Iulus

Reading notes

• The Loves §3.9 Iulus

  Ascanius, son of Aeneas and grandson of Venus, ancestor of the Julian house; Cupid mourns like Venus at his half-brother's death.

• The Heroides §7 Iulus

  Also called Ascanius, the young son of Aeneas; Dido pleads that the innocent boy be spared the sea's perils.

• The Heroides §7 Ascanius

  The other name of Iulus, Aeneas's son and ancestor of the Julian line.

• Letters from the Black Sea §2.2 name of Iulus

  Iulus (Ascanius), son of Aeneas and ancestor of the Julian house; loyalty to 'the name of Iulus' is loyalty to Augustus's line.

• The Festivals §4.proem Iulus

  Son of Aeneas (Ascanius), from whose name the Julian house (and so the Caesars) claimed descent.

• Metamorphoses §15.494 blood of Iulus

  Ascanius (Iulus), son of Aeneas, ancestor of the Julian line.

• Metamorphoses §15.512 Dardanian Iulus

  Ascanius (Iulus), the Trojan ancestor of the Julii.