Encyclopedia - Aeneas: Encyclopedia - Aeneas
Aeneas (Greek: Αινείας, Aineías) was a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite (Venus in Roman sources)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneas Williams: Encyclopedia - Aeneas Williams
Aeneas Williams is a former American NFL cornerback and free safety, who last played with the St. Louis Rams. Born January 29, 1968 in Ne...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aeneas: Theosophy Dictionary On Aeneas
Aeneas (from Greek Aineias)   Son of Anchises and Aphrodite, who survived the fall of Troy to the Greeks in the Trojan War. In ea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneas's Family Tree: Encyclopedia - Aeneas's Family Tree
Aeneas was a Trojan who escaped the Sack of Troy and founded Alba Longa. This gives a list of his descendants and the descendants of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capys: Encyclopedia - Capys
In Greek mythology, Capys was a son of Assaracus and Aigesta or Themiste and father of Anchises and so grandfather of Aeneas the Trojan,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acmon: Encyclopedia - Acmon
Acmon. There are two characters named Acmon in Greek mythology. The first Acmon was one of the Dactyls, associated with the anvil. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amata: Encyclopedia - Amata
In Roman mythology, Amata was the wife of King Latinus of the Latins. Although Latinus and she had no sons, together they had one daughte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Acestes: Encyclopedia - Acestes
In Roman mythology, Acestes ("pleasing goat") was son the river Crinisus by a Dardanian woman. Acestes became king of the region where he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caieta: Encyclopedia - Caieta
In Roman mythology, Caieta was the wet-nurse of Aeneas. Virgil, Aeneid VII, 2 Other related archivesAeneas, Aeneid, Roman mythology, V...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anchises: Encyclopedia - Anchises
In Greek mythology, Anchises was a son of Capys and either Themiste (daughter of Ilus, son of Tros) or Hieromneme (a Naiad and daughter o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lupercalia: Encyclopedia - Lupercalia
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clymenus: Encyclopedia - Clymenus
In Greek mythology, Clymenus, or Klyménos ("notorious") may refer to any number of individuals: Clymenus was the father of Eurydice. Cl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneads: Encyclopedia - Aeneads
In Roman mythology, the Aeneads were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Vi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vulcan: Encyclopedia - Vulcan
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achates: Encyclopedia - Achates
In Roman mythology, Achates was a close friend of Aeneas. He accompanied him throughout his adventures, and led him to the Sibyl of Cumae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Achaemenides: Encyclopedia - Achaemenides
In Greek mythology, Achaemenides was one of Odysseus' crew who stayed on Sicily with Polyphemus until Aeneas arrived and took him to Ital...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Volturnus: Encyclopedia - Volturnus
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venus Mythology: Encyclopedia - Venus Mythology
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augur: Encyclopedia - Augur
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amulius: Encyclopedia - Amulius
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacred King: Encyclopedia - Sacred King
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology: Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupiter God: Encyclopedia - Jupiter God
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Automedon: Encyclopedia - Automedon
In Greek mythology, Automedon, son of Diores, was Achilles' charioteer. In Homer's Iliad, he rides into battle once Patroclus has donned ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneid: Encyclopedia - Aeneid
The Aeneid is a Latin epic written by Virgil in the 1st century BCE (between 29 and 19 BCE) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abas: Encyclopedia - Abas
The name Abas refers to: Several figures in Greek mythology: A companion of Perseus Ovid V, 126 Founder of Abae, a city in Phocis, son...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ascanius: Encyclopedia - Ascanius
In Greek and Roman mythology, Ascanius was a son of Aeneas and Creusa. After the Trojan War, Ascanius escaped to Latium in Italy with his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brutus Of Troy: Encyclopedia - Brutus Of Troy
Brutus of Troy or Brutus I of the Britons (Welsh: Bryttys) was the legendary first king of the Britons and a great grandson of Aeneas, ac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Clytius: Encyclopedia - Clytius
Clytius is the name of many people in Greek mythology: A son of Laomedon in Homer's Iliad, book 10. A young soldier in the army of Turnu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alba Longa: Encyclopedia - Alba Longa
Alba Longa (in Italian sources occasionally written Albalonga) was an ancient city of Latium, founder and head of the Latin Confederation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult: Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult
