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Anchises

British

/ ˌænˈkaɪsiːz /

noun

classical myth a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily

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Author de Miomandre's account does not pretend to be exhaustive, but it hits the high spots: her marriage with Vulcan, her bedazzlement of Paris, subsequent passages at arms with Mars, Anchises, Adonis, Hermes, Tannhauser.

From Time Magazine Archive

Writes Churchill: "Mr. Quentin Hogg . . . carried his father, a former Lord Chancellor, on his shoulders from the wreck, as Aeneas had borne Pater Anchises from the ruins of Troy."

From Time Magazine Archive

One by one Anchises pointed them out, and told of the deeds they would do which men would never through all time forget.

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

Among them Aeneas soon came upon Anchises, who greeted him with incredulous joy.

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

Anchises led Aeneas to Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, of which the souls on their way to live again in the world above must all drink.

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

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