ANCHISES

When Aeneas left Troy, he carried his father, a cousin of Priam, on his back; then, when Anchises died, Aeneas visited him in the Underworld in Aeneid VI where the father reveals to his son Rome's future greatness.

See also:

Hades' Realm in the Aeneid
Aeneid and Vergil feature

Aeneas Book VI Glossary Entries

Aeneas
Anchises
Cerberus
Charon
Deiphobus
Dido
Elysium/Elysian Fields
Furies
Hercules
Jupiter
Lethe
Misenus
Palinurus
Priam
Proserpine
Rhadamanthus
Sibyl
Sisyphus
Vergil

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