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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
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Aeneas
is a character in
Troilus and Cressida
One of the Trojan Commanders
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Henry Purcell
composed
Dido and Aeneas
(1689) From the fourth book of The Aeneid.
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Aeneas
means
Praised
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Biblical Name Meanings
Aeneas
means
Worthy of Praise
Anglicization of Aengus. Aenéas.
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Names - Irish
Aeneas Coffey
invented
The Coffey Still
A continuous still originally introduced in 1830 and patented in Dublin, Ireland in 1831.
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John Bacon
created the sculpture
Escape of Aeneas from Troy, 1769
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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.
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