Iulus
Britishnoun
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Roman myth another name for Ascanius
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Roman myth the son of Ascanius, founder of the Julian gens or clan
Example Sentences
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Iulus, as the eponymous ancestor of the Iulii, seems to be a favourite of the author; yet he fails to interest us as a youth of high spirit and promise.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.
Little Iulus my companion be; And at a distance let my wife observe Our footsteps.'
From Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)
His little hand in mine, Iulus totters at his father's side; Behind me comes Creusa.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax
"Ah!" cries Iulus, "so today we eat up board and all."
From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William
I caught hold of the end of his plaid, and followed him non passibus æquis like the parvus Iulus, for he hastened onward with his loins girded up.
From Border Ghost Stories by Pease, Howard
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