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son of Anchises
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counsellor of the Trojans
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Aeneas was set in the temple sanctuary at Pergamus and healed there.
“Apollo took Aeneas out of the crowd and set him in sacred Pergamus, where his temple stood. There, within the mighty sanctuary, Latona and Diana healed him”
Apollo sent Aeneas forth from the rich sanctuary, attesting Aeneas’s presence there before his departure.
“Apollo sent Aeneas forth from his rich sanctuary”
Aeneas was among the party physically gathered on the rising slope of the plain of Troy.
“The Trojans, on the other side upon the rising slope of the plain, were gathered round great Hector, noble Polydamas, Aeneas who was honoured by the Trojans like an immortal, and the three sons of Antenor, Polybus, Agenor, and young Acamas beauteous as a god.”
Aeneas meets Achilles between the hosts on the plain of Troy.
“Meanwhile the whole plain was alive with men and horses, and blazing with the gleam of armour. The earth rang again under the tramp of their feet as they rushed towards each other, and two champions, by far the foremost of them all, met between the hosts to fight—to wit, Aeneas son of Anchises”
Aeneas recalls being driven in flight from Ida by Achilles.
“His spear has already put me to Right from Ida”
Achilles recalls Aeneas fleeing down the slopes of Ida.
“Have you forgotten how when you were alone I chased you from your herds helter-skelter down the slopes of Ida”
Achilles recalls Aeneas taking refuge in Lyrnessus.
“You did not turn round to look behind you; you took refuge in Lyrnessus”
Brave Aeneas, whom Venus bore to Anchises after the goddess lay with Anchises on Ida’s slopes, leads the Dardanians with Antenor’s two war-skilled sons.
“The Dardanians were led by brave Aeneas, whom Venus bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida. He was not alone, for with him were the two sons of Antenor, Archilochus and Acamas, both skilled in all the arts of war.”
Aeneas crosses the fight amid a rain of spears to find Pandarus.
“When Aeneas saw him thus making havoc among the ranks, he went through the fight amid the rain of spears to see if he could find Pandarus.”
Aeneas proposes a joint chariot attack and offers Pandarus a choice between driving and fighting.
“Things will not mend till we two go against this man with chariot and horses and bring him to a trial of arms. Mount my chariot, and note how cleverly the horses of Tros can speed hither and thither over the plain in pursuit or flight. If Jove again vouchsafes glory to the son of Tydeus they will carry us safely back to the city. Take hold, then, of the whip and reins while I stand upon the car to fight, or else do you wait this man’s onset while I look after the horses.”
Sthenelus identifies Aeneas as Anchises’s son by Venus.
“the other, Aeneas, whose sire is Anchises, while his mother is Venus.”
Aeneas defends Pandarus’s body but Diomed crushes his hip joint and sinews, leaving him on his knees in darkness.
“Aeneas sprang from his chariot armed with shield and spear, fearing lest the Achaeans should carry off the body. He bestrode it as a lion in the pride of strength, with shield and spear before him and a cry of battle on his lips resolute to kill the first that should dare face him. But the son of Tydeus caught up a mighty stone, so huge and great that as men now are it would take two to lift it; nevertheless he bore it aloft with ease unaided, and with this he struck Aeneas on the groin where the hip turns in the joint that is called the ‘cup-bone.’ The stone crushed this joint, and broke both the sinews, while its jagged edges tore away all the flesh. The hero fell on his knees, and propped himself with his hand resting on the ground till the darkness of night fell upon his eyes.”
Venus says she carried Aeneas, whom she loves above all mankind, from battle.
“because I was bearing my dear son Aeneas, whom I love best of all mankind, out of the fight.”
Apollo carries Aeneas to his sanctuary, where Latona and Diana heal him and make him glorious.
“Apollo took Aeneas out of the crowd and set him in sacred Pergamus, where his temple stood. There, within the mighty sanctuary, Latona and Diana healed him and made him glorious to behold,”
Disguised Mars says Aeneas has fallen and is honoured like Hector.
“Aeneas the son of Anchises has fallen, he whom we held in as high honour as Hector himself. Help me, then, to rescue our brave comrade from the stress of the fight.”
