Anchises

/ ˌænˈkaɪsiːz /

noun

1. classical myth a Trojan prince and father of Aeneas. In the Aeneid, he is rescued by his son at the fall of Troy and dies in Sicily

Example Sentences

One by one Anchises pointed them out, and told of the deeds they would do which men would never through all time forget.

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He found her and she told him she would guide him to the underworld where he would learn all he needed to know from his father Anchises, who had died just before the great storm.

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Trojan, Anchises’ son, the descent of Avernus is easy.

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Among them Aeneas soon came upon Anchises, who greeted him with incredulous joy.

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Anchises led Aeneas to Lethe, the river of forgetfulness, of which the souls on their way to live again in the world above must all drink.

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