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Macedonia and the Chalcidice Coinage of Aeneia, with portrait of Aeneas.Circa 510-480 BC.. Aenea (/ ə ˈ n iː ə /; Ancient Greek: Αἴνεια, Aineia) was an ancient Greek city in northwesternmost Chalcidice, said to have been founded by Aeneas, and was situated, according to Livy, opposite Pydna, and 15 miles from Thessalonica.
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]
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 ] The Trojans, led by Corynaeus , carry out the funerary rites for Misenus, allowing Aeneas to start his descent into the Underworld.
In Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy, the City of Dis (Italian: Dite Italian pronunciation:) encompasses the sixth through the ninth circles of Hell. [ 1 ] Moated by the river Styx , the fortified city encloses the whole of Lower or Nether Hell.
Aeneas (Greek: Αἰνέας, romanized: Aineas) is a character in the New Testament. According to Acts 9:32-33, he lived in Lydda, and had been a cripple for eight years. When Peter said to him, "Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and roll up your mat," he was healed and got up.
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.
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.
Tiberinus also calmed the water so that Aeneas' boat was able to reach the city safely. [1] With Manto, Tiberinus was the father of Ocnus. [2] According to Livy, author of Ab Urbe Condita, the first name of the river Tiber was Albula, and Tiberinus was one of the kings of Alba Longa, who drowned in crossing this river, and gave the river his ...