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In [[Greek mythology]], the name '''Halaesus''' or '''Halesus''' ([[Latin]]: Alesi; {{langx|grc|Ἅλαισος|Hálaisos}}<ref>{{cite web |title=Definition of Halesus, Halaesus, Alesus |url=https://latinlexicon.org/definition.php?p1=2024907&p2=h |website=Numen — Latin Lexicon |access-date=29 July 2023}}</ref>) may refer to:

*Halesus, the [[Emathia (Macedonia)|Emathian]] [[Lapith]] who attended the wedding of [[Pirithous]] and [[Hippodamia (wife of Pirithous)|Hippodamia]].<ref>[[Ovid]], ''[[Metamorphoses]]'' 12.462</ref> He was killed and stripped of his armor by the [[Centaur]] [[Latreus]] during the battle between the Lapiths and the centaurs.<ref>Ovid, ''Metamorphoses'' 12.462–463</ref>
*Halesus, a companion of [[Agamemnon]] during the [[Trojan War]]; some state that he was an illegitimate son of Agamemnon.<ref name="Servius on Aeneid, 7. 723">[[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]], Commentary on [[Virgil|Virgil's]] ''[[Aeneid]]'' 7.723 (cf. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0053%3Abook%3D7%3Acommline%3D723 text in the ''Perseus Digital Library''])</ref> After the war, having escaped the massacre organized by [[Clytaemnestra]] and [[Aegisthus]] of Agamemnon and his retinue, he travelled to [[Italy]] and founded the city of [[Falerii]] (now [[Civita Castellana]]), which received its name after him.<ref>Ovid, ''[[Amores (Ovid)|Amores]]'' 3.13.31, ''[[Fasti (poem)|Fasti]]'' 4.74; Servius, Commentary on Virgil's ''Aeneid'' 7.695; [[Silius Italicus]], ''Punica'' 8.474</ref> He joined [[Turnus]] in the war against [[Aeneas]],<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 7.723</ref> "not because he liked Turnus but because of the hate caused by his ancient hostility (towards Aeneas)", as [[Maurus Servius Honoratus|Servius]] remarks.<ref name="Servius on Aeneid, 7. 723" /> He was killed by [[Pallas (son of Evander)|Pallas]] while defending [[Imaon]], a fellow warrior.<ref>Virgil, ''Aeneid'' 10.411–425</ref>

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== References ==

* [[Maurus Servius Honoratus]], ''In Vergilii carmina comentarii. Servii Grammatici qui feruntur in Vergilii carmina commentarii;'' recensuerunt Georgius Thilo et Hermannus Hagen. Georgius Thilo. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1881. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0053 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Ovid|Publius Ovidius Naso]], ''Amores'' edited by Christopher Marlowe, Ed. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.03.0016%3Abook%3D1%3Apoem%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Amores, Epistulae, Medicamina faciei femineae, Ars amatoria, Remedia amoris.'' R. Ehwald. edidit ex Rudolphi Merkelii recognitione. Leipzig. B. G. Teubner. 1907. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0068 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Fasti'' translated by James G. Frazer. [https://topostext.org/work/143 Online version at the Topos Text Project.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Fasti.'' Sir James George Frazer. London; Cambridge, MA. William Heinemann Ltd.; Harvard University Press. 1933. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:2008.01.0547 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses'' translated by Brookes More (1859-1942). Boston, Cornhill Publishing Co. 1922. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0028 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Ovidius Naso, ''Metamorphoses.'' Hugo Magnus. Gotha (Germany). Friedr. Andr. Perthes. 1892. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0029 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].
* [[Virgil|Publius Vergilius Maro]], ''Aeneid.'' Theodore C. Williams. trans. Boston. Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0054%3Abook%3D1%3Acard%3D1 Online version at the Perseus Digital Library.]
* Publius Vergilius Maro, ''Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics''. J. B. Greenough. Boston. Ginn & Co. 1900. [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.02.0055 Latin text available at the Perseus Digital Library].

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