About this deity
According to Virgil, Aeneas was the Roman half-deity who founded Rome after the Trojan War.
Also known as
Parent belief system
Roman Paganism Religion · Polytheistic · 2 mythsRoman Paganism refers to the cultural practices of the Roman empire before Christianity (ca. 756 BCE - 325 CE). The Romans seemingly adopted many deities and concepts from ancient Greek cultural practices, albeit with Latinized names of deities (e.g., Greek Zeus became Roman Jupiter).
Top myths
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| Divine Comedy | The Aeneid | |
| Afterlife myth | Hero myth | |
| Durante di Alighiero degli Alighieri | Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil) | |
| Read myth | Read myth | |
Mythological stories including Aeneas
- Divine Comedy Afterlife myth
Nuthsell
Halfway through his life (age thirty-five), Dantes goes to the underworld to see hell before visting purgatory and then heaven.
- The Aeneid Hero myth
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After the Trojan war, Aeneas goes through a long journey of hardship to ultimately find the city of Rome. His travels require him to endure the suffering of many trials, including countless personal challenges. He inevitably turns down love and comfort in order to fulfill his destiny.
Cite this page
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Aeneas." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 22 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/709. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
OMNIKA (2020, June 22). Aeneas. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/709
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "Aeneas." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 22, 2020. Accessed January 21, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/709.
