Palinurus
MYTHICAL CHARACTER, PILOT OF ONE OF THE SHIPS OF ÆNEAS, WHO, SLEEPING AT HIS POST, FELL INTO THE SEA AND WAS DROWNED
Palinarus
Palinurus (Palinūrus), in Roman mythology and especially Virgil's Aeneid, is the coxswain of Aeneas' ship. Later authors used him as a general type of navigator or guide.