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Aeneas


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Henry Purcell
   composed the opera   
Dido and Aeneas
Remembered as one of Purcell's foremost operatic works, no score in his hand exists

Music > Operas


Aeneas
   is a character in   
Troilus and Cressida
One of the Trojan Commanders

Arts & Literature > Shakespeare Characters


Henry Purcell
   composed   
Dido and Aeneas
(1689) From the fourth book of The Aeneid.

Music > Classical Music


Aeneas
   means   
Praised
Arts & Literature > Biblical Name Meanings


Aeneas
   means   
Worthy of Praise
Anglicization of Aengus. Aenéas.

Misc > Names - Irish


Aeneas Coffey
   invented   
The Coffey Still
A continuous still originally introduced in 1830 and patented in Dublin, Ireland in 1831.

Science & Nature > Inventors


John Bacon
   created the sculpture   
Escape of Aeneas from Troy, 1769
Arts & Literature > Sculptors


Aeneas
   is described as   
The Cousin of Hector and His Principal Lieutenant
Son of Aphrodite, the only major Trojan figure to survive the war. According to later legends he is said to be the ancestor of the founders of Rome.

Arts & Literature > Characters in The Iliad








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