The Aeneid · Character
Palinurus
Aeneas's helmsman who falls overboard.
minor
Also known as wakeful Palinurus
First appearance: Book V: Funeral Games and the Burning of the Ships
Palinurus shows up with force in Book III. The page is where that presence becomes real.
The watchful pilot who navigates the fleet through storms and dangers.
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In Book III: The watchful pilot who navigates the fleet through storms and dangers. Later, in Book V: Funeral Games and the Burning of the Ships: The pilot of Aeneas's ship, who resists the god of Sleep but is…
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- Boxers and a prophet
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See Palinurus in Book V: Funeral Games and the Burning of the Ships