- Aeneas, son of Venus, was a heroic figure from Troy.
- According to legend, he founded Lavinium in central Italy.
- He was worshipped as the god Jupiter after his death.
- Julius Caesar claimed to be of the line of Aeneas.
- His story is transmitted in the Aeneid of Virgil.
- When Aeneas fled from Troy, he not only carried his crippled father Anchises, he also took the house-hold gods that had protected them through the generations. This image of Aeneas and his burden symbolize the virtues of loyalty to family and to the gods.
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