Misenus
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I. 'Thou too, Caieta,' that is to say, as well as Misenus and Palinurus, mentioned in the last book.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
In this bay and near cape Misenus a Roman fleet was usually stationed and Pliny's uncle, I believe, commanded one there at the time of the first eruption of Vesuvius which cost him his life.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
But while they were wondering they came to the beach, and there, before them, they saw lying the body of Misenus, who had come to a lamentable end.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
Misenus was the most skilled among all the Trojans in the art of blowing the trumpet.
From The Children's Hour, Volume 3 (of 10) by Various
I longed to ascend the promontory of Misenus, and follow the same dusky route down which the Sibyl conducted Æneas.
From Dreams, Waking Thoughts, and Incidents by William Beckford
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