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The Æneid of Virgil translated into English prose

Note 40 — BOOK I

John Conington translation

4:17. Æacides. A descendant of Æacus (king of Ægina and father of Peleus). Virgil applies the name to (1) Achilles, (2) Pyrrhus, son of Achilles, (3) Perseus, king of Macedonia.

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