Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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Aeneas

12th C. BCE

Personification of the hero myth

Hero of fallen Troy, first Roman hero, ancestor of legendary founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, described as a progenitor of Julius and Augustus Caesar, claimed as an ancestor of the British Kings including King Arthur, symbol of piety, loyalty and family values; Aeneas has a long story in myth, legend, and possibly history. Immortalized by Homer, Virgil, literature from ancient to modern times, famous operas, film and video games; he is used as an example of individuation and the hero myth in Jungian psychology.

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Quotes by Aeneas

Quotes about Aeneas (1 quotes)

“[Aeneas] is the symbol of Rome; and, as Aeneas is to Rome, so is ancient Rome to Europe. The Roman Empire and the Latin language were not any empire and any language, but an empire and a language with a unique destiny in relation to ourselves...”

T. S. Eliot 1888 – 1965 CE
from Virgil and the Christian World (1951)​​

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