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Things Not Generally Known: Trojan

Achilles. the son of Peleus and Thetis, was the bravest of all the Greeks in the Trojan war. During his infancy Thetis plunged him in the Styx, thus making every part of his body invulnerable except the heel by which she held him. Actæon. A famous huntsman, son of Aristæus and Autonoe, daughter of Cadmus. He saw Diana and her attendents bathing, for which he was changed into a stag and devoured by his own dogs.

Adonis, son of Cinyras and Myrrha, was the favorite of Venus. He was fond of hunting, and was often cautioned not to hunt wild beasts. This advise he slighted, and at last was mortally wounded by a wild boar. Ea. A huntress changed into an island of the same name by the gods, to rescue her from the pursuit of her lover, the river Phasis.

Egis. The shield of Jupiter. He gave it to Pallas, who placed Medusa's head on it, which turned into stone all those who gazed at it. Eneas. A Trojan prince, son of Anchises and Venus. He married Creusa, the daughter of Priam, and they had a son named Ascanius. During the Trojan war Æneas behaved with great valor, Eolus. The ruler of storms and winds, was the son of Hippotas. He reigned over Æolia. He was the inventor of sails, and a great astronomer, from which the poets have called him the god of wind.