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
Aeneid: Book 1 (Full Text) - Mythopedia Aeneas said, and view’d, with lifted eyes, Their lofty tow’rs; then, entiring at the gate, Conceal’d in clouds (prodigious to relate) He mix’d, unmark’d, among the busy throng, Borne by the tide, and pass’d unseen along Full in the center of the town there stood, Thick set with trees, a venerable wood
Aeneid: Book 2 (Full Text) - Mythopedia The Argument — Æneas relates how the city of Troy was taken, after a ten years’ siege, by the treachery of Sinon, and the stratagem of a wooden horse He declares the fix’d resolution he had taken not to survive the ruins of his country, and the various adventures he met with in the defense of it At last, having been before advis’d by Hector’s ghost, and now by the appearance of
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
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
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 5 (Full Text) - Mythopedia 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’ plenteous stream, that yields Increase of harvests to the Pylian fields He got Orsilochus, Diocleus he, And these descended in the third degree
Harpies – Mythopedia The Harpies, personifications of storm winds, belonged to one of the oldest generations of gods They were usually imagined as vicious birds with the faces and torsos of women