Prince Aeneas of Troy has a bit of an unusual parentage- he's the son of minor prince Anchises by Human Woman. Who is definitely human. And not Aphrodite.

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The secondborn son of Priam and Hecabe was already making a big splash before he was born- and well before he swooped on a woman called Helen. There's not many of us who get a prophecy about our destructive legacy- or who get confused with a major European city...

Sources for this episode:

• Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume II). London: William Heinemann.
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It's the start of Chapter II, so we're off to the Trojan War! Except... Not just yet. We need some background first. You might have heard of our subject today- she shares a name with one of the co-hosts...

Sources for this episode:

• Euripides (1981), Medea and Other Plays. Translated by P. Vellacott. London: The Penguin Classics.
• Frazer, J. G. (1921), Apollodorus: The Library (Volume II). London: William Heinemann.
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• Norwich, J. J. (2003), Byzantium: The Decline and Fall. London: The Folio Society.

Any sources and future debate about Aesacus to be put here.