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The surgeon cannot extract an arrow from the thigh of Aeneas; Venus brings a medicinal herb to accomplish what the surgeon cannot. Oil painting after Virgil.

Anchises, Dione, and Aeneas (centre); Salmacis and Hermaphroditus (left); Pan and Eros (right). Etching by P. Aquila after Annibale Carracci.

The Cumaean Sibyl leads Aeneas to the underworld: they encounter Cerberus. Etching.

Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his shoulders holding the household gods, as they escape from the sack of Troy. Colour relief etching by Elisha Kirkall, 1722, after Ugo da Carpi, 1518, after Raphael.

Venus appears to Aeneas while he is being treated after being wounded in battle. Engraving by L. Desplaces after J.B. Nattier, 17--.

The funeral procession of Pallas, son of Evander. Etching by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.

Aeneas is standing with his father Anchises on his shoulders as he rescues him from the fire of Troy, and he receives the household gods from his wife, Creusa. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.

Aeneas carrying Anchises on his shoulders, while also leading his son Ascanius away from the fire of Troy. Coloured woodcut by L. Büsinck after G. Lallemand.

Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, escaping from the sack of Troy, accompanied by Creusa and Ascanius. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654.

Anchises foretells to Aeneas the future lineage of the Caesars. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.

Eneas ; a twelfth-century French romance. Translated with an introd. and notes by John A. Yunck.

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Aeneas carrying his father Anchises on his back, escaping from the sack of Troy, accompanied by Creusa and Ascanius. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654.

Anchises foretells to Aeneas the future lineage of the Caesars. Engraving by P. Lombard, 1654, after F. Cleyn.

Eneas ; a twelfth-century French romance. Translated with an introd. and notes by John A. Yunck.

The Cumaean Sibyl leads Aeneas to the underworld: they encounter Cerberus. Etching.

Aeneas is standing with his father Anchises on his shoulders as he rescues him from the fire of Troy, and he receives the household gods from his wife, Creusa. Engraving by G. Audran after D. Zampieri, il Domenichino.