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Aeneads

In Roman mythology, the Aeneads were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom he fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Virgil also used the word as a synonym of "Trojan", a person from Troy.

The Aeneads included

Achates
Acmon
Anchises
Ascanius
Iapyx
the Lares
Mimas
Misenus
the Penates
Sergestus

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