Messapus

Messapus, (Greek: Μέσσαπος, Messapos) a character in Virgil's Aeneid, appears in Books VII to XII of the Latin epic poem. He was a son of Neptune, a famous tamer of horses, and king of Etruria, known for being one "whom no one can fell by fire or steel" (Mandelbaum, VII.911-912).

This article is about the character in Aeneid. For the King of Sicyon, see Messapus (King of Sicyon). For the genus of spiders, see Messapus (spider).
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