# Messapus — The Aeneid character guide

> Messapus in The Aeneid by Virgil.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Messapus Ericetes

**First appearance:** 0006-book-vii

## Who they are

Etruscan ally of Turnus, a swift warrior.

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