Anchises, a legendary Trojan prince, the father of Aeneas. He was related to the family of Priam, and was king of Dardanus in Troas. Venus was enamored of him, and, visiting him in the disguise of a Phrygian princess, became the mother of Aeneas. According to Virgil, Anchises survived the capture of Troy, being borne from the burning city on the shoulders of his son, and died in Sicily shortly after the arrival of Aeneas in that island. The people of Egesta, a town situated near the place where he is said to have been buried, erected a sanctuary and celebrated funeral games in Lis honor.