Aeneas

Also known as: AEneas / Aeneas son of Anchises / shepherd of his people / son of Anchises · Family: Trojan · Role: commander · First appears: BOOK II

🌐 Also appears in: Greek Mythology — A Family Orrery (as Aeneas) · The Aeneid (as Aeneas) · The Metamorphoses of Ovid (as Æneas) · Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans (as Aeneas) · The Divine Comedy (as Aeneas)

In Book II, Aeneas leads the Dardanians; he is the son of Venus and Anchises. In Book V, Diomed crushes his hip, but Venus carries him from the battlefield. Apollo takes him to Pergamus, where Leto and Diana heal him. In Book VI, Helenus calls on him and Hector to rally the Trojans and defend Ilius.

In Book XX, Aeneas meets Achilles in single combat. Neptune rescues him and declares him destined to rule the Trojans.