Anchises

Anchises in Wikipedia

In Greek mythology, Anchises (Ancient Greek: Ἀγχίσης) was the son of Capys and Themiste (daughter of Ilus, son of Tros) or Hieromneme, a naiad. His major claim to fame in Greek mythology is that he was a mortal lover of the goddess Aphrodite (and in Roman mythology, the lover of Venus). One version is that Aphrodite pretended to be a Phrygian ...

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Anchises in Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology

(Ἀγχίσης), a son of Capys and Themis, the daughter of Ilus. His descent is traced by Aeneas, his son (Hom. Il. 20.208,&c.), from Zeus himself. (Comp. Apollod. 3.12.2 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 1232.) Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 94) makes him a son of Assaracus and grandson of Capys. Anchises was related to the royal house of Troy and king of Dardanus on m...

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