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English
Proper noun
Æneas
- Obsolete form of Aeneas.
1807, [Germaine] de Staël Holstein, translated by D Lawler, “[[Book XIII. Vesuvius and the plain of Naples.] Chap[ter] IV.] The extempore effusion of Corinna on the Plain of Naples.”, in Corinna; or, Italy. , volume III, London: Corri, ; and sold by Colburn, , and Mackenzie, , →OCLC, page 234:Acheron and Phlegeton, which a subterraneous fire causes to boil, are the billows of that hell which was visited by Æneas.
1871, Wilhelm Ihne, chapter I, in The History of Rome, Longmans, Green, and Co., page 3:WHEN, according to the counsel of the gods, Troy was conquered by the Greeks, the noble Æneas, with a number of Trojans, fled from the burning city.