Aeneas (disambiguation)

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Aeneas was a Trojan hero and important figure in Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad.

Other people and things called Aeneas include:

Ancient

• Aeneas Silvius, mythological king of Alba Longa
• Aeneas Tacticus (fl. 4th century BC), Greek writer
• Aeneas of Gaza (fl. 5th century AD), philosopher

Modern

• Aeneas de Caprara (1631-1701), Austrian field marshall
• Aeneas Chigwedere (b. 1939), Zimbabwean politician
• Aeneas Coffey (1780-1852), inventor of the Coffey still
• Æneas baron Mackay (1839-1909), prime minister of the Netherlands
• Æneas Shaw (c.1740–1814), soldier and politician of Upper Canada
• Aeneas Williams (b. 1968), U.S. athlete

Ships

• HMS Aeneas (P427), Royal Navy submarine
• Aeneas (troopship), wrecked 1805

Italian cognate "Enea"

• Enea Silvio Piccolomini (1405–1464), later Pope Pius II

Portuguese cognate "Enéas"

• Enéas Carneiro (1938–2007), Brazilian politician