person
Aeneas
also: Aenea
The Trojan founder of the Roman line; the 'young man dreadful to the Parthians, sprung from high Aeneas' is Octavian/Augustus.
Reading notes
- The Secular Hymn §41-44 Aeneas
The pious Trojan hero who, surviving the fall of Troy, led its remnant to Italy and founded the Roman line; ancestor of Augustus.
- The Odes §4.6 Aeneas
To whose 'fortunes' Jove granted walls 'under a better omen,' Troy reborn as Rome.
- The Odes §4.7 Aeneas
'Dutiful Aeneas,' named among the great dead: we too become 'dust and shadow.'
- The Satires §2.5 high Aeneas
The Trojan ancestor of the Romans; the 'young man dreadful to the Parthians, sprung from high Aeneas' is Octavian (Augustus), dating the mock-prophecy to Horace's own day.