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Eneit, Bavaria, Germany
Aeneasroman by Heinrich von Veldeke
f. 50v Schwertkampf zwischen Turnus und PallasSword fight between Turnus and Pallas
Turnus tötet Pallas
Turnus kills Pallas
Title: Eneit : Ms. germ. fol. 282
Author: Heinrich <von Veldeke>
Place: Bayern
Year of creation: 1220
Period of creation: [um 1220/1230]
Extent: 74 Bl.
Language: german
Location: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin, Germany
Signature: Ms. germ. fol. 282
Category: Handschriften, Sprachen / Literaturen
Project : Handschriften digital
Digitalisator : Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Germany
Indexing date: Montag, 17. Mai 2021
Structure type: Manuscript
Aeneas, mythical hero of Troy and Rome, son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises. Aeneas was a member of the royal line at Troy and cousin of Hector. He played a prominent part in the war to defend his city against the Greeks, being second only to Hector in ability. Homer implies that Aeneas did not like his subordinate position, and from that suggestion arose a later tradition that Aeneas helped to betray Troy to the Greeks. The more common version, however, made Aeneas the leader of the Trojan survivors after Troy was taken by the Greeks. In any case, Aeneas survived the war, and his figure was thus available to compilers of Roman myth. Encyclopædia Britannica
