Aeneas

(Aene′as) was the son of Anchises and Venus. He was one of the few great captains who escaped the destruction of Troy. He behaved with great valor during the siege, encountering Diomed, and even Achilles himself. When the Grecians had set the city on fire Aeneas took his aged father, Anchises, on his shoulders, while his son, As can i us, and his wife Creusa, clung to his garments. He saved them all from the flames. After wandering about during several years, encountering numerous difficulties, he at length arrived in Italy, where he was hospitably received by Latin us, king of the Latins. After the death of Latin us Aeneas became king. “His back, or rather burthen, showed As if it stooped with its load; For as Aeneas bore his sire Upon his shoulders through the fire, Our knight did bear no le a pack Of his own buttocks on his back.” Butler.