Aphrodite lay with Anchises on Mount Ida, conceiving Aeneas. According to the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite, Zeus caused the goddess to fall in love with the mortal as punishment for making other gods desire mortals.
The Greek Anchises, Trojan prince beloved of Aphrodite in the Homeric Hymn, was adopted into Roman tradition as the father of Aeneas and the aged patriarch carried from burning Troy on his son's shoulders.
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