Aeneads

{{short description|In Roman mythology, the friends, family and companions of Aeneas}}

:This is for the mythical allies of Aeneas. For the story written about them by Virgil, see Aeneid

In Roman mythology, the Aeneads ({{langx|grc|Αἰνειάδαι}}) were the friends, family and companions of Aeneas, with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War. Aenides was another patronymic from Aeneas, which is applied by Gaius Valerius Flaccus to the inhabitants of Cyzicus,Valerius Flaccus, 3.4 whose town was believed to have been founded by Cyzicus, the son of Aeneas and Aenete.{{Citation| last = Schmitz| first = Leonhard| contribution = Aenides| editor-last = Smith| editor-first = William| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology| volume = 1| pages = 34| place = Boston| year = 1867| contribution-url = https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0104%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DA%3Aentry+group%3D7%3Aentry%3Daenides-bio-1}} Similarly, Aeneades (Ancient Greek: {{lang|grc|Αἰνειάδης}}) was a patronymic from Aeneas, and applied as a surname to those who were believed to have been descended from him, such as Ascanius, Augustus, and the Romans in general.Virgil, Aeneid 9.653 Ovid, Epistulae ex Ponto 1.35Ovid, Metamorphoses 15.682 & 15.695 {{Citation| last = Schmitz| first = Leonhard| contribution = Aeneades| editor-last = Smith| editor-first = William| title = Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology| volume = 1| pages = 30| place = Boston| year = 1867| contribution-url = http://www.ancientlibrary.com/smith-bio/0039.html }}

The Aeneads included:

• Achates
• Acmon, son of Clytius (son of Aeolus),Acmon's only appearance is in Virgil's Aeneid. Others with that name are listed at Acmon (disambiguation).
• Anchises
• Creusa, wife of Aeneas and mother of Ascanius
• Ascanius
• Gyas
• Iapyx
• the Lares
• Nisus and Euryalus, heroes of the helmet episode in Book 9{{cite web |title=The Aeneid Book 9 |url=https://www.poetryintranslation.com/PITBR/Latin/VirgilAeneidIX.php#anchor_Toc4666539 |website=Poetry in Translation |at=line 177}}
• Mimas
• Misenus, Aeneas' trumpeterVirgil, Aeneid 6
• Mnestheus, possibly Aeneas' most senior commander
• the Penates
• Serestus
• Sergestus
• Achaemenides, one of Odysseus' crew the Aeneads picked up in Sicily (strictly speaking not an Aenead as he was not Trojan, but Greek).Virgil, Aeneid 3 Ovid, Metamorphoses 14