In Dante's Inferno, this commander can be seen among the other virtuous pagans in Limbo, a honor well deserved considering his piety.
In Dante's Inferno, this commander can be seen among the other virtuous pagans in Limbo, a honor well deserved considering his piety. This character also appears in the Illiad, where he is wounded but saved from death through the graces of Aphrodite. The harbor of Gaeta, which he discovered on his journeys, is named after his childhood nurse. Other companions of his include brave Cloanthus, faithful Achates, and his son Iulus, who went on to become the king of Alba Longa. This son of Venus was also popular with the ladies, and took a detour from his journeys to spend a "winter of pleasure" with the Carthaginian queen Dido. FTP, name this Trojan who eventually became the founder of the Roman race.
In Dante's Inferno, this commander can be seen among the other virtuous pagans in Limbo, a honor well deserved considering his piety.
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