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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, the Aeneid of Vergil .

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Aeneas. In classical mythology a Trojan prince, son of Anchises and Aphrodite, hero of Virgil's Aeneid, the Latin epic. In both Ireland and Scotland the name Angus was once thought to be a counterpart of Aeneas.

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