- Aeneads
In
Roman mythology , the Aeneads (Αἰνειάδες in Greek) were the friends, family and companions ofAeneas , with whom they fled fromTroy after theTrojan War .Virgil also used the word as a synonym of "Trojan", a person from Troy.The Aeneads included:
*Achates
*Acmon
*Anchises
*Ascanius
*Iapyx
*theLares
*Mimas
*Misenus
*thePenates
*Sergestus Similarly, "Aeneades" (Ancient Greek: polytonic|Αινείαδες) was a
patronymic from Aeneas, and applied as a surname to those who were believed to have been descended from him, such asAscanius ,Augustus , and the Romans in general. [Virgil . "Aeneid ", ix. 653.] [Ovid . "Ex Pont." i. 35] [Ovid . "Metamorphoses ", xv. 682, 695.] Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Aeneades
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 30
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0039.html ]"Aenides" was another patronymic from Aeneas, which is applied by
Valerius Flaccus to the inhabitants ofCyzicus , [Valerius Flaccus , iii. 4.] whose town was believed to have been founded by Cyzicus, the son of Aeneas andAenete . [Citation
last = Schmitz
first = Leonhard
author-link =
contribution = Aenides
editor-last = Smith
editor-first = William
title =Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
volume = 1
pages = 34
publisher =
place = Boston
year = 1867
contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0043.html ]References
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*SmithDGRBM
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