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  2. 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]

  3. Aenea (city) - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. Founding of Rome - Wikipedia

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    For this, they fabricated a story of Aeneas's son founding the city of Alba Longa and establishing a dynasty there, which eventually produced Romulus. [ 73 ] [ 74 ] [ 75 ] In Livy's first book he recounts how Aeneas, a demigod of the Trojan royal Anchises and the goddess Venus , leaves Troy after its destruction during the Trojan War and sailed ...

  5. Pergamea - Wikipedia

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    Pergamea is the name of the city that Aeneas and his crew began to found on the island of Crete. In Delos, Apollo had delivered them an oracle telling them that they would found a new city in their homeland. Aeneas and his men had misinterpreted this to mean Crete, but the oracle had meant Italy. When they began to build the city, they were ...

  6. Latins (Italic tribe) - Wikipedia

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    The Trojan hero Aeneas' legendary landing on the shores of Latium (note prow of his beached ship, right). Aeneas is holding his son, Ascanius, by the hand. A sow (left) shows him where to found his city . Roman marble bas-relief, c. AD 140 –50. British Museum, London

  7. 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.

  8. Aeneas (biblical figure) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Lavinium - Wikipedia

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    According to Roman mythology, which links Lavinium more securely to Rome, the city was named by Aeneas [3] in honor of Lavinia, daughter of Latinus, king of the Latins, and his wife, Amata. [4] [5] Aeneas reached Italy and there fought a war against Turnus, the leader of the local Rutuli people.