Pausanias' Description of Greece

Anchises

Family: Greek mythology · Role: father of Æneas · First appears: Book 8 · Chapter 12

Life events

  • Anchises died and was buried at the foot of Mount Anchisia.(Book 8 · Chapter 12 · 📍 Anchisia)
    • “and his father Anchises for some reason or other coming to this place and dying there was also buried at the foot of the mountain called Anchisia after him.”

Book 8 · Chapter 12

  • child: Æneas “For when Æneas was crossing to Sicily he landed in Laconia, and founded the towns Aphrodisias and Etis, and his father Anchises for some reason or other coming to this place and dying there was also buried at the foot of the mountain called Anchisia after him.”

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