Ascanius

British  

/ æˈskeɪnɪəs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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

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

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

Mournful at heart at that supreme farewell, Andromache brings robes of border’d gold; A Phrygian cloak, too, for Ascanius.

From Needlework As Art by Alford, Marianne Margaret Compton Cust, Viscountess

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

From Old English Chronicles by Various