Aeneas

Aeneas was a son of Venus, Aphrodite's Roman aspect, and prince Anchises and the father of Ascanius. He was the second greatest fighter and the second commander just after Hector. He played a part in the Trojan War and would later go on to become a hero and the founder of the Roman Empire.

History
He traveled for many years running after Troy was burned until he found the place that the prophecy alleged he would found the city that would conquer the world. He was the main character in Virgil's Aeneid, which is the Roman equivalent of the Odyssey or the Iliad. On his journeys he meets (or travels past) many of the monsters that Odysseus met, such as Polyphemus and Circe, but he also meets new characters such as Dido, queen of Carthage and Deiphobe, Daughter of Glaucus, who was also the Cumaean Sibyl, and he also had to enter the Underworld to see his father's spirit in Elysium. He also spent a good part of his mission in friendly island or cities, especially in Carthage, a city that some decades later would become the greatest enemy of Rome. He didn't found Rome directly, but was the predecessor of Romulus and Remus. He founded the city that three centuries later would help in the foundation of Rome.

When Troy falls and starts to burn, Aeneas escapes from it with his father on his back and his son running by his side. They went to the beach and encountered others survivors, including some of Troy's princes. They build a small fleet, and within a month they leave the coast and travel to Thrace. There, after cutting a tree, they discover the land was cursed by a horrendous murder so they leave as soon as they can.

After leaving Thrace, they head to Crete and there they found a city. After a few months, Aeneas and his father hear a prophecy saying that their destiny was Italy. So they get back in the ships and head to Italy. In the middle of the sea, a tempest hit them and they travel without a course for 3 days. When it finally stops, they get to a island apparently without inhabitants. What they do not know was that the Harpies live there, and after a furious attack, they are forced to leave the island.

After a long trip through the sea, they finally see Italy, but because a war was prophesied to start on that land if they left the boat, they choose to continue looking for a place to live. When they arrive at Polyphemus's island, it is night and they cannot see a thing. After a Greek soldier finds them and tells them where they were, they leave again as fast as they can. They pass close to Charybdis, but they survive without any damage. They get to Sicily a few days later.

As soon as they leave Sicily, Hera sends them a storm and they would sink if it were not for the help of Poseidon, who secured their trip to closet port, Carthage. Aeneas stays there for a couple of years, sometimes said to be months, but after an order from Zeus, he leaves and starts the journey to Italy. This makes the queen of Carthage commit suicide, because she was madly in love with Aeneas.

He causes a great war in Italy, after Latinus, the king of the Latins, gives his daughter Lavinia to Aeneas in marriage. However, Lavinia was already betrothed to the leader of the Rutuli, Turnus. Though Hera helps the Rutuli, after a few days they are defeated, and Turnus is killed by Aeneas. The Trojans found a city, Lavinium. After Aeneas's death, his son Ascanius founds Alba Longa, which would later be of major importance for Romulus and Remus and to the foundation of Rome.

The Lost Hero
He is mentioned by his mother in a dream message to Piper. He is also mentioned by Aeolus, when he was talking about Roman Demigods. Clovis also mentioned that his father's Roman form, Somnus, killed Aeneas' helmsman when they were sailing from Troy.

Trivia

 * His name means "to praise" in Ancient Greek.
 * He considered to be the first Roman demigod ever recorded. But Rome wasn't created when he was born.
 * He is the Ancestor of Romulus and Remus through their mother, Rhea Silvia. This would then also make Romulus and Remus Legacies of Venus.
 * The writer of the Aeneid, Virgil, as said to be "Il nostro mayor poeta" (our greatest poet in Latin)