Anchises · Atlas

in the texts

IliadClassical · Greek

Mortal father of Aeneas, with whom Aphrodite lay upon Mount Ida.

Aeneas, whom Aphrodite bore to Anchises, when she, goddess though she was, had lain with him upon the mountain slopes of Ida.

chapter 2 ¶

King Anchises stole the blood by putting his mares to them without Laomedon's knowledge, and they bore him six foals.

chapter 5 ¶

And now Aeneas, king of men, would have perished then and there, had not his mother, Zeus' daughter Aphrodite, who had conceived him by Anchises when he was herding cattle, been quick to mark, and thrown her two white arms about the body of her dear son.

chapter 5 ¶

TheogonyClassical · Greek

A mortal hero, lover of Aphrodite, father of Aeneas.

And Cytherea with the beautiful crown was joined in sweet love with the hero Anchises and bore Aeneas on the peaks of Ida with its many wooded glens.

theogony ¶

Hymn 5 to AphroditeClassical · Greek

Anchises is the handsome Trojan-descended mortal on Ida whom Aphrodite, under Zeus's influence, seduces and later instructs about their son Aeneas.

with you have I begun;

hymn 5 to aphrodite ¶

And Anchises was seized with love, and said to her:

hymn 5 to aphrodite ¶

And Anchises was seized with love, so that he opened his mouth and said:

hymn 5 to aphrodite ¶