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William Blake Richmond's Venus and Anchises (1889 or 1890). In Greek and Roman mythology, Anchises (/ æ n ˈ k aɪ s iː z /; [1] Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίσης, romanized: Ankhísēs) was a member of the royal family of Troy. He was said to have been the son of King Capys of Dardania and Themiste, daughter of Ilus, who was son of Tros.
Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius is a sculpture by the Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini created c. 1618 –19. Housed in the Galleria Borghese in Rome, the sculpture depicts a scene from the Aeneid , where the hero Aeneas leads his family from burning Troy .
1173 Anchises / æ ŋ ˈ k aɪ s iː z / is an unusually elongated Jupiter Trojan from the Trojan camp, approximately 124 kilometers (77 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 17 October 1930, by German astronomer Karl Reinmuth at the Heidelberg Observatory in southwest Germany, and was the 9th such body to be discovered.
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]
The boy Ascanius weeps and Venus hovers nearby as the physician Iapyx treats the wound of Aeneas (wall painting from Pompeii, 1st century AD). Ascanius (/ ə ˈ s k eɪ n i ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀσκάνιος) [1] was a legendary king of Alba Longa (1176-1138 BC) and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam.
Venus and Anchises: The seduction of Anchises by Venus is described in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite (Lines 45-199). The inscription GENVS VNDE LATINVM (whence came the Latin race) alludes to their offspring, Aeneas. An erotic print by Agostino (part of his so-called Lascivie series) may have been used as a model for this scene.
Parides anchises, the Anchises cattleheart, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae native to the Americas. [1] It is common and not threatened. [2]
Anchises hither bends his steps at last. Then, thro' the gate of iv'ry, he dismiss'd His valiant offspring and divining guest. [9] Why Virgil has Aeneas return through the ivory gate (whence pass deluding lies) [10] and not through that of horn is uncertain. One theory is that it refers to the time of night at which he returned. [11]