An Imperial cult is a cult in which an Emperor, or a dynasty of emperors, are worshipped as demigods or deities. Imperial cult - Ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Mythology: Encyclopedia - Roman Mythology
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Religion: Encyclopedia - Roman Religion
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus: Encyclopedia - Pontifex Maximus
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aloeus: Encyclopedia - Aloeus
In Greek mythology, Aloeus was the son of Poseidon and Canace, husband first of Iphimedia and later of Eeriboea, and father of Salmoneus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dido: Encyclopedia - Dido
In Greek and Roman sources Dido or Elissa appears as the founder and first Queen of Carthage in Tunisia. She is best known from the accou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ablative Absolute: Encyclopedia - Ablative Absolute
In Latin grammar, the ablative absolute (Ablativus absolutus) is a noun phrase cast in the ablative case. It indicates the time, conditio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dardan: Encyclopedia - Dardan
The terms Dardan and Dardanian in classical writings were synonymous with the term Trojan, the Dardans being Trojans, an ancient people o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgil: Encyclopedia - Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC–19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tarchon: Encyclopedia - Tarchon
In Etruscan mythology, Tarchon and his brother, Tyrrhenus were culture heroes who founded the Etruscan Federation of twelve cities. Ancie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Perenna: Encyclopedia - Anna Perenna
Anna Perenna was an old Roman deity of the circle or "ring" of the year, as the name (per annum) clearly indicates. Her festival fell on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Charon Mythology: Encyclopedia - Charon Mythology
Persephone Hades Minos Aeacus Rhada- manthys Charon Cerberus Acheron Cocytus Tartarus Lethe Elysion Styx Phlegethon Asphodel Ereb...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dido And Aeneas: Encyclopedia Ii - Dido And Aeneas - The Libretto
Originally based on Nahum Tate's own play Brutus of Alba, or The Enchanted Lovers (1678). The opera is likely, at least to some extent, a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Founding Of Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Founding Of Rome - The Name Of Rome
The name of the town is generally considered to refer to Romulus, but there are other hypotheses. Some have suggested an Etruscan word, "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Founding Of Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Founding Of Rome - The Legend
The legend about the foundation of Rome obviously tends to relate the town to some of the most eminent entities of its age, in order to "...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Founding Of Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Founding Of Rome - The Date Of The Founding Of Rome
During the Roman republic, several dates were given for the founding of the city, all in the interval between 758 BC and 728 BC. Finally,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Founding Of Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Founding Of Rome - Latium And Central Italy
In the age between the 10th and 8th centuries BC, the main population of central Italy consisted of two main groups of Italic people, the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anna Perenna: Encyclopedia Ii - Anna Perenna - Origin
Ovid then tells that Anna Perenna was the same Anna who appears in Virgil's Aeneid as Dido's sister and that after Dido's death, Carthage...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dido: Encyclopedia Ii - Dido - Later Roman Tradition
Letter 8 of Ovid's Heroides is a letter from Dido to Aeneas written just before she ascends the pyre. The situation is as in Virgil's Aen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo During The Trojan War
Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the Trojan War in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollo: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollo - Apollo During The Trojan War
Apollo shot arrows infected with the plague into the Greek encampment during the Trojan War in rage because the Greeks had kidnapped Chry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneid: Encyclopedia Ii - Aeneid - Form And Tradition
The Aeneid (IPA English pronunciation: [ə'niːɪd]; in Latin Aeneis, pronounced [aɪ'neɪ.ɪs] — the title is Greek in form: genitive ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trophonius: Encyclopedia Ii - Trophonius - Etymology And Parallel Cults
The name is etymologically derived from trepho, "to nourish". Strabo and several inscriptions refer to him as Zeus Trephonios. Several ot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Cult: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Cult - Ancient Rome
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alba Longa: Encyclopedia Ii - Alba Longa - Legendary History
According to legend Alba Longa was founded by Ascanius or Iulus, son of Aeneas, thirty years after the foundation of Lavinium. Chronologi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneid: Encyclopedia Ii - Aeneid - Context
