In this line drawing based on a vase painting, the Trojan hero Aeneas is seen leaving Troy, which has been taken by the Greeks in the Trojan War and set afire. On his shoulders is his father Anchises and in front is his son Ascanius. Aeneas did not wish to leave his comrades, but the gods counseled him to leave, telling him that destiny awaits him. Aeneas eventually reaches Italy and the Romans later honor him as the ancestor of Romulus, the founder of Rome.
In this line drawing based on a vase painting, the Trojan hero Aeneas is seen leaving Troy, which has been taken by the Greeks in the Trojan War and set afire. On his shoulders is his father Anchises and in front is his son Ascanius. Aeneas did not wish to leave his comrades, but the gods counseled him to leave, telling him that destiny awaits him. Aeneas eventually reaches Italy and the Romans later honor him as the ancestor of Romulus, the founder of Rome.
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