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CREUSA, one of Priam's daughters, was Aeneas's wife and the mother of Ascanius. She fled from Troy with Aeneas but was mysteriously lost on the way as they ran down to the ships (Aeneid II.730-743).

The story of Creusa is painted on the brass tablet in the temple of Venus, HF I.175-192. In the story of Dido, the loss of Creusa is given in one line, LGW 945. [Ascanius: Dido: Eneas: Iulo]

The name appears in medial positions, HF I.175, 183; LGW 945.


Virgil, Aeneid, ed. and trans. H.R. Fairclough, I.342-345.
From CHAUCER NAME DICTIONARY
Copyright © 1988, 1996 Jacqueline de Weever
Published by Garland Publishing, Inc., New York and London.

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