In Greek mythology, the father of the hero Aeneas and a member of the Trojan royal family who had a relationship with the goddess Aphrodite.
From Greek Ἀγχίσης (Anchises), derived from 'anchis' meaning 'near.' The name appears in Homer's Iliad and was later immortalized in Virgil's Aeneid, where Aeneas carries his elderly father from burning Troy.
Anchises appears in one of literature's most powerful moments—when Aeneas escapes Troy carrying his frail old father on his shoulders—and this image became a symbol of filial duty that inspired artists and writers for thousands of years!
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