Agates
Achates ( Greek Ἀχάτης ) is a figure in Roman mythology . According to the description in Virgil's Aeneid , he was the best friend and companion of the Trojan hero Aeneas and also his armor-bearer. Before Virgil, Agates cannot be grasped in ancient literature. He has only a few appearances in the Aeneid . Achates is the first to greet the newly found Italy and is only described in one further fight scene.
Independently of Virgil, there is only one act in ancient literature that is ascribed to Achates, but it is not clear whether it predates Virgil's work. He is described by Eustathios, among others, as the Trojan who kills Protesilaos . In ancient literature, however, this is also alternately ascribed to Hector , Euphorbos , Cyknos and Aeneas .
The "loyalty of agates" was proverbial in the Roman Empire .
literature
- Roscher: Achates 1) . In: Wilhelm Heinrich Roscher (Hrsg.): Detailed lexicon of Greek and Roman mythology . Volume 1,1, Leipzig 1886, column 6 ( digitized version ).
- Otto Rossbach : Achates 3 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 211 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Achates in the catalog of the German National Library
