A Trojan hero, Aeneas was one of the main heroes of the "Iliad," and the primary character of Virgil's "Aeneid." Aeneas, the son of Anchises (a mortal) and Aphrodite, was the leader of the Dardanians, allies of Troy. Carrying his father on his back, Aeneas escaped the doomed city, and his descendants founded Rome.
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