65/122 The story was that Acestes was the son of the Sicilian river-god Crimisus and Egesta, a Trojan maiden. The myrtle was sacred to Venus. Helymus was the supposed founder of the Elymi, a Sicilian tribe. He was a Trojan who had migrated to Sicily from Troy. The _gens Memmia_ and the _gens Sergia_ were two distinguished Roman families who traced their descent from Trojans. |