Brought to you by Homer infodumping in book 13, Iliad, lines 425-35 ca
Known fact: Aeneas is the son of Anchises and Aphrodite, he's a character of the Iliad and the main character of Virgil's Aeneid, among other sources of the Epic Cycle.
Context: Homer likes to present us a character and his lineage in the same paragraph they are killed. That is a recurrent formula that I absolutely don't fall for every time developing attachment to soon-dead people 😭👍
So, currently being killed by Idomeneus (and Poseidon), we are presented with Alcathous, son-in-law of Aeneas' father Anchises for having married his eldest daughter Hippodamia or Hippodameia.
So fun fact, Aeneas has an elder sister (unless she's the eldest among the daughters, daughters are often neglected on the genealogies).
I didn't even know Anchises had a wife or other children, thanks Homer.
I might do a post one day about all the mentioned and forgotten female characters 🤔
✨ Bonus fan fact, Anchises spawn!
Brought to you by Pseudo Apollodorus, book 3, chapter 12, section 2.
Here Aphrodite had two sons by Anchises, Aeneas and Lyrus, who died childless.
