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Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy). In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih-NEE-əs, [1] Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]; from Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας, romanized: Aineíās) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). [2]
In Roman mythology, the Aeneads (Ancient Greek: Αἰνειάδαι) were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Aenides was another patronymic from Aeneas, which is applied by Gaius Valerius Flaccus to the inhabitants of Cyzicus , [ 1 ] whose town was believed to have been founded by ...
He is mentioned while Aeneas is telling Dido about the fall of Troy. [7] During the fall of Troy, Aeneas makes his way home to save Anchises, his wife Creusa, and his son Ascanius. [7] At first Anchises refuses to go with Aeneas and tells Aeneas to leave without him. [7] Aeneas refuses to leave Anchises and declares that they will all die in ...
Deiphobe leading Aeneas in the underworld by Claude Lorrain, circa 1673. Anchises, the father of Aeneas, is finally located in the green and sunny Elysium, where the beautiful river Eridanus flows. Aeneas attempts three times to hug his father, but has no success as his father's shade is like thin air, or empty dreams.
The funeral games of Aeneas's father Anchises were held there. Those of Aeneas's folk who wished to voyage no further were allowed to remain behind with Acestes and together with Acestes's people they founded the city of Acesta, that is Segesta. The Aeneid cites him as giving wine as a farewell gift to Aeneas as he is leaving Sicily.
Aeneas is said to have named the ancient city of Lavinium for her. [7] By some accounts, Aeneas and Lavinia had a son, Silvius, a legendary king of Alba Longa. [8] According to Livy, Ascanius was the son of Aeneas and Lavinia; she led the Latins as a power behind the throne since Ascanius was too young to rule. [9]
Aeneas (Greek: Αἰνέας, romanized: Aineas) is a character in the New Testament. According to Acts 9 :32-33, he lived in Lydda , and had been a cripple for eight years. When Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ heals you.
Homer does not mention Aeneas having a wife, [1] while according to Pausanias, the poet Lesches and the author of the Cypria had her as one Eurydice. [2] It is only in the 1st century BC, in the works of Virgil, Livy, and Dionysius of Halicarnassus that Creusa is first given as Aeneas's wife; in these accounts she is the mother of Ascanius by Aeneas, and Dionysius also specifies Priam as her ...