- Anchises – Mythopedia
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 sacked by the Greeks and went on to become the ancestor of the Roman people
- Aeneas – Mythopedia
Aeneas, son of Aphrodite and Anchises, was a Trojan hero who bravely fought against the Greeks during the Trojan War Though the Greeks eventually sacked Troy, Aeneas managed to escape and settle in the West, where he became the ancestor of the Romans
- Homeric Hymns: 5. To Aphrodite (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Now when Anchises saw her, he marked her well and wondered at her mien and height and shining garments For she was clad in a robe out-shining the brightness of fire, a splendid robe of gold, enriched with all manner of needlework, which shimmered like the moon over her tender breasts, a marvel to see
- Aeneid: Book 3 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
The good Anchises rais’d him with his hand; Who, thus encourag’d, answer’d our demand: ‘From Ithaca, my native soil, I came To Troy; and Achaemenides my name Me my poor father with Ulysses sent; (O had I stay’d, with poverty content!) But, fearful for themselves, my countrymen Left me forsaken in the Cyclops’ den
- Aeneid: Book 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Anchises, last, is honor’d as a god; A priest is added, annual gifts bestow’d, And groves are planted round his blest abode Nine days they pass in feasts, their temples crown’d; And fumes of incense in the fanes abound
- Homeric Hymns – Mythopedia
Venus and Anchises by William Blake Richmond (1889–1890) Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool Public Domain The Homeric Hymns are also an example of performed poetry, and these performances were often competitive Indeed, contests of every kind—athletic, artistic, and musical—were an important feature of Greek culture, and the hymns reflect that
- Aeneid: Book 6 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Anchises then, in order, thus begun To clear those wonders to his godlike son: “Know, first, that heav’n, and earth’s compacted frame, And flowing waters, and the starry flame, And both the radiant lights, one common soul Inspires and feeds, and animates the whole
- Iliad: Book 20 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Begat Anchises, and Anchises me Such is our race: ’tis fortune gives us birth, But Jove alone endues the soul with worth: He, source of power and might! with boundless sway, All human courage gives, or takes away Long in the field of words we may contend, Reproach is infinite, and knows no end, Arm’d or with truth or falsehood, right or
|