Jun 6, 2023 · Aeneas was a Trojan hero who bravely fought the Greeks during the Trojan War. After the war, he settled in the West, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

Oct 4, 2023 · Anchises, son of Capys, was a member of the royal family of Troy. His son was the hero Aeneas, born from Anchises’ union with the goddess Aphrodite. Aeneas fled Troy when it was …

Oct 5, 2023 · Evander, son of Hermes, was a wise Arcadian who fled his homeland and immigrated to Italy. There he built the city of Pallantium on the site that would eventually become Rome. When the …

Feb 13, 2023 · Dido was a Phoenician princess who founded and ruled over Carthage after her brother Pygmalion forced her to flee her home. When Aeneas was shipwrecked on her shores, Dido was so …

Dec 9, 2022 · Neptune was the Roman god of all waters, bringer of winds and commander of storms. As capricious as the seas he commanded, Neptune guided the Roman people’s ancestor Aeneas to …

Aug 31, 2023 · Jupiter was the supreme god of the Roman pantheon, a god of the sky and weather and the champion of Rome and its empire. His Greek counterpart was Zeus.

Jul 13, 2023 · Hector was a prince and hero of Troy who defended his city during the Trojan War. In the end, he was slain by Achilles, the greatest of the Greek warriors.

May 19, 2023 · Juno and Aeneas In Virgil’s epic poem the Aeneid, Juno is presented as the chief divine adversary of Aeneas, the Trojan hero who sailed to Italy and became the ancestor of the Romans. …

Then fierce AEneas, brandishing his blade, In dust Orsilochus and Crethon laid, Whose sire Diocleus, wealthy, brave and great, In well-built Pherae held his lofty seat: [152] Sprung from Alpheus’ …

AEneas was the first who dared to stay; Apollo wedged him in the warrior’s way, But swell’d his bosom with undaunted might, Half-forced and half-persuaded to the fight. Like young Lycaon, of the royal …