The
mount has the shape of a mound and takes it’s name from the hero who is buried
there: Miseno, according to Greek mythology was a companion of Ulysses while,
according to the legend told by Virgil, was the trumpeter of Aeneas. Here was
the villa of the Gracchi, educated by the philosopher of Cuma, Blossio, here the
“militi schola” – after becoming Miliscola - for the sailors of the fleet
of Augustus, that Agrippa moved to Portus Iulius – Lucrino – to Miseno and
the Mar Morto lake.
View of Capo Miseno – G. Gigante – X1X century