Romans also believed that many of their gods had played an active part in the foundation of Rome. Venus was believed to be the mother of Aeneas, who according to legend had founded Rome ...

“There are four main characters — There are Dido and Aeneas, both mythological-historical characters from the Greek-Roman mythology. There is also Belinda, Dido’s first lady and the sorceres ...

Aeneas, and Hercules, to Sinbad, King Arthur, and Thor, heroes have served an important role in embodying cultural ideals, and no figure better embodies American mythology and ideals than our ...

Rooted in classical mythology, referencing two epics (a minor character in Homer’s Iliad, Aeneas plays protagonist in Virgil’s Aeneid) and populated by gods masquerading as mortals (Aeneas is ...