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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. Category:Characters in the Aeneid - Wikipedia

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  4. Category:Characters in Book VI of the Aeneid - Wikipedia

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    Characters in this book need to be noted separately since they do not appear as active characters, but are shown to Aeneas in a vision in the underworld, and are mainly either: historical or mythical figures from Aeneas's future (ie from the Roman past or present of Virgil 's time)

  5. Dido - Wikipedia

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    Dido (/ ˈ d aɪ d oʊ / DY-doh; Ancient Greek: Διδώ Greek pronunciation: [diː.dɔ̌ː], Latin pronunciation:), also known as Elissa (/ ə ˈ l ɪ s ə / ə-LISS-ə, Ἔλισσα), [1] was the legendary founder and first queen of the Phoenician city-state of Carthage (located in Tunisia), in 814 BC.

  6. Category:Aeneid - Wikipedia

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    Characters in the Aeneid (5 C, 109 P) W. Works based on the Aeneid (2 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Aeneid" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.

  7. Achaemenides - Wikipedia

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    In the Aeneid of Virgil, Achaemenides (Greek: Ἀχαιμενίδης Akhaimenides) was a son of Adamastos of Ithaca, and one of Ulysses's crew. He was marooned on Sicily when Ulysses fled the Cyclops Polyphemus, until Aeneas arrived and took him to Italy with his company of refugee Trojans.

  8. Nisus and Euryalus - Wikipedia

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    Virgil introduces the characters anew, but they have already appeared in Book 5, [11] at the funeral games held for Aeneas's father, Anchises, during the "Odyssean" first half of the epic. [12] The games demonstrate behaviors that in the war to come will result in victory or defeat; in particular, the footrace in which Nisus and Euryalus ...

  9. Aletes (Aeneid character) - Wikipedia

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    Aletes (Ancient Greek: Ἀλήτης) is an old and wise Trojan counselor depicted in the Aeneid. [1] He commends Nisus and Euryalus for their courage. They intend to enter the Rutulians' camp by night, slaughter men, take plunder, make their way on to Pallanteum, where Aeneas has been waylaid, and bring him the news that the Rutulians have attacked the Trojan camp.