{"id":1117,"date":"2022-04-05T11:30:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T09:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/ariste\/?page_id=1117"},"modified":"2022-05-06T12:44:01","modified_gmt":"2022-05-06T10:44:01","slug":"the-games-in-honour-of-anchises","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/the-games-in-honour-of-anchises\/","title":{"rendered":"The games in honour of Anchises"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1117\" class=\"elementor elementor-1117\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0f4aad4 elementor-section-height-full elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"0f4aad4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;,&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9a5c600\" data-id=\"9a5c600\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b38a2bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b38a2bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.7.8 - 02-10-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">THE GAMES IN HONOUR OF ANCHISES<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><i>Hospitality, friendship, and the value of family ties<\/i><\/span><\/h4>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d3e5c3c elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d3e5c3c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6df846\" data-id=\"d6df846\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-e098026 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e098026\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9285098\" data-id=\"9285098\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55b54ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55b54ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><strong>THE GAMES IN HONOUR OF ANCHISES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>After their hasty escape from the islands of the Cyclops, skirting the south-western coast of Sicily and seeing <strong>Camarina<\/strong>, <strong>Gela<\/strong>, <strong>Agrigento <\/strong>and <strong>Selinunte <\/strong>along the way, Aeneas and the Trojans&#8217; ships pass <strong>Lilybaeum <\/strong>and enter the port of <strong>Drepana <\/strong>(<strong>Trapani<\/strong>). <strong>Anchises dies here.<\/strong> He had been a great comfort to Aeneas in every difficult moment of his life, and Aeneas sinks into deep despair upon the <strong>loss of his elderly father.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the fifth book of the Aeneid, Virgil tells us that the following year, after the long stop in Carthage, the Trojans land again in Drepana, where <strong>games are organised by Aeneas in memory of Anchises<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>first is a boat race, <\/strong>where the competitors have to reach a rock a couple of miles off the coast, sail around it and return to their starting point. Four contenders take to the starting line: the <strong>Pristis<\/strong>, the <strong>Chimaera<\/strong>, the <strong>Centaur, <\/strong>and the <strong>Scylla<\/strong>. An excited crowd rushes to witness the spectacle. The trumpet blows and the ships depart, amid applause and shouts of encouragement. The competition is fierce and in the end it is the Scylla that crosses the finish line first. Aeneas offers prizes not only to the winners but also to all the other participants.<\/p>\n<p>After the prize-giving for the regatta, the other competitions take place: a <strong>running race<\/strong>, <strong>basket boxing <\/strong>and <strong>archery<\/strong>. An <strong>equestrian show <\/strong>closes the celebrations.<\/p>\n<p>During the games in honour of Anchises there is a festive and carefree atmosphere, and Aeneas rediscovers his people, the future that awaits him, recognising that his fellow travellers are closer and more united to him than he thought.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, however, a group of women, tired of the long voyage, set fire to some of the ships at Juno&#8217;s instigation: Aeneas decides to leave in Sicily all those who do not wish to go on, old people, women and children, and the <strong>city of Acestas <\/strong>is founded for them, as well as a temple in honour of Venus (Erycina) and a place of worship for Anchises.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a9 image from Wikimedia Commons<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GAMES IN HONOUR OF ANCHISES Hospitality, friendship, and the value of family ties THE GAMES IN HONOUR OF ANCHISES After their hasty escape from the<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1117","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1121,"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1117\/revisions\/1121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ariste.aeneasroute.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}