Βαιος
A pilot of ODYSSEUS whose name does not occur in the Odyssey but who in events subsequent to the legend was supposed to have given his name to several places, such as a mountain in the island of Cephallonia in the Ionian sea, and the town of Baiae in Campania. While piloting Odysseus' vessel he met his death in Italian waters.
{E2 DICTIONARY OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY}
Table of Sources:
- Strabo 1, 2, 18, p. 25; 5, 4, 6, p. 245
- Serv. on Virgil, Aen. 3, 441; 6, 107