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Anchises

Pronunciation pronunciation key
ankīseez

Definition 
Archetype of an aged but respected parent. According to Greek mythology, the goddess of love, Aphrodite, fell in love with Anchises when he was a handsome young Trojan prince and in due course bore him the hero Aeneas. When Aeneas was allowed to go free after the sack of Troy by the Greeks, who greatly respected his prowess, and permitted to take the one thing he most valued with him Aeneas chose the now aged and infirm Anchises, carrying him on his shoulders through the flames. Anchises subsequently accompanied Aeneas on his voyages and died in Sicily aged 80. "Ay, as Aeneas our great ancestor / Did from the flames of Troy upon his shoulder / The old Anchises bear, so from the waves of Tiber / Did I the tired Caesar" (William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar, 1599).

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