Aeneas

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Aeneas

• A Man and His Journey

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• One of the most famous poems of all time, the
• Aeneid, was written by the Roman poet Vergil
  about a hero named Aeneas.

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Aeneas came from the ancient city of Troy
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• Aeneas father was a Trojan mortal, Anchises.

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• His mother, however, was the immortal goddess
• Venusthe goddess of Love.

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• Aeneas wife was Creusa, the daughter of King
  Priam and Queen Hecuba of Troy

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• And their son was Ascanius

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The Greeks had laid siege without success to the
city of Troy for 10 years
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• They finally resorted to trickery to win the war

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• Odysseus, a Greek king, came up with an idea

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• When Troy was destroyed,
• Aeneas escaped with only his wife, his son, his
• father, and his household gods.
• The gods had a mission for him

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Unable to walk, Anchises needed to be carried
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• to be continued