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Anchises

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Canonical name
Anchises
Disambiguator
None
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Character
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Individual
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Aliases

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Location presence

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Ida1 observation
·Direct

Anchises had lain with Venus on the slopes of Mount Ida.

See evidence text
“whom Venus bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida”

Claims

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·Direct

Anchises lies with the goddess Venus on Ida’s slopes and fathers Aeneas.

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“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.”
·Direct

Anchises is father of Hippodameia, who is described as her parents’ darling.

See evidence text
“his eldest daughter Hippodameia, who was the darling of her father and mother”

Additional evidence

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5
·Direct
“Anchises”
·Direct
“son-in-law to Anchises”
·Direct
“The valiant son of Anchises”
·Direct
“Aeneas son of Anchises”
·Direct
“Echepolus son of Anchises”

Passage preview

Book 2 · Passage 70

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.