Daunus- Roman FigureMortal"King of the Rutulians"
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Titles & Epithets
King of the Rutulians
Domains
kingship
Description
King of the Rutulians and father of both Turnus and the nymph Juturna. In the Aeneid, the dying Turnus invoked his aged father Daunus's name when begging Aeneas for mercy in their final duel at the climax of the Italian war.