Anchises
Greek · mortal · heroic age · Recorded classification
Mortal Trojan prince, second cousin of Priam. Loved by Aphrodite on Mt. Ida; fathered Aeneas. Carried out of burning Troy on his son's shoulders; died en route to Italy and was buried at Drepanum in Sicily.
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- lover: AphroditeAphrodite came to him on Mt. Ida disguised as a Phrygian princess. Anchises was struck lame by Zeus's thunderbolt for boasting of the union.Hom. Il. 5.247-318; Hymn. Hom. Aphr. 53-291 (primary)
- father of: AeneasHom. Il. 5.247-318, 20.215-241 (primary)