Ascanius
Britishnoun
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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
On the death of Aeneas, the government of Latium was left in the hands of Lavinia, Ascanius being too young to undertake it.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various
What has Virgil to exhibit as a set-off to this band of heroes—"Fortem Gyan, fortemque Cloanthum"—the boyish eagerness of Ascanius, the savage wrath of Turnus when bereaved of his bride!
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 354, April 1845 by Various
At last they break forth into field and leave their camp behind, Ascanius and the lads of war in vain beleaguerèd.
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
In the foreground is a group of fugitives, by Giulio Romano, resembling �neas escaping from Troy with Anchises, followed by Ascanius and Creusa.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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