The work was written at a time of major change in Rome, both political and social. The Republic had fallen, civil war had ripped apart so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elysium: Encyclopedia Ii - Elysium - Elysium In Literature
Even though they are a pagan images, there are several mentions of the term in the Church fathers. Among the poets to interpret Elysium i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tristia: Encyclopedia Ii - Tristia - The Poems
The first volume was written, by its own account, during Ovid's journey into exile. It addresses his grieving wife, his friends—both th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dido: Encyclopedia Ii - Dido - Continuing Tradition
In the Divine Comedy Dante sees the shade of Dido in the second circle of Hell, where she is condemned (on account of her consuming lust)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hades: Encyclopedia Ii - Hades - Hades: The Place
There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields (contrast the Christian Paradise or Heaven), and Tartarus, (compare th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gaeta: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaeta - History
According to Virgil's Aeneid (vii.1–9), Caieta was Aeneas’ wet-nurse, whom he buried here. According to Strabo the name stemmed from ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Son Of God: Encyclopedia Ii - Son Of God - Son Of God In Other Belief Systems
Human or part-human offspring of deities are very common in other religions and mythologies. In the Rastafari movement it is Haile Selass...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Kingdom - Election Of The King
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Kingdom - Election Of The King
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Phantasma: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Phantasma
Phantasma [from Greek phantazo to make visible, become visible]   Phantom; Greek equivalent for various astral appearances, not o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Romulus And Remus: Encyclopedia Ii - Romulus And Remus - Life Before Rome
Before their lives began, Romulus and Remus’s grandfather Numitor and his brother Amulius received the throne of Alba Longa upon their ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - East Slavic Languages: Encyclopedia Ii - East Slavic Languages - History
When the common Old East Slavic language became separated from the ancient Slavic tongue common to all Slavs is difficult to ascertain (6...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andaman Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Andaman Islands - Fauna
The endemic bird species include Nicobar megapode (Megapodius nicobariensis), Nicobar green imperial pigeon (Ducula aenea nicobarica), an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Davies Poet: Encyclopedia Ii - John Davies Poet - Ulster
Davies became heavily involved in government efforts to establish a plantation in the lately rebellious province of Ulster. In September ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Early Life
Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Early Life
Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Tr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dido, Elissa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dido, Elissa
Dido Also Elissa. Queen of Carthage in North Africa and traditionally its founder. According to Timaeus, her actual name was Theiosso,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini: Encyclopedia Ii - Gian Francesco Poggio Bracciolini - Works
Poggio, like Aeneas Sylvius Piccolomini (who became Pius II), was a great traveller, and wherever he went he brought enlightened powers o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andaman Islands: Encyclopedia Ii - Andaman Islands - Fauna
The Andamans are home to a wide variety of bird, animal and marine life, with many species endemic to the islands, or even locations on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Virgil: Encyclopedia Ii - Virgil - Life
Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul (Gaul south of the Alps; present-day northern Italy). Virgil was o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hell: Encyclopedia Ii - Hell - Hell In Literature
Many of the great epics of European literature include episodes that occur in Hell. In the Roman poet Virgil's Latin epic, the Aeneid, Ae...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Luís De Camões: Encyclopedia Ii - Luís De Camões - Critical Overview:
Camões had the ambition to rival the two greatest epic writers up to that time: Homer and Vergil. A few lines into Os Lusíadas Camões ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aeneid: Encyclopedia Ii - Aeneid - Story
Virgil begins his poem with a statement of his theme (Arma virumque cano…, "I sing of arms and the man...") and an invocation to his Mu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotch Whisky: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotch Whisky - Methods Of Production
Scotch whisky - Types of whisky. Malt whisky must contain no grain other than malted barley and be distilled in pot stills. Grain whisk...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dido, Elissa: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dido, Elissa
