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Anchises.

A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.

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name/æŋˈkaɪ.siːz/
  1. A mythical Trojan elder in the Iliad and the Aeneid, father of Aeneas.

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Ancient Greek Ἀγχίσης (Ankhísēs), via Latin Anchises.

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