Aeneas

Aeneas was a Trojan hero who figures in Greek and Roman mythology. He is also the hero of Virgil's "Aeneid," who in his various wanderings after the fall of Troy settled in Italy, and became, tradition alleges, the forefather of the Julian Gens in Rome.

This Trojan leader was son of Anchises and Aphrodite. He escaped from Troy when it fell to the Greeks, and after wandering for several years eventually reached Italy, settled there, and became legendary ancestor of Romans.

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Aeneid, Aenesidemus, Aeolian Action, Aeolian harp, Aeolian in Arts