aeneas

     

This article is about the Roman hero. For other uses, see Aeneas (isambiguation).

Trivia about aeneas

  • Henry Purcell's 17th century opera about Dido & this Virgil hero may be his masterpiece
  • Per Virgil, he "was the first to journey from the coasts of Troy as far as Italy and the Lavinian shores"
  • By Anchises, Aphrodite was the mother of this hero, the subject of Virgil's epic
  • Virgil says this man escaped the fall of Troy along with a few followers and later founded Rome
  • He was called the second-bravest Trojan (Hector was first); Virgil wrote the book on him
  • Henry Purcell's 1689 opera "Dido and" this Trojan hero is one of the finest English works of the Baroque period
  • Virgil tells of the travels of this vowel-heavy Trojan prince who laid the groundwork for Rome

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