Apollo sends Aeneas from the sanctuary and fills his heart with valour; Aeneas rejoins his comrades alive, sound, and courageous.
“Then Apollo sent Aeneas forth from his rich sanctuary, and filled his heart with valour, whereon he took his place among his comrades, who were overjoyed at seeing him alive, sound, and of a good courage;”
Aeneas vanquishes the war-skilled twins Crethon and Orsilochus, who fall like high pine-trees.
“twin sons, Crethon and Orsilochus, well skilled in all the arts of war. These, when they grew up, went to Ilius with the Argive fleet in the cause of Menelaus and Agamemnon sons of Atreus, and there they both of them fell. As two lions whom their dam has reared in the depths of some mountain forest to plunder homesteads and carry off sheep and cattle till they get killed by the hand of man, so were these two vanquished by Aeneas, and fell like high pine-trees to the ground.”
Aeneas, though bold, retreats before Menelaus and Antilochus together.
“Aeneas, bold though he was, drew back on seeing the two heroes side by side in front of him,”
Helenus calls Aeneas a foremost mainstay in fight and counsel and orders him to help rally the host.
“Hector and Aeneas, you two are the mainstays of the Trojans and Lycians, for you are foremost at all times, alike in fight and counsel; hold your ground here, and go about among the host to rally them in front of the gates”
The Trojans honour Aeneas like an immortal.
“Aeneas who was honoured by the Trojans like an immortal”
Aeneas leads the fourth company with Antenor’s two sons, who are versed in all arts of war.
“Aeneas, the valiant son of Anchises, led the fourth; he and the two sons of Antenor, Archelochus and Acamas, men well versed in all the arts of war”
Aeneas stands in the rear, long aggrieved that Priam under-rewards his brave deeds; Deiphobus says Alcathous, his sister’s husband, raised him.
“Aeneas, whom he found standing in the rear, for he had long been aggrieved with Priam because in spite of his brave deeds he did not give him his due share of honour. Deiphobus went up to him and said, ‘Aeneas, prince among the Trojans, if you know any ties of kinship, help me now to defend the body of your sister’s husband; come with me to the rescue of Alcathous, who being husband to your sister brought you up when you were a child in his house”
Idomeneus describes Aeneas as a swift, deadly fighter in the youthful prime of strength.
“fleet Aeneas, who is coming against me, and is a redoubtable dispenser of death battle. Moreover he is in the flower of youth when a man’s strength is greatest”
Aeneas summons Trojan leaders and is gladdened when his people follow him like sheep following a ram.
“Aeneas on the other side called to his comrades, looking towards Deiphobus, Paris, and Agenor, who were leaders of the Trojans along with himself, and the people followed them as sheep follow the ram when they go down to drink after they have been feeding, and the heart of the shepherd is glad—even so was the heart of Aeneas gladdened when he saw his people follow him.”
Aeneas contests Idomeneus, casts first, and misses when Idomeneus evades.
“Aeneas took aim first, but Idomeneus was on the lookout and avoided the spear, so that it sped from Aeneas’ strong hand in vain, and fell quivering in the ground.”
Aeneas spears Aphareus through the throat, tipping his head as helmet and shield fall and death overtakes him.
“Aeneas sprang on Aphareus son of Caletor, and struck him with a spear in his throat which was turned towards him; his head fell on one side, his helmet and shield came down along with him, and death, life’s foe, was shed around him.”
Aeneas is among the named princes who surround fallen Hector and cover him with round shields before his evacuation.
“he was surrounded and covered by the princes Polydamas, Aeneas, Agenor, Sarpedon captain of the Lycians, and noble Glaucus. Of the others, too, there was not one who was unmindful of him, and they held their round shields over him to cover him.”
Evidence records not already represented by a claim.
“Aeneas”
“I took them from the hero Aeneas”
“Aeneas who was honoured by the Trojans like an immortal”
“Aeneas, prince among the Trojans”
“Aeneas”
“Aeneas killed Medon and Iasus”
“Apollo had not roused Aeneas”
“Aeneas, counsellor of the Trojans”
“taken from Aeneas”