alexirhoë, daughter of Granicus, “under shady Ida.” Priam is named as his father, and his elder kin include Ilus, Assaracus, Ganymede, and Laomedon; he was also the brother of Hector.

Enamoured of Hesperia, Æsacus pursued her until a serpent bit her and she died instantly. He then hurled himself into the sea, but Tethys received him and covered him with feathers; gaining wings, he became a diving sea bird, flying up before throwing himself again into the waves.

Relationship record

Fable 98

courtship with Hesperia (Æsacus is enamoured of Hesperia.) “The Nymph Hesperia flying from Æsacus, who is enamoured of her, is bitten by a serpent, and instantly dies from the effects of the wound.”
parent: Alexirhoë (Alexirhoë gives birth to Æsacus.) “Alexirhoë, the daughter of the two-horned Granicus,[60] is said secretly to have brought forth Æsacus, under shady Ida.”
siblings with Hector (Æsacus is Hector's brother.) “He himself was the brother of Hector”
with Ilus (Ilus is identified as an ancestor of Æsacus.) “his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
with Assaracus (Assaracus is identified as an ancestor of Æsacus.) “his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
with Ganymede (Ganymede is identified as an ancestor of Æsacus.) “his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
with Laomedon (Laomedon is identified as an ancestor of Æsacus.) “his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
parent: Priam (Priam is Æsacus's father.) “Ilus was the father of Laomedon, whose son was Priam, the father of Æsacus.”
with Tethys (Tethys intervenes to transform and save Æsacus.) “Tethys, pitying him as he fell, received him softly, and covered him with feathers as he swam through the sea”
elder kin: Ilus “And, if you want to come down to him in one lengthened series, his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
elder kin: Assaracus “And, if you want to come down to him in one lengthened series, his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
elder kin: Ganymede “And, if you want to come down to him in one lengthened series, his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”
elder kin: Laomedon “And, if you want to come down to him in one lengthened series, his ancestors are Ilus, and Assaracus, and Ganymede,[59] snatched away by Jupiter, and the aged Laomedon, and Priam, to whom were allotted the last days of Troy.”

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Extracted from the original text of The Metamorphoses of Ovid. Made with Rho MD.