Ascanius

British  

/ æˈskeɪnɪəs /

noun

1. Also called: Iulus.  Roman myth the son of Aeneas and Creusa; founder of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome

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Example Sentences

Ascanius was out hunting and he and his hounds were directed by the Fury to where the stag was lying in the forest.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

But all we weeping many tears, my wife Creusa there, Ascanius, yea and all the house, besought him not to bear All things to wrack with him, nor speed the hastening evil tide.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

Wilt thou not see if yet thy wife abide Creusa, or Ascanius yet?

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

What has Virgil to exhibit as a set-off to this band of heroes—"Fortem Gyan, fortemque Cloanthum"—the boyish eagerness of Ascanius, the savage wrath of Turnus when bereaved of his bride!

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various

This only word Ascanius spake: the Teucrians raise their cry And shout for joy, and lift their heart aloft unto the sky.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William