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Aeneas – Mythopedia 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
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
Evander – Mythopedia 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 hero Aeneas later arrived in Italy, Evander supported him in his war against Turnus; but this support cost Evander the life of his son Pallas, who was killed in battle
Dido – Mythopedia 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 consumed by love for him that she killed herself when he continued his journey to Italy
Neptune – Mythopedia 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 freedom, but demanded a human sacrifice for his assistance
Jupiter – Mythopedia 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
Creusa (daughter of Priam) – Mythopedia Aeneas and Anchises by Leonello Spada (1615) Creusa is shown in the top right corner Louvre Museum, Paris Public Domain
Hector – Mythopedia 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
Iliad: Book 20 (Full Text) - Mythopedia 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 line, In voice and aspect, seem’d the power divine; And bade the chief reflect, how late with scorn In distant threats he braved the
Juno – Mythopedia 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 When Troy fell to the Greeks in the Trojan War, Aeneas fled the burning city with his father Anchises, his son Ascanius, and a band of refugees