Aeneades

A patronymic from Aeneas, and applied as a surname to those who were believed to be descended from him, such as Ascanius, Augustus, and the Romans in general.

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References

Sources

  • Ovid. Epistulae ex Ponto i, 35.
  • Ovid. Metamorphoses xv, 682, 695.
  • Smith, William. (1870). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. London: Taylor, Walton, and Maberly.
  • Virgil. Aeneid ix, 653.