Dido Also Elissa. Queen of Carthage in North Africa and traditionally its founder. According to Timaeus, her actual name was Theiosso,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Penates: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Penates
Penates (Latin) The household gods, or sometimes gods of the State, among the Romans. They were represented by images, to which honors...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brutus Of Troy: Encyclopedia Ii - Brutus Of Troy - Monmouth's Legend
Brutus was exiled from Italy for the accidental killing of his biological father Silvius. In exile, he liberated a group of Trojans livin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scotch Whisky: Encyclopedia Ii - Scotch Whisky - Methods Of Production
Scotch whisky - Types of whisky. Malt whisky must contain no grain other than malted barley and be distilled in pot stills. Grain whisk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dido: Encyclopedia Ii - Dido - Virgil's Aeneid
Virgil's back-references in his Aeneid generally agree with what Justin recorded. Virgil names Dido's father as Belus, this Belus sometim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hyperion Cantos: Encyclopedia Ii - Hyperion Cantos - Endymion
The story commences 272 years after the events in the previous novel. Few main characters from the first two books are present in the lat...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sibyl: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Sibyl
Sibyl [from Greek sibylla probably from sios bylla Doric for dios boule she that tells the will of Zeus]   Often confused with th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Oracle: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Oracle
Oracle A divine saying, or the place or means by which a divine message is communicated. The soul, according to Plato, has a certain i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rex Nemorensis: Encyclopedia Ii - Rex Nemorensis - Ancient Sources Of The Story
The tale of the rex Nemorensis is told in a number of ancient sources. The Latin name of the priesthood is given by Suetonius who mention...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Brazilian Birds: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Brazilian Birds - Coraciiformes
List of Brazilian birds - Alcedinidae - Kingfishers. Ceryle torquatus (Linnaeus, 1766) martim-pescador-grande Chloroceryle amazona (La...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Troy: Encyclopedia Ii - Troy - Legendary Troy
The story of the Trojans first began in myth and legend. According to Greek mythology, the Trojans were the ancient citizens of the city ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brutus Of Troy: Encyclopedia Ii - Brutus Of Troy - Speculation And Facts
Despite Monmouth's claim that Britain is named after Brutus, this personage has no basis thus far in history. He is generally considered ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diomedes: Encyclopedia Ii - Diomedes - Trojan War
According to Homer, Diomedes enters the war with a fleet of 80 ships, only second to Agamemnon's contribution of 100. According to some i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Theotokos: Encyclopedia Ii - Theotokos - Theology
The expression "Mother of God" or "Birth-giver of God" should not be understood in the eternal sense; that is, Mary is not understood as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Golden Bough: Encyclopedia Ii - The Golden Bough - Subject Matter
The Golden Bough attempts to define what almost all primitive religions share with each other, and with modern religions such as Christia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Imperial Forums: Encyclopedia Ii - Imperial Forums - Forum Of Caesar
Julius Caesar decided to construct a big forum bearing his name. This forum was inaugurated in 46 BC, even if it was probably still incom...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Venus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Venus Mythology - Venus In Other Mythologies
In addition to Turan and Aphrodite, other figures possibly corresponding to Venus are: Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in Aztec mythology Kukulcan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Annals Tacitus: Encyclopedia Ii - Annals Tacitus - Style
In contrast to the Historiae, the style leaves behind rules and convention in favor of a strangeness that is achieved by the use of unusu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rex Nemorensis: Encyclopedia Ii - Rex Nemorensis - A Priest Who Slew His Predecessor
Surviving lore concerning the rex Nemorensis tells the tale that this priest or king held a very uneasy position. Macaulay's well known q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cumaean Sibyl: Encyclopedia Ii - Cumaean Sibyl - The Cave At Cumae
The Sibyl was said to inhabit a cave with one hundred mouths, each of which had a voice [1] accessible by a still existing dromos. The ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amphion Class Submarine: Encyclopedia Ii - Amphion Class Submarine - Boats
Amphion class submarine - Built at Vickers-Armstrong Barrow-in-Furness. Amphion (P439/S43) (laid down as Anchorite but name changed be...   » Read the article