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He became the king of Getulia. According to Virgil's Aeneid, he was a suitor for the Carthaginian queen Dido, who rejected his advances. [2] Variations of the story were referred to by Ovid. In Ovid's Heroides, Dido describes Iarbas as one of her suitors, [3] to whom Aeneas would be handing her over as a captive if he should leave her. [4]
Modern scholars are unsure if Camilla was entirely an original invention of Virgil, or represents some actual Roman myth. [6] In his book Virgil's Aeneid: Semantic Relations and Proper Names, Michael Paschalis speculates that Virgil chose the river Amasenus (today the Amaseno, near Priverno, ancient Privernum) as a poetic allusion to the Amazons with whom Camilla is associated. [7]
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.
He appears in Virgil's Aeneid, primarily book ten, where he aids Turnus in a war against Aeneas and the Trojans. While in battle with Aeneas, he is critically injured by a spear blow, but his son Lausus bravely blocks Aeneas's final blow. Lausus is then killed by Aeneas, and Mezentius is able to escape death for a short while.
Palinurus (Palinūrus), in Roman mythology and especially Virgil's Aeneid, is the coxswain of Aeneas' ship. Later authors used him as a general type of navigator or guide. Palinurus is an example of human sacrifice; his life is the price for the Trojans landing in Italy.
Apollodorus' Library, in Book 3 and in the Epitome 5.10–12, 5.21, 5.24; The Aeneid by Virgil; Trojan Women by Seneca; The Posthomerica, an epic poem by Quintus of Smyrna; In Historia Regum Britanniae, he enslaved Helenus and other Trojans in revenge for the death of his father; In Confessio Amantis Book 4 line 2161ff he is the slayer of the ...
Pridwen was the name of King Arthur's shield. The name was taken from Welsh tradition, Arthur's ship in Preiddeu Annwfn and Culhwch and Olwen being called Prydwen ; it was perhaps borrowed by Geoffrey because of its appropriateness to a picture of the Virgin Mary as "white face", "fair face", "blessed form" or "precious and white".
King Caeculus appears in Book VII of Virgil's Aeneid as an ally of Turnus against Aeneas and the Trojans, [5] where he is said to be the "founder of Praeneste" and described as "the son of Vulcan, born among the rural herds and found upon the hearth". [6]