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Ascanius

/ æˈskeɪnɪəs /

noun

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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Alecto took care that the news should spread quickly, and fighting started at once, the furious farmers bent upon killing Ascanius and the Trojans defending him.

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No scene could have been more familiar to the people of Italy than one which exhibited the hero whom they regarded as the founder of their empire in so engaging a light, and to which the genius of Virgil had given a deathless charm: "Thus ord'ring all that prudence could provide I clothe my shoulders with a lion's hide And yellow spoils; then on my bending back The welcome load of my dear father take; While on my better hand Ascanius hung, And with unequal paces tripped along."

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In the foreground is a group of fugitives, by Giulio Romano, resembling �neas escaping from Troy with Anchises, followed by Ascanius and Creusa.

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And the same also doth Seruius note out of Virgil, where hee saith of Ascanius: reg�mq; requirunt, his father Aeneas being then aliue.

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