Mezentius

He tied a subject to a corpse and left him to die. Mezentius was a tyrant and king of the Tyrrhenians. He killed those who resisted him and drove a multitude into flight. He had no supernatural form or parentage, and was the father of Lausus.

Mezentius belongs to the myths of the war in Italy. After being expelled from his own country for his cruelty, he aided Turnus against Aeneas and the Trojans, who sought to establish a new home in Italy. In one account, he fought Aeneas in single combat, and each killed the other. In another, Ascanius defeated him and he later joined the Trojans. In the account of his battle with Aeneas, his spear glanced from Aeneas's shield and struck Anthor, a Greek who had followed Evander into Italy.