Iulus

British  

/ aɪˈjuːləs /

noun

1. Roman myth another name for Ascanius

2. Roman myth the son of Ascanius, founder of the Julian gens or clan

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Example Sentences

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

"Ah!" cries Iulus, "so today we eat up board and all."

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by Morris, William

Thereupon Creusa his wife begins to weep, begging him not to leave her and her little boy Iulus to perish in the flames.

From Raphael A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures And A Portrait Of The Painter With Introduction And Interpretation by Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May)

Then, fain the spreading sorrow to allay, Ilioneus and Iulus, bathed in tears Call Actor and Idæus; gently they 568 The aged dame lift up, and to her home convey.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

The fate of Gallus, that of Iulus Antonius, and that of Ovid, prove that neither brilliant genius nor past favours and familiarity could procure indulgence for whatever thwarted his purpose or offended his dignity.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.