A companion of Hector and, after his death, Aeneas' trumpeter. He challenged Triton in a trumpet contest, who drowned him. after Triton won Cape Miseno[?] was named after him. (Virgil III, 239; VI, 173, 212, 234)
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As of the census of 2000, there are 11,767 people, 3,808 households, and 2,974 families residing in the town. The population density is 2,391.2/km² ...