Aesacus
Son of Priam transformed into a diving seabird.
Aesacus, a son of King Priam of Troy, was transformed into a seabird after grieving the death of a daughter of the river Cebren. In some accounts he was a seer who interpreted dreams, including Hecabe's dream before Paris's birth.
Quick Facts
- Father
- King Priam of Troy
- Mother (variant)
- Alexirhoe, daughter of the river Granicus
- Wife (variant)
- Asterope, daughter of Cebren
- Beloved (variant)
- Hesperia, daughter of Cebren
- Transformed by
- Tethys
- Bird form
- Mergus (possibly cormorant or Scopoli's shearwater)
Facts from the source article.
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