The Aeneas Legend

Homer's Iliad

Ilium, Troia, Priamus, Hecuba, Hector...

Ilioupersis

Nostoi              Homer's Odyssey

Vergil's Aeneid

Venus and Anchises

Aeneas - Creusa

Iulus/Ascanius

Aeneas, profugus fato  

Penates, Anchises, 

Carthage & Queen Dido 

Katabasis

Latium

Lavinia

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Capitoline Venus, Mother of Aeneas and the Gens Romana

Capitoline Venus, Mother of Aeneas and the Gens Romana

Ilioupersis (the destruction of Troy) and death of Rex Priamus

Ilioupersis (the destruction of Troy) and death of Rex Priamus

Aeneas, Anchises, Ascanius and Creusa

Aeneas, Anchises, Ascanius and Creusa

Aeneas is welcome by Dido, the Phoenician Queen of Carthage 

Aeneas is welcome by Dido, the Phoenician Queen of Carthage

 

Aeneas Sacrifices in Latium 

Aeneas Sacrifices in Latium