Anchises

Anchīses (old orthog. Agchīses, Varr. L. L. Fragm. p. 264 Müll.; nom. Anchisa, Naev. B. Pun. Fragm. ap. Prob. Quint. 1, 5, 61; acc. Ancisem, Att. Trag. Rel. p. 220 Rib.; abl. Anchisā, Verg. A. 5, 244), ae, m., = Ἀγχίσης.

• Son of Capys, father of Aeneas, who bore him forth from burning Troy upon his shoulders, Enn. Ann. 1, 30; Verg. A. 1, 617; 3, 710 sq.; Ov. M. 9, 425; 13, 640; 13, 680 al.—Hence,
• II Derivv.
• • A Anchīsēus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to Anchises: tumulus, Verg. A. 5, 761; and
  • B Anchīsĭădes, ae, m. patr., son of Anchises, i.e. Aeneas, Verg. A. 6, 348.

Anchi'ses

(Ἀγχίσης), a son of Capys and Themis, the daughter of Ilus. His descent is traced by Aeneas, his son (Hom. Il. 20.208,&c.), from Zeus himself. (Comp. Apollod. 3.12.2 ; Tzetz. ad Lycoph. 1232.) Hyginus (Hyg. Fab. 94) makes him a son of Assaracus and grandson of Capys. Anchises was related to the royal house of Troy and king of Dardanus on mount Ida. In beauty he equalled the immortal gods, and was beloved by Aphrodite, by whom he became the father of Aeneas. (Hom. Il. 2.820; Hes. Th. 1008 ; Apollod. Hygin. ll. cc.) According to the Homeric hymn on Aphrodite (45, &c.), the goddess had visited him in the disguise of a daughter of the Phrygian king Otreus. On parting from him, she made herself known, and announced to him that he would be the father of a son, Aeneas, but she commanded him to give out that the child was a son of a nymph, and added the threat that Zeus would destroy him with a flash of lightning if he should ever betray the real mother. When, therefore, on one occasion Anchises lost controul over his tongue and boasted of his intercourse with the goddess, he was struck by a flash of lightning, which according to some traditions killed, but according to others only blinded or lamed him. (Hygin. l.c. ; Serv. ad Aen. 2.648.) Virgil in his Aeneid makes Anchises survive the capture of Troy, and Aeneas carries his father oil his shoulders from the burning city, that he might be assisted by his wise counsel during the voyage, for Virgil, after the example of Ennius, attributes prophetic powers to Anchises. (Aen. 2.687, with Serv. note.) According to Virgil, Anchises died soon after the first arrival of Aeneas in Sicily, and was buried on mount Eryx. (Aen. 3.710, 5.759, &c.) This tradition seems to have been firmly believed in Sicily, and not to have been merely an invention of the poet, for Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1.53) states, that Anchises had a sanctuary at Egesta, and the funeral games celebrated in Sicily in honour of Anchises seem to have continued down to a late period. (Ov. Fast. 3.543.) According to other traditions Anchises died and was buried in Italy. (Dionys. A. R. 1.64 ; Strab. v. p.229; Aurel. Vict. De Orig. Gent. Rom. 10, &c.) A tradition preserved in Pausanias (8.12.5) states, that Anchises died in Arcadia, and was buried there by his son at the foot of a hill, which received from him the name of Anchisia. There were, however, some other places besides which boasted of possessing the tomb of Anchises; for some said, that he was buried on mount Ida, in accordance with the tradition that he was killed there by Zeus (Eustath. ad Hom. p. 894), and others, that he was interred in a place on the gulf of Thermus near the Hellespont. (Conon 46.) According to Apollodorus (3.12.2), Anchises had by Aphrodite a second son, Lyrus or Lyrnus, and Homer (Hom. Il. 13.429) calls Hippodameia the eldest of the daughters of Anchises, but does not mention her mother's name. An Anchises of Sicyon occurs in Il. 23.296. [L.S]

Anchīsēs ae (abl.Anchisā, V.), m

• , Αγχίσης, father of Aeneas, V., O.

Anchīses

(Ἀγχίσης). The son of Capys, of the royal house of Troy by both parents, ruler of Dardanus, on Mount Ida. Aphrodité loved him for his beauty, and bore him a son, Aeneas; but having, in spite of her warnings, boasted of her favour, he was (according to various versions of the story) paralyzed, killed, or struck blind by the lightning of Zeus. Vergil represents the disabled chief as borne out of burning Troy on his son's shoulders, and as sharing his wanderings over the sea, and aiding him with his counsel, till they reach Drepanum, in Sicily, where he dies, and is buried on Mount Eryx.

Anchises Anchises, son of Capys

• beloved by Aphrodite, father of Aeneas: Apollod. 3.12.2, Apollod. E.3.34
• carried off by Aeneas at sack of Troy: Apollod. E.5.21
• tomb of, in Arcadia: Paus. 8.12.8, 9