Here you may build a common town for all,
And, from Acestes' name, Acesta call."
DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK V.

While AEneas was still in doubt what course to pursue, his father
appeared to him in a dream and bade him do as Nautes had advised.
Acestes willingly consented, and so a Trojan colony was formed in
Sicily, and AEneas marked out with a plow the boundaries of the new
city, which he called after the king's name. Soon afterwards
preparations for departure were made, and AEneas set sail, accompanied
by all of his people who were still willing to follow his fortunes,
and strong enough to endure further toils and hardships.

They had a safe voyage to Italy, for Venus had entreated Neptune to
protect her son and his fleet.

The god of the ocean was favorable, and he promised to take care that
the Trojans should reach their destination in safety. But there was to
be one exception. "One life," he said, "shall be given for many." The
victim was the famous pilot Palinurus, and the poet tells us that his
fate was brought about by the action of Som'nus, the god of sleep.

This god taking upon himself the likeness of Phor'bas, one of the sons
of Priam, who was killed during the Trojan war, appeared to Palinurus
during one of the watches of the night, and tried to persuade him to
lie down and sleep, while he himself would stand at the helm and steer
the ship. But Palinurus refused to quit his post. Then the treacherous
god waved before his eyes a branch that had been dipped in the Stygian
Le'the, the fabled river of forgetfulness, and soon the pilot dropped
off into a deep slumber, during which Somnus leaning heavily upon him,