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Anchises
Anchises , in Greek mythology, member of the ruling family of Troy; father of Aeneas by Aphrodite. When Anchises boasted of the goddess's love, Zeus crippled or, in some versions of the legend, blinded him. When Troy fell, Aeneas rescued his father in a scene often depicted by later painters, includ... Read more
Aeneas
Aeneas , in Greek mythology, a Trojan, son of Anchises and Aphrodite. After the fall of Troy he escaped, bearing his aged father on his back. He stayed at Carthage with Queen Dido, then went to Italy, where his descendants founded Rome. The deeds of Aeneas are the substance of the great Roman epic... Read more
Aphrodite
Aphrodite , in Greek religion and mythology, goddess of fertility, love, and beauty. Homer designated her the child of Zeus and Dione. Hesiod's account of her birth is more popular: she supposedly rose from the foam of the sea where Uranus' genitals had fallen after he had been mutilated by Kronos. ... Read more

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Anchises
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Anchises , in Greek mythology, member of the ruling...father of Aeneas by Aphrodite. When Anchises boasted of the goddess's love, Zeus...including Bernini. In some legends, Anchises and his wife later founded Venice or Padua...
EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
Book article from: Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language ...of the grete Troye. Eneas departed berynge his olde fader anchises vpon his sholdres / his lityl son yolus on his honde. 1582...including most of his proper nouns such as fraunce , vyrgyle , anchises , but excluding Eneydos , Eneas , Troye ), Mulcaster's lower...
Aeneas
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Aeneas , in Greek mythology, a Trojan, son of Anchises and Aphrodite. After the fall of Troy he escaped, bearing his aged father on his back. He stayed at Carthage with Queen Dido...
Aphrodite
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...in Roman mythology, Vulcan ). Among her many lovers were Ares , Adonis (whose death left her broken-hearted) and Anchises, the father of Aeneas . Statues of her include the Venus de Milo (Paris) and Aphrodite of Cnidus (Rome).
Sisson, C. H.
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...at Bristol University. His volumes of poetry include The London Zoo (1961), Numbers (1965), Metamorphoses (1968), Anchises (1976), In the Trojan Ditch: Collected Poems and Selected Translations (1974), God Bless Karl Marx! (1988), Antidotes...

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Anchises
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Anchises in Greek legend, the ruler of Dardanus and father of Aeneas ; according to the Aeneid , when Troy fell he was carried out of the burning ruins on his son's shoulders.
Pugilism
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...x2019; s companions; noted for his boxing skill. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ] Entellus powerful Sicilian boxer; won match for Anchises against Dares. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ] Eryx great boxer; killed at own game by challenger, Hercules. [Gk. Myth.: Howe...
Aeneas
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Aeneas in classical mythology, a Trojan leader, son of Anchises and Aphrodite, and legendary ancestor of the Romans. When Troy fell to the Greeks he escaped and after wandering for many years eventually reached Italy. The story of his voyage is recounted in Virgil's Aeneid .
Blindness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary 74. Blindness Agib dervish who lost an eye. [Arab. Lit.: Arabian Nights ] Anchises blinded by lightning. [Gk. Myth.: Walsh Classical , 22] Blind Pew David, the blind beggar. [Br. Lit.: Treasure Island...
Boastfulness
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Legend: Brewer Dictionary , 16] Ajax (the greater) archetypal Miles Gloriosus . [Br. Lit.: Troilus and Cressida ] Anchises Trojan prince; crippled for boasting of intimacy with Aphrodite. [Gk. Myth.: Zimmerman, 22] Armado verbose braggart...
Guide
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary 312. Guide Akela leader of wolfpack. [Br. Lit.: The Jungle Books ] Anchises Aeneas ’ guide in Elysium. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ] Anubis “ Pathfinder ” ; conducted dead to judgment...
Loyalty
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...Aeneid ] Adam family retainer; offers Orlando his savings. [Br. Lit.: As You Like It ] Aeneas carried his father Anchises from burning Troy. [Rom. Lit.: Aeneid ] alexandrite type of chrysoberyl typifying undying devotion. [Gem Symbolism...
Bernini, Gianlorenzo
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...his early career. For Cardinal Scipione Borghese he executed a remarkable series of life-size marble sculptures: Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (1618–19), the Rape of Proserpine (1621–2), David (1623), and Apollo and Daphne...

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RECONCILING EAST AND WEST IN VIRGIL'S AENEID
Magazine article from: AUMLA : Journal of the Australasian Universities Modern Language Association; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; ...his care for and deference towards his aged father Anchises. After Anchises' death, Aeneas will institute divine honours for...for his son Julus, who at the funeral games for Anchises leads the boys' equestrian display (Aeneid 5...
Arms and the poet: the resurrection of Vergil.(The Aeneid)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...to the underworld. There he meets the shade of his father, Anchises, who takes him on a guided tour and reveals to him the great...to slog through a long war in Italy in order to secure it. Anchises is particularly enthusiastic about one handsome Roman-to...
Ancient & modern
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 7/10/2004; ; 598 words ; ...suicide. After a visit to the underworld to visit his father Anchises, who reveals to him the whole future of Rome, Aeneas and...guided by its will'. But another tone is also heard. When Anchises in the underworld sees that there will be civil war between...
Melville's 'Moby Dick.'.(novel by author Herman Melville)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...165). Symbols of this story are analogous to Aphrodite's seduction of Anchises. Zeus inspired Aphrodite to love a human being; she chose Anchises, son of Dardanus and "by the will of the gods and destiny he lay with her, a mortal...
SITUATIONAL ETHICS
Magazine article from: Artforum; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...through the poem, he ventures to the underworld, where he finds his father, Anchises, who points out a procession of spirits who will populate Roman history. Anchises hails Aeneas by a name that inverts and telescopes time, for it has no meaning...
THE BLEEDING BRANCHES.(Poem)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 10/1/2001; ; 418 words ; ...gold was seized And he was killed that day. The ghost of Polydorus Did warn The brave Aeneas So his heart would not be torn. Anchises says to the Trojans "Here we will not stand, Sail toward Crete Away from our homeland." Leah Skjokdal, Krista Trzeszkowski...
LES SAVY FAV+THUNDERBIRDS ARE NOW!+RAHIM
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 9/14/2005; ; 577 words ; ...observation, made deep in the Bowery's first mosh of 2005, that this art-punk bill played out like Lorenzo Bernini's Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius (marble, 1618-1620). Stacked by age, each younger band resembled its immediate elder's former self...
A Noble's Notebooks.
Newspaper article from: The New York Observer (New York, NY); 6/26/2007; 700+ words ; ...himself is seen in Poggio Bracciolini's Federico da Montefeltro on Horseback (ca. 1472). Both Aeneas Saving His Father, Anchises, and Son, Iulus (ca. 1450-1475) and Saint John (ca. 1480), with its luxuriant palette, revel in the kind of meticulous...
Only reprimand for 3 supporters of mutiny.(Provincial News)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 7/31/2003; 349 words ; ...violations that may warrant severe penalty, the three soldiers, identified as Capt. Nerelito Pascual and Lieutenant Senior Grade Anchises Diola and Roland Allan Uy, will get no more than a reprimand. Pascual is assigned at the Armys 53rd Engineer Brigade, Diola...
Philippine, US musicians harmonize during CARAT performances.
M2 Presswire; 5/28/2009; 689 words ; ...said Musician Seaman Christopher Kopp, lead guitarist for Orient Express. "It came off perfect." Philippine Navy Lt. Anchises Diola, civil military operations officer for Naval Forces Central, noted that along with the medical, dental and engineering...