The poem is named after the Trojan hero Aeneas, the son of Venus (Aphrodite in Greek mythology) and Anchises, a Trojan aristocrat. Aeneas leads the survivors from the sack of Troy through the ...

Later, she is said to have taken as her lover Aeneas, a Trojan prince fleeing his own native city after its destruction by a Greek army. But that is the limit of Greek influence on the usual ...

She suggests that maybe Dido and Carthage would be happier with Trojan warrior Aeneas ( Evan White) by her side. Aeneas comes to court and at first, is rebuffed by Dido but eventually, she warms ...

Although they kept Latin names and images, the links between Roman and Greek gods gradually came together ... Venus was believed to be the mother of Aeneas, who according to legend had founded ...

There were also Greek legends that the hero Aeneas escaped the fall of Troy and came to Italy, where his son or grandson founded Rome. Being part of the Trojan war story was attractive ...

Proms Aberdeen: ‘I never laid eyes on Aeneas …’ Women’s Stories from the Ancient World ...