An estate is a large parcel of land under single ownership, which generates income for its owner.
74-517: Stourhead ( / ˈ s t aʊər h ɛ d / ) is a 1,072-hectare (2,650-acre) estate at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire , extending into Somerset . The estate is about 4 km ( 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi) northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton , one of
148-413: A country house , mansion , palace or castle . It is the modern term for a manor , but lacks a manor's now-abolished jurisdiction. The "estate" formed an economic system where the profits from its produce and rents (of housing or agricultural land) sustained the main household, formerly known as the manor house . Thus, "the estate" may refer to all other cottages and villages in the same ownership as
222-823: A housing estate or industrial estate . Large country estates were traditionally found in New York's Long Island , and Westchester County , the Philadelphia Main Line , Maine's Bar Harbor on Mount Desert Island , and other affluent East Coast enclaves; and the San Francisco Bay Area , early Beverly Hills, California , Montecito, California , Santa Barbara, California and other affluent West Coast enclaves. All these regions had strong traditions of large agricultural, grazing, and productive estates modeled on those in Europe. However, by
296-400: A kitchen garden (for fruit and vegetables). A dower house may have been present on the estate to allow the widow of the former owner her own accommodation and household when moved out the primary house on the estate. The agricultural depression from the 1870s onwards and the decline of servants meant that the large rural estates declined in social and economic significance, and many of
370-524: A brief but fierce storm sent up against the group at Juno 's request, Aeneas and his fleet made landfall at Carthage after six years of wanderings. Aeneas had a year-long affair with the Carthaginian queen Dido (also known as Elissa), who proposed that the Trojans settle in her land and that she and Aeneas reign jointly over their peoples. A marriage of sorts was arranged between Dido and Aeneas at
444-513: A curse that would forever pit Carthage against Rome, an enmity that would culminate in the Punic Wars . She then committed suicide by stabbing herself with the same sword she gave Aeneas when they first met. After the sojourn in Carthage, the Trojans returned to Sicily where Aeneas organized funeral games to honor his father, who had died a year before. The company traveled on and landed on
518-595: A fact have escaped record in the writings of Julius Caesar when that Roman military supreme commander had personally surveyed the lands there he had conquered for Rome by 48 BC? And indeed, why should the son Brutus have escaped from Latin histories altogether, given that they did deal with Silvius and Ascanius, and 'all they're [sic] childera & what became of them & how they endyd that succeeded them as kyngis'? Other details Rastell found were able to be discounted without resort to factual records, or with only very few facts needed other than everyday experience. Were
592-557: A god inhabiting a mortal body. However, there is no certainty regarding the origin of his name. In imitation of the Iliad , Virgil borrows epithets of Homer, including: Anchisiades, magnanimum , magnus , heros , and bonus . Though he borrows many, Virgil gives Aeneas two epithets of his own, in the Aeneid : pater and pius . The epithets applied by Virgil are an example of an attitude different from that of Homer, for whilst Odysseus
666-420: A god. Aeneas was recognized as the god Jupiter Indiges . It's also been stated that Prince Aeneas is the ancestor to the founders of Rome, the twin brothers Romulus and Remus; the two orphan boys who are seen suckling from a she-wolf. [1] The English once widely claimed as history an original peopling of their island—prior to the event, a land only of fantastical giants—by descendants of Aeneas, though even in
740-412: A large collection of trees and shrubs from around the world. Richard Colt Hoare , the grandson of Henry Hoare II, inherited Stourhead in 1783. He added the library wing to the mansion, and in the garden was responsible for the building of the boathouse and the removal of several features that were not in keeping with the classical and gothic styles (including a Turkish Tent). He also considerably enhanced
814-545: A libretto by André Alexis ) as a companion piece to Purcell's opera. Despite its many dramatic elements, Aeneas's story has generated little interest from the film industry. Ronald Lewis portrayed Aeneas in Helen of Troy , directed by Robert Wise, as a supporting character, who is a member of the Trojan Royal family, and a close and loyal friend to Paris, and escapes at the end of the film. Portrayed by Steve Reeves , he
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#1732772917891888-483: A re-telling of the last six books of the Aeneid told from the point of view of Lavinia , daughter of King Latinus of Latium . Aeneas appears in David Gemmell 's Troy series as a main heroic character who goes by the name Helikaon . In Rick Riordan 's book series The Heroes of Olympus , Aeneas is regarded as the first Roman demigod, son of Venus rather than Aphrodite. Will Adams' novel City of
