Æ′GLE. The fairest of the Naiads.
AEL′LO, the name of one of the Harpies.
ÆNE′AS was the son of Anchises and Venus. He was one of the few great
captains who escaped the destruction of Troy. He behaved with great
valour during the siege, encountering Diomed, and even Achilles
himself. When the Grecians had set the city on fire Æneas took his aged
father, Anchises, on his shoulders, whilst his son, Ascanius, and his
wife, Creusa, clung to his garments. He saved them all from the flames.
After wandering about during several years, encountering numerous
difficulties, he at length arrived in Italy, where he was hospitably
received by Latinus, king of the Latins. After the death of Latinus
Æneas became king.
“His back, or rather burthen, showed
As if it stoopëd with its load;
For as Æneas bore his sire
Upon his shoulders through the fire,
Our knight did bear no less a pack
Of his own buttocks on his back.”