Aeneas
Aeneaswas aTrojanprinceandhero.His father wasAnchises,his mother was theGreekgoddessAphrodite(Venusin the case ofRomansources). BothHomerandVirgilmention him in their stories. Virgil wrote a whole series ofbooksabout him. These books are calledAeneisin their originalLatin.The usualEnglishtranslation of the title isAeneid.
The books relate to the story of "pious Aeneas".[1]and about how the city ofRomecame to be.
The tale starts with Aeneas carrying his father out of the burning Troy, and end withRomulus and RemusfoundingRome (after Aeneas landed on the coast, after sailing theMediterranean Seafor a long time). Aeneas also appears in Book 5 of theIliadwritten byHomer.
William Shakespearealso wrote a story mentioning Aeneas.Christopher Marlowewrote a play about Aeneas andDido,the queen who fell in love with him. There is also anoperaabout Dido and Aeneas, written byHenry Purcell.
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[change|change source]- ↑Moseley, Nicholas."Pius Aeneas,"The Classical Journal,Vol. 20, No. 7 (Apr., 1925), pp. 387-400; retrieved 2011-10-31.