Aeneas

Aeneas (or Aineias) was a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus in Roman sources). The journey of Aeneas from Troy, which led to the founding of the city that would one day become Rome, is recounted in Virgil's Aeneid. He is considered an important figure in Greek and Roman legend and history. Aeneas is a character in Homer's Iliad and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida.

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Trojan - Anchises - Aphrodite - Venus - Rome - Virgil - Aeneid - Greek - Homer - Iliad - Shakespeare - Troilus and Cressida

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