Aventinus, son of Roman hero Hercules and the priestess Rhea

Aventinus, son of Roman hero Hercules and the priestess Rhea, mentioned in Virgil's Aeneid, Book vii. 656, as an ally of Mezentius and enemy of Aeneas. Wearing a lionskin like his father from a carnelian gem. Aventino figlio di Ercole. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Aeneas Aeneid Ally Aventinus Carnelian Gem Classical Mythology Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Hero Greek Myth Heracles Hercules Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Lionskin Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Priestess Regi Rhea Roman Hero Roman Myth Virgil

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