Anchises
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Anchises 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. He is m
Aphrodite reveals baby Aeneas to Anchises (1st century AD).
William Blake Richmond's Venus and Anchises (1889 or '90).
Aeneas carrying Anchises from Troy. 520-510 BC.
Aeneas Bearing Anchises from Troy, by Carle van Loo, 1729 (Louvre)
Ascanius
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Ascanius was a legendary king of Alba Longa and the son of the Trojan hero Aeneas and of Creusa, daughter of Priam. He is a significant figure in Roman mythology because of his family connections: as
The boy Ascanius weeps and Venus hovers nearby as the physician Iapyx treats the wound of Aeneas (wall painting from Pompeii, 1st century AD).
Aeneas carrying Anchises, with his wife leading the way and Ascanius between them (red-figure amphora from a Greek workshop in Etruria, ca. 470 BC)
Ascanius shooting Sylvia's stag, in the 5th-century Roman Vergil manuscript
Landscape with Ascanius Shooting the Stag of Sylvia (1682), Claude Lorrain's last painting