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ID: 901000667
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901000667
Record Type: Character/Person

Askanios (Greco-Roman character)

Note: In Greco-Roman legend, son of the hero Aeneas. In Rome, the traditional founder of Alba Longa, probably the site of the modern Castel Gandolfo, near Rome. In different versions, Ascanius is placed variously in time. The usual account, found in Virgil’s Aeneid, makes the Trojan Creusa his mother.

Display Date: appears in Aeneas legend by 5th century BCE

Names:
Askanios (Greco-Roman character) (preferred,English,U,N)
Ἀσκάνιος (Greco-Roman character) (Greek)
Askanius (Greco-Roman character) (English,U,N)
Ascanius (Greco-Roman character) (English,U,N)
Ascanius (Greco-Roman character) (Latin,U,N)
Iulus (Greco-Roman character) (English,U,N)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Greek iconography> (P)
........<Greek characters> (G)
............Askanios (Greco-Roman character) (I)
Related Iconography:
child of .... Creusa
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Creusa (Greek character, wife of Aeneas)) [901001840]
child of .... Aeneas
..........(Legend, Religion, Mythology, Greek iconography, Greek characters, Aeneas (Greco-Roman character)) [901000142]

Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... legendary character
.....(characters (people by activity), people by activity, people (agents), People (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Ancient Roman
.....(Ancient Italian, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Early Western World, styles, periods, and cultures by region, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:
Askanios (Greco-Roman character)
................J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
Ἀσκάνιος (Greco-Roman character)
................Wikipedia (2000-) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascanius
Askanius (Greco-Roman character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Ascanius (Greco-Roman character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2001002377
Iulus (Greco-Roman character)
................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Ascanius," accessed 13 June 2017
................ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/341406
................ Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh2001002377
................ Source for image https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascanius#/media/File:Amphora_Aineias_Ankhises_470_BC_Staatliche_Antikensammlungen.jpg

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