Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In Roman folklore, Mezentius was an Etruscan King and father of Lausus. He was sent into exile becaue of his cruelty, and he moved to Latium. He aided King Turnus against Aeneas and was killed in battle. Virgil VII, 648; VIII, 482; X 786, 907. Aeneid or http://sailor.gutenberg.org/etext95/anide10.txt (Project Gutenberg). This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.