Palinurus

Palinurus, the helmsman of Æneas, was lulled to sleep at his post, and fell into the sea. When Æneas visited the lower world he related to him that on the fourth day after his fall he made the coast of Italy, and was there barbarously murdered, and his body left unburied on the strand. The Sibyl prophesied that his death should be atoned for, a tomb erected to him, and a cave (Palinurus, the modern Punta della Spartivento) named after him.