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Anchises

In classical mythology, a member of the Trojan royal family; king of Dardanus on Mount Ida. Loved by the goddess Aphrodite, he was struck by lightning and blinded by Zeus for boasting of the affair. Their son Aeneas rescued his father at the fall of Troy, carrying him from the burning city on his shoulders.

Anchises died soon after they reached Sicily, and was buried on Mount Eryx, but Aeneas later visited him in the underworld to learn of the future greatness of Rome. His story appears in the Roman poet Virgil's Aeneid.



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It had hardly been a dignified escape, in spite of the classic model of Anchises, but Father Brown's face only wore a broad grin.
The Wisdom Of Father Brown by Chesterton, Gilbert K. View in context
The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas, whom Venus bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida.
The Iliad by Homer View in context
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