Aeneas
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Aeneas was a Trojan prince and hero. His father was Anchises, his mother was the Greek goddess Aphrodite (Venus in the case of Roman sources). Both Homer and Vergil mention him in their stories. William Shakespeare also wrote a story mentioning him. Vergil wrote a whole series of books about him. These books are called Aeneis in their original. The usual English translation pf the title is Aeneid. The books are about how the city of Rome came to be. They start with Aeneas carrying his father out of the burning Troja, and end with Romulus and Remus founding Rome (after Aeneas landed on the coast, after sailing the Mediterranean Sea for a long time).
