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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]
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.
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. [1] The life-sized group shows three generations of Aeneas' family.
Aeneas's route in Virgil's Aeneid. The epic poem was written in the early first century BC. The indigenous tradition of Romulus was also combined with a legend telling of Aeneas coming from Troy and travelling to Italy. This tradition emerges from the Iliad's prophecy that Aeneas's descendants would one day return and rule Troy once more. [70]
Aeneas defeats Turnus, by Luca Giordano, 1634–1705. Though Virgil's sweeping descriptions cannot be seen, Aeneas is holding his shield in his left hand. The Shield of Aeneas is the shield that Aeneas receives from the god Vulcan in Book VIII of Virgil's Aeneid to aid in his war against the Rutuli. Imprinted on the front of the shield is a ...
The High School Musical: The Musical: The Series cast is taking a look back at the trilogy that started it all!Oct. 24 marks the 15-year anniversary of High School Musical 3, and in ET's exclusive ...
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 ...
The cast of the fictional "High School Musical 4" offers some explanation of the film's plot in the premiere episode of Season Four. Evidently the "future of the East High drama department is on ...