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[[Image:Aeneas Creusa Louvre OA7554.jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Painting.|In this painting in the Louvre in [[Paris, France|Paris]], Aeneas looks for his wife Creusa while they try to flee the destruction of the city of [[Troy]], but Aeneas can only see her ''shade''.]] | [[Image:Aeneas Creusa Louvre OA7554.jpg|thumb|right|340px|alt=Painting.|In this painting in the Louvre in [[Paris, France|Paris]], Aeneas looks for his wife Creusa while they try to flee the destruction of the city of [[Troy]], but Aeneas can only see her ''shade''.]] | ||
'''Creusa''' was the wife of [[Trojan]] hero [[Aeneas]] and daughter of Trojan | '''Creusa''' was the [[wife]] of [[Troy|Trojan]] [[hero]] [[Aeneas]] and [[daughter]] of Trojan [[King Priam]]. Creusa and Aeneas had a son named [[Ascanius]] who later went on with Aeneas to found a kingdom in [[Ancient Rome|Rome]]. Creusa is described by the Roman [[poetry|[poet]] [[Virgil]] in the [[epic]] story commissioned by [[Augustus|Augustus Caesar]] called ''[[Aeneid|The Aeneid]]''. In the story, during the sack of [[Troy]] by [[Ancient Greece|Greek]] warriors, Creusa flees the destruction and walks behind Aeneas, who carries his aging [[father]] [[Anchises]] and who holds the hand of his [[youth|young]] [[son]] [[Ascanius]]. But Creusa is lost in the maelstrom of battle; when Aeneas goes back for her, he finds she is lost. | ||
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Revision as of 15:58, 16 April 2010
Creusa was the wife of Trojan hero Aeneas and daughter of Trojan King Priam. Creusa and Aeneas had a son named Ascanius who later went on with Aeneas to found a kingdom in Rome. Creusa is described by the Roman [poet Virgil in the epic story commissioned by Augustus Caesar called The Aeneid. In the story, during the sack of Troy by Greek warriors, Creusa flees the destruction and walks behind Aeneas, who carries his aging father Anchises and who holds the hand of his young son Ascanius. But Creusa is lost in the maelstrom of battle; when Aeneas goes back for her, he finds she is lost.