Lausus was the devoted son of Mezentius who died shielding his wounded father from Aeneas in Aeneid Book 10.
Aeneas killed Lausus with a sword thrust through his shield in Aeneid Book 10 when the youth refused to stop defending his wounded father Mezentius. Aeneas was moved to pity by the boy's devotion.
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