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Aeneas
The Trojan prince who, fleeing the sack of Troy, led survivors to Italy; ancestor-founder of the Roman line.
Reading notes
- Consolation to His Mother Helvia §7 an exile
Aeneas, the Trojan refugee Seneca calls Rome's founding exile: the empire itself 'looks back to an exile as its founder.'
- On Benefits §3.37.1 Aeneas
The Trojan hero who carried his aged father Anchises out of burning Troy — the archetypal image of filial devotion (pietas).
- On Benefits §6.36.1 Aeneas
The Trojan hero who carried his father Anchises out of burning Troy; the proverbial type of filial duty.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §88.37 Aeneas
Trojan hero, son of Venus and Anchises, ancestor of the Romans; the grammarians dispute even 'Aeneas's true mother.'