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2. Aeneid - Wikipedia

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   Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598). Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Map of Aeneas' fictional journey. The Aeneid (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ɪ d / ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenēĭs [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

3. The Avenger (1962 film) - Wikipedia

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   'The Legend of Aeneas') is a 1962 film directed by Giorgio Venturini. Plot summary. Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan War to new land in Italy. Based ...

4. Aeneas - Wikipedia

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   Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy). In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih-NEE-əs, [1] Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]; from Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας, romanized: Aineíās) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). [2]

5. List of films based on classical mythology - Wikipedia

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   [US] - TV movie Helen of Troy: 2003 TV miniseries set in western Anatolia during the Trojan War, loosely based on the epic poem Iliad by Homer. Troy: 2004 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief: 2010 Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Sea of Monsters: 2013

6. Founding of Rome - Wikipedia

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   Eighteenth century painting by Pompeo Batoni depicting Aeneas fleeing from Troy. Aeneas carries his father. Aeneas's route in Virgil's Aeneid. The epic poem was written in the early first century BC. The tradition of Romulus was also combined with a legend telling of Aeneas coming from Troy and travelling to Italy.

7. Creusa (wife of Aeneas) - Wikipedia

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   Detail of Aeneas' Flight from Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598), showing Creusa following behind her husband during the destruction of Troy. In Greek and Roman mythology, Creusa (Ancient Greek: Κρέουσα, romanized: Kreousa) is the wife of Aeneas, and the mother of Ascanius. According to Apollodorus, she is the daughter of Priam and Hecuba ...

8. List of historical films set in Near Eastern and Western ...

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   Alternate tale where Helen of Troy end up in the Egyptian city of Thebes: The Avenger: 1962: 1200–1150 BC: Aeneas struggles to establish a new home-land in the Italian Peninsula for his fellow survivors of the Trojan War. The film is based on the epic poem Aeneid by Virgil, which depicts Aeneas and his Trojan colonists as ancestor of the Romans.

9. Golden Bough (mythology) - Wikipedia

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   In the woods, Aeneas's mother, the goddess Venus, sends two doves to aid him in this difficult task, and these help him to find the tree. When Aeneas tears off the bough, a second golden one immediately springs up, which is a good omen, as the sibyl had said that if this did not happen the coming endeavor would fail. [1] [5]