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 Literature

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."

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

We sat in the porch and sipped thick, hot Turkish coffee; below us the lake Ascanius lay like a blue sheet between the purple hills, its eastern end fringed round with a band of green, in which the minarets and domes of Isnik itself were just visible.

From Project Gutenberg