Alistar, former King of the Inquisitors. "father" of Aeneas.

-He lived like a bastard.

-he died for his own ego.

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concept doodle for Aeneas? he wields a sword entrusted to him by the King of Troy as he seeks to reestablish the lost glory of Troy

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Aeneas is the son of the former king of the inquisitors, so he is a prince. https://t.co/X4DOyZ8gXO

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A final from the atrium of the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Discovered 12 October 1829, a grief-stricken Dido, alongside the personification of Africa in elephant headdress, as Aeneas departs.

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)

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Mercury, from Mercury Exhorting Aeneas to Leave Carthage, 1757

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On here's Dido, joint ruler of Phoenician Tyre, driven out by her dastardly brother Pygmalion, who'd killed her husband. She bravely led other refugees to found a new city at Carthage. Before Roman ideologues got involved there was no Aeneas in her story.

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Marcantonio Raimondi, Venus and Aeneas, 15th-16th century https://t.co/3XYgP33k7b

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Apotheosis of Aeneas, c. 1765 https://t.co/lScS2ECQ4X

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~ Aeneas tries to seize the golden branch that will allow him to enter the Underworld: there would have been various choices, but in the end I settled on the mistletoe plant!

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This Roman cornelian gemstone depicting the goddess Venus and Anchises, the father of Aeneas, is our

Produced c. 25 BCE, this superb engraving is set in a gold and enamel 18th century frame.

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Mercury, from Mercury Exhorting Aeneas to Leave Carthage, 1757

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Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, The Apotheosis of Aeneas, c. 1765 https://t.co/lScS2ECQ4X

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Trying to shoe-horn in a link to and my Covid vaccination (as only I would do) leaves me with a fresco of a medical procedure—Aeneas having an arrowhead removed from his leg—and enemas discovered in the House of the Surgeon. Yikes.
Image 2: https://t.co/WuoRyJamhM

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There was another famous Sibyl I bumped into once,the Sibyl of Cumae, near Naples, as consulted by Aeneas, referenced by Ovid and Petronius. Painted by Domenichino (Domenico Zampieri)(1581-1641), and Michelangelo in the Sistine Chapel (sometimes I wonder how much M liked women😏)

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