Notes : Aeneas - a relative of King Priamos - is today best known from Vergil's great epos "The Aeneid." Homer describes him in "The Illiad" as the bravest of the Trojan heroes - next after Hektor - but he was also known for his piety. Aeneas was
one of the few survivors of the war and escaped - under the protection of Afrodite - over the ocean with his son. He founded Rome and both Julius Caesar and Augustus were commonly known to descend from this fine family.
Aeneas - a relative of King Priamos - is best known from Vergil's "The Aeneid"
Homer describes him in "The Illiad" as the bravest of the Trojan heroes
- next after Hektor - but he was also known for his piety.
Aeneas was one of the few survivors of the war and escaped - under the
protection of Afrodite - over the ocean with his son.
He founded Rome and both Julius Caesar and Augustus were commonly
known to descend from this fine family. |