Caedicus (warrior of Mezentius)
Caedicus is a figure from Roman mythology .
He was an Etruscan and warrior in the army of King Mezentius who, when Aeneas came to Italy, killed the Trojan Alcathous after Juno had removed the Turnus from battle and saved it from death by a mirage.
literature
- Otto Rossbach : Caedicus 1). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume III1,1, Stuttgart 1893ff., Col. 1246.
- Caedicus 1) . In Wilhelm Vollmer: Dictionary of Mythology , 1874, p. 118