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In Greek and Roman mythology, Ascanius was the son of the Trojan prince Aeneas and Creusa, daughter of Priam. After the Trojan War, as the city burned, Aeneas escaped to Latium in Italy, taking his father Anchises and his child Ascanius with him, though Creusa died during the escape.
Ascanius, in Roman legend, son of the hero Aeneas and the traditional founder of Alba Longa, probably the site of the modern Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. In different versions, Ascanius is placed variously in time. The usual account, found in Virgil’s Aeneid, makes the Trojan Creusa his mother.
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Ascanius, In Roman legend, the son of Aeneas and founder of Alba Longa (probably the site of modern Castel Gandolfo) near Rome. In Livy ’s account, his mother was Lavinia, and he was born after Aeneas founded Lavinium.
In Greek mythology Ascanius was a river- and lake-god of western Bithynia in Anatolia (modern Turkey). His Naiad-nymph daughters abducted the youth Hylas when he came to the stream to fetch water.
Sep 9, 2022 · Ascanius was the son of Aeneas and Creusa, and a key figure in Virgil's Aeneid. He started the war between the Latins and the Trojans, killed Numanus with Apollo's help, and founded Alba Longa and the Julian lineage.
Ascanius was the son of Aeneas, the Trojan hero, and Creusa or Lavinia. He ruled Troy after his father's death, and later founded Alba Longa in Italy, where he was succeeded by his son Silvius.
Ascanius is Aeneas's son by his first wife, Creusa, and a symbol of his destiny to found the Roman race. He is a brave and loyal boy who helps his father in the Trojan War and the journey to Italy.
