- Evander – Mythopedia
Evander, son of Hermes, was a wise Arcadian who fled his homeland and immigrated to Italy There he built the city of Pallantium on the site that would eventually become Rome When the hero Aeneas later arrived in Italy, Evander supported him in his war against Turnus; but this support cost Evander the life of his son Pallas, who was killed in battle
- Anchises – Mythopedia
Anchises, son of Capys, was a member of the royal family of Troy His son was the hero Aeneas, born from Anchises’ union with the goddess Aphrodite Aeneas fled Troy when it was sacked by the Greeks and went on to become the ancestor of the Roman people
- Aeneas – Mythopedia
Aeneas, meanwhile, went to secure the assistance of the Etruscan king Tarchon and the Arcadian Evander Turnus took advantage of Aeneas’ absence and attacked his camp, with heavy casualties on both sides At nightfall, two Trojans, Nisus and Euryalus, try to get past the Italians’ siege to fetch Aeneas
- Metamorphoses: Book 14 (Full Text) - Mythopedia
Aeneas, for relief, Evander moves; His quarrel he asserts, his cause approves The bold Rutilians, with an equal speed, Sage Vendus dispatch to Diomede The King, late griefs revolving in his mind, These reasons for neutrality assign’d — Shall I, of one poor dotal town possest, My people thin, my wretched country waste;
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