Creusa (wife of Aeneas)
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In Greek and Roman mythology, Creusa was the wife of Aeneas, legendary hero and founder of Alba Longa, and the mother of Ascanius. According to Apollodorus, she was the daughter of Priam, the last kin
Creusa with her husband Aeneas who is carrying his father Anchises, black-figure pottery in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, United States.
Aeneas encounters the shade of Creusa, illustration by Bartolomeo Pinelli
Aeneas
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Aeneas was a Trojan hero in Greco-Roman mythology, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite. His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy, making Aeneas a second co
Creusa (wife of Aeneas)
…In Greek and Roman mythology, Creusa (Ancient Greek: Κρέουσα, romanized: Kreousa) was the wife of Aeneas, legendary hero and founder of Alba Longa, and the mother of Ascanius. According to Apollodorus, she was the daughter of Priam, the last king of Troy…
Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aeneas, with Aeneas's son, Ascanius, crying beside him. Antique fresco from Pompeii.
Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy)
Coinage of Aenea, with portrait of Aeneas. c. 510–480 BCE.
Venus and Anchises by William Blake Richmond (1889 or 1890)