Acestes

Acestes. [Greek .] (Greek & Roman Mythology.) A son of the Sicilian river-god Crimisus and of a Trojan woman of the name of Egesta or Segesta. Æneas, on his arrival in Sicily, was hospitably received by him, and, on revisiting the island, celebrated the anniversary of Anchises's death by various games and feats at arms. At a trial of skill in archery, Acestes took part, and discharged his arrow into the air with such force that it took fire, and marked out a pathway of flame, until it was wholly consumed and disappeared from sight.

Thy destiny remains untold;
For, like Acestes' shaft of old,
The swift thought kindles as it flies,
And burns to ashes in the skies.
-- Longfellow.
An Explanatory and Pronouncing Dictionary of the Noted Names of Fiction; including also familiar pseudonyms, surnames bestowed on eminent men, and analogous popular appellations often referred to in literature and conversation.
By William A. Wheeler.
Nineteenth Edition.
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Houghton, Mifflin and Company
1884

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Acestes. In a trial of skill Acestes, the Sicilian, discharged his arrow with such force that it took fire from the friction of the air. --Virgil: Æneid, v.

Like Acestes' shaft of old,
The swift thought kindles as it flies.
--Longfellow: To a Child.
The Reader's Handbook of Famous Names in Fiction, Allusions, References, Proverbs, Plots, Stories and Poems
By The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer
A New Edition Revised Throughout and Greatly Enlarged
Philadelphia
J. B. Lippincott Co.
1899

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