\b0 King of \b \cf4 \ATXht10401 Dardanus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 in Troas and father of \b \cf4 \ATXht10112 Aeneas\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . He was loved by \b \cf4 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 but, since he dared to boast of this, lamed by a thunderbolt from \b \cf4 \ATXht8 Zeus\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 . When \b \cf4 \ATXht12019 Troy\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was destroyed, \b \cf4 \ATXht201 Anc
hises\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 was already an old man and fled from the city riding on his son's shoulders. He died in \b \cf4 \ATXht210 Sicily\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 before reaching the new home destined for his race.\par