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Ascanius

British  
/ æˈskeɪnɪəs /

noun

  1. Also called: IulusRoman myth the son of Aeneas and Creusa; founder of Alba Longa, mother city of Rome

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Ascanius was out hunting and he and his hounds were directed by the Fury to where the stag was lying in the forest.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

After the Trojan war, Æneas, flying with Ascanius from the destruction of their city, sailed to Italy.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

I shall only ask you now,—whether the son of Ascanius is called Silius or Silvius, in Llyfr Coch? 

From Some Specimens of the Poetry of the Ancient Welsh Bards by Evans, Evan

From thence Ascanius, when the year hath thrice ten times rolled round, Shall raise a city, calling it by Alba's name renowned.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

The men of coming years, Ascanius stem, all foughten fields, were wrought in due array.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William