Aeneas, in Greek mythology

Aeneas (ĭnē`əs), in Greek mythology, a Trojan, son of Anchises Anchises , in Greek mythology, member of the ruling family of Troy; father of Aeneas by Aphrodite. When Anchises boasted of the goddess's love, Zeus crippled or, in some versions of the legend, blinded him.
..... Click the link for more information. and Aphrodite. After the fall of Troy he escaped, bearing his aged father on his back. He stayed at Carthage with Queen Dido, then went to Italy, where his descendants founded Rome. The deeds of Aeneas are the substance of the great Roman epic, the Aeneid of Vergil Vergil or Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) , 70 B.C.–19 B.C., Roman poet, b. Andes dist., near Mantua, in Cisalpine Gaul; the spelling Virgil is not found earlier than the 5th cent. A.D.
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Aeneas, in the Bible

Aeneas (ē`nēəs, ĭnē`–), palsied man whom Peter cured in the Acts of the Apostles.

Aeneas

Mythical hero of Troy and Rome. He was the son of Aphrodite and Anchises, a member of Trojan royal family. According to Homer, he was second only to his cousin Hector in defending Troy during the Trojan War. Virgil's Aeneid tells of Aeneas's escape after Troy's fall, carrying his elderly father on his back, and of his journey to Italy, where his descendants became the rulers of Rome. See also Dido.

Aeneas

Trojan hero; legendary founder of Roman race. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]

See : Heroism

Aeneas

carried his father Anchises from burning Troy. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid]

See : Loyalty

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No references found	This is how he tells of the way in which Aeneas saved his old father by carrying him on his shoulders out of the burning town of Troy when "The crackling flame was heard throughout the walls, and more and more the burning heat drew near. English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context At first, no result at all crowned my efforts, though I 'divided my swift mind,' now hither, now thither, in a way that I felt sure would have made AEneas green with envy: but the dimly-seen oval remained as provokingly blank as ever--a mere Ellipse, as if in some mathematical diagram, without even the Foci that might be made to do duty as a nose and a mouth. Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context Mary then looked at him as Dido looked at AEneas in the Elysian fields, fierce and disdainful. Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context	Aegisthus Aegithognathism aegithognathous Aegopodium Aegospotami Aegospotami, Battle Aegospotamos Aegothelidae Aegviidu Aegypiinae Aegyptianella Aegyptopithecus Aegyptus Aehrenthal, Alois Lexa, Graf von Aehrenthal, Alois Von Aehrenthal, Aloys, Count Lexa von Aeken, Jerom van Ælfric Aelian Aello Harpy; aelophilous Aelosomatidae Aeluropus Aemilian Way Aemilius Aeneas Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Aeneid Aeneolithic Aenesidemus Aengus aenigmatite Aenon Aeolia aeolian Aeolian Harp Aeolian Islands Aeolians Aeolis aeolotropic aeolotropy Aeolus aeon AEP Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodor Aepinus, Franz Ulrich Theodosius Aepophilidae Aepyornis Aepyornithidae Aepyornithiformes Aepytus	AEMO AEMP AEMPS AEMQ AEMR AEMRA AEMRB AEMRC AEMRI AEMRN Aems AEMSM AEMSN AEMSWLM AEMT AEMTA AEMTC AEMV AEMVF AEMWS AEN Aena AENC Aenead Aenead Aeneas Æneas Æneas Aeneas (Greek mythology) Aeneas (Greek mythology) Aeneas Silvius Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Aeneas Silvius Piccolomini Aeneias Aeneias Aeneid Aeneid Aeneid Æneid Æneid Aeneis Aeneis Aeneolithic aeneous Aenesidemus Aenesidemus of Cnossos aeneus aeneus AENews AENF AENG Aenghus Aenghus AENGLC Ænglisc Aengus

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This is how he tells of the way in which Aeneas saved his old father by carrying him on his shoulders out of the burning town of Troy when "The crackling flame was heard throughout the walls, and more and more the burning heat drew near.

English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context

At first, no result at all crowned my efforts, though I 'divided my swift mind,' now hither, now thither, in a way that I felt sure would have made AEneas green with envy: but the dimly-seen oval remained as provokingly blank as ever--a mere Ellipse, as if in some mathematical diagram, without even the Foci that might be made to do duty as a nose and a mouth.

Sylvie and Bruno by Carroll, Lewis View in context

Mary then looked at him as Dido looked at AEneas in the Elysian fields, fierce and disdainful.

Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

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