Aeneas is in mythology.
Aeneads . In Roman mythology , the Aeneads ( Αἰνειάδαι in Greek ) were the friends , family and companions of Aeneas , with whom they fled from Troy after the Trojan War . In Greco-Roman mythology , Aeneas ( [ ᵻˈniːəs ] Greek : Αἰνείας , Aineías , possibly derived from Greek αἰνή meaning `` praised '' ) was a Trojan hero , the son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Venus ( Aphrodite ) . He is a character in Greek mythology and is mentioned in Homer 's Iliad . Aeneas receives full treatment in Roman mythology , most extensively in Virgil 's Aeneid , where he is an ancestor of Romulus and Remus .