Lavinia in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

a daughter of Latinus and Amata, and the wife of Aeneas, by whom she became the mother of Ascanius or Silvius. (Liv. 1.1; Verg. A. 7.52, &c., 6.761; Dionys. A. R. 1.70.) Some traditions describe her as the daughter of the priest Anius, in Delos. (Dionys. A. R. 1.50; Aur. Vict. Orig. Gent. Rom. 9.) - A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, William Smith, Ed.

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