962-475: A result is struck in the foot with a thunderbolt by Zeus. Thereafter he is lame in that foot, so that Aeneas has to carry him from the flames of Troy. Aeneas is a minor character in the Iliad , where he is twice saved from death by the gods as if for an as-yet-unknown destiny but is an honorable warrior in his own right. Having held back from the fighting, aggrieved with Priam because in spite of his brave deeds he
1036-467: A result of their liaison. Aphrodite assures him that he will be protected and tells him that she will bear him a son to be called Aeneas. However, she warns him that he must never tell anyone that he has lain with a goddess. When Aeneas is born, Aphrodite takes him to the nymphs of Mount Ida, instructing them to raise the child to age five, then take him to Anchises. According to other sources, Anchises later brags about his encounter with Aphrodite, and as
1110-530: A single day, and all cooperating to kill those 32 husbands in a single night; or in combination with analysis of logistical realities, such as the suggested voyage of all 32 murderous widows to Britain without dispersion or diversion, over three thousand miles. Rastell was further able to discount the likelihood of any factuality to that ancient tale, due to his failure to discover, after diligent research, any authentic record of its origin or explanation as to why such record should be absent. Snorri Sturlason , in
1184-457: Is poikilios ("wily"), Aeneas is described as pius ("pious"), which conveys a strong moral tone. The purpose of these epithets seems to enforce the notion of Aeneas' divine hand as father and founder of the Roman race, and their use seems circumstantial: when Aeneas is praying he refers to himself as pius, and is referred to as such by the author only when the character is acting on behalf of
1258-558: Is 12 books of the legendary foundation of Lavinium which explains that Aeneas is one of the few Trojans who were not killed or enslaved when Troy fell. Aeneas, after being commanded by the gods to flee, gathered a group, collectively known as the Aeneads , who then traveled to Italy and became progenitors of the Romans . The Aeneads included Aeneas's trumpeter Misenus , his father Anchises , his friends Achates , Sergestus , and Acmon ,
1332-584: Is a favorite of the Sun God Apollo . Aphrodite and Apollo would frequently rescue Aeneas from combat with Diomedes of Argos , who nearly kills him, and carry him away to Pergamos for healing. Even the Sea God Poseidon , who usually favors the Greeks, comes to Aeneas's rescue after he falls under the assault of Achilles , noting that Aeneas, though from a junior branch of the royal family,
1406-666: Is a title character in Henry Purcell 's opera Dido and Aeneas ( c. 1688 ), and Jakob Greber 's Enea in Cartagine ( Aeneas in Carthage ) (1711), and one of the principal roles in Hector Berlioz ' opera Les Troyens ( c. 1857 ), as well as in Metastasio 's immensely popular opera libretto Didone abbandonata . Canadian composer James Rolfe composed his opera Aeneas and Dido (2007; to
1480-528: Is also a brief physical description found in the 6th-century John Malalas ' Chronographia : "Aeneas: short, fat, with a good chest, powerful, with a ruddy complexion, a broad face, a good nose, fair skin, bald on the forehead, a good beard, grey eyes." Aeneas appears as a character in William Shakespeare 's play Troilus and Cressida , set during the Trojan War. Aeneas and Dido are
1554-484: Is based on an inscription in the grotto, created around 1748. The inscription was destroyed in error around 1960 and a replica was made from photographs. Estate (house) In the United Kingdom , historically an estate comprises the houses, outbuildings, supporting farmland, tenanted buildings, and natural resources (such as woodland) that surround the gardens and grounds of a very large property, such as
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#17327729178911628-586: Is cast as an ancestor of Romulus and Remus . He became the first true hero of Rome. Snorri Sturluson identifies him with the Norse god Víðarr of the Æsir . Aeneas is the Romanization of the hero's original Greek name Αἰνείας ( Aineías ). Aineías is first introduced in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite when Aphrodite gives him his name from the adjective αὶνóν ( ainon , "terrible"), for
1702-568: Is destined to become king of the Trojan people. Bruce Louden presents Aeneas as "type": The sole virtuous individual (or family) spared from general destruction, following the mytheme of Utnapishtim , Baucis and Philemon , Noah , and Lot . Pseudo-Apollodorus in his Bibliotheca explains that "... the Greeks [spared] him alone, on account of his piety." The Roman mythographer Gaius Julius Hyginus ( c. 64 BCE – CE 17) in his Fabulae credits Aeneas with killing 28 enemies in
