Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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"Ascanius" | Greek | A son of Aeneas by Creusa or by Lavinia. Greek |
"Julus" | Roman | The eldest son of Ascanius, who claimed the government of Latium, but was obliged to give it up to his brother Silvius. Roman |
Book name "Lausus" | Greek | 1. A son of Mezentius, who was slain while defending his father against Aeneas. (The Aeneid Book VII) According to the author of the De Orig. Gent. Rom., Lausus fell at a later time, during the siege of Lavinium, by the hand of Ascanius. 2. A son of Numitor and brother of Ilia, was fraudulently killed by Amulius. Greek |
King name "Tyrrheus" | Roman | A shepherd of king Latinus. Ascanius once, while hunting, killed a tame stag belonging to Tyrrheus whereupon the country people took up arms, which was the first conflict in Italy between the natives and the Trojan settlers. Roman |