1776-510: Is genuine within the poem, and to what extent its deployment by Virgil is sarcastic. In the Aeneid , Aeneas is described as strong and handsome, but neither his hair colour nor complexion are described. In late antiquity however sources add further physical descriptions. The De excidio Troiae of Dares Phrygius describes Aeneas as "auburn-haired, stocky, eloquent, courteous, prudent, pious, and charming. His eyes were black and twinkling". There
1850-541: Is gleaned from other ancient sources, including Livy and Ovid 's Metamorphoses . According to Livy, Aeneas was victorious, but Latinus died in the war. Aeneas founded the city of Lavinium , named after his wife. He later welcomed Dido's sister, Anna Perenna , who then committed suicide after learning of Lavinia's jealousy. After Aeneas's death, Venus asked Jupiter to make her son immortal. Jupiter agreed. The river god Numicus cleansed Aeneas of all his mortal parts and Venus anointed him with ambrosia and nectar, making him
1924-420: Is tending his cattle among the hills near Mount Ida . When Aphrodite saw him, she was immediately smitten. She adorns herself as if for a wedding among the gods and appears before him. He is overcome by her beauty, believing that she is a goddess, but Aphrodite identifies herself as a Phrygian princess. After they make love, Aphrodite reveals her true identity to him and Anchises fears what might happen to him as
1998-586: The Rutuli , but Latinus received a prophecy that Lavinia would be betrothed to one from another land – namely, Aeneas. Latinus heeded the prophecy, and Turnus consequently declared war on Aeneas at the urging of Juno, who was aligned with King Mezentius of the Etruscans and Queen Amata of the Latins. Aeneas's forces prevailed. Turnus was killed, and Virgil's account ends abruptly. The rest of Aeneas's biography
2072-579: The "terrible grief" ( αὶνóν ἄχος ) he has caused her by being born a mortal who will age and die. It is a popular etymology for the name, apparently exploited by Homer in the Iliad . Later in the Medieval period there were writers who held that, because the Aeneid was written by a philosopher, it is meant to be read philosophically. As such, in the "natural order", the meaning of Aeneas' name combines Greek ennos ("dweller") with demas ("body"), which becomes ennaios or "in-dweller"—i.e. as
2146-544: The Aeneans fleeing Troy's destruction and, spurned by the words of a prophetess thought crazed, goes to a new country (Italy) where he will start an empire greater than Greece and Troy combined that shall rule the world for 1000 years, never to be outdone in the tale of men (the Roman Empire). In the 2018 TV miniseries Troy: Fall of a City , Aeneas is portrayed by Alfred Enoch . He also featured as an Epic Fighter of
2220-776: The Aeneid. Continuations of Trojan matter in the Middle Ages had their effects on the character of Aeneas as well. The 12th-century French Roman d'Enéas addresses Aeneas's sexuality. Though Virgil appears to deflect all homoeroticism onto Nisus and Euryalus , making his Aeneas a purely heterosexual character, in the Middle Ages there was at least a suspicion of homoeroticism in Aeneas. The Roman d'Enéas addresses that charge, when Queen Amata opposes Aeneas's marrying Lavinia . Medieval interpretations of Aeneas were greatly influenced by both Virgil and other Latin sources. Specifically,
2294-648: The Dardania faction in the Total War Saga: Troy in 2020. Scenes depicting Aeneas, especially from the Aeneid , have been the focus of study for centuries. They have been the frequent subject of art and literature since their debut in the 1st century. The artist Giovanni Battista Tiepolo was commissioned by Gaetano Valmarana in 1757 to fresco several rooms in the Villa Valmarana, the family villa situated outside Vicenza . Tiepolo decorated
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2368-473: The Grand Tour of Europe. On one hill overlooking the gardens stand an obelisk of 1839 and King Alfred's Tower , a 50-metre-tall, brick folly designed by Henry Flitcroft in 1772; on another hill the temple of Apollo provides a vantage point to survey the rhododendrons , water, cascades and temples. The large medieval Bristol High Cross was moved from Bristol to the gardens. The gardens are home to
2442-590: The Green Knight (late 14th century) the Pearl Poet, like many other English writers, employed Aeneas to establish a genealogy for the foundation of Britain, and explains that Aeneas was "impeached for his perfidy, proven most true" (line 4). Aeneas had an extensive family tree. His wet-nurse was Caieta , and he is the father of Ascanius with Creusa , and of Silvius with Lavinia . Ascanius, also known as Iulus (or Julius), founded Alba Longa and
2516-475: The Latins after Latinus, being either his grandson or step-grandson. Even if one ignores obviously far-fetched elements of this foundation myth of Britain, Johannes Rastell , writing in 1529, questioned along these lines: Supposing the original Brits were descendants of a line of Latin kings—Brute the son of Silvius, son of Ascanius, son of Aeneas who came to the Italian peninsula from Troy—then why should such
2590-483: The Lost assumes that much of the information provided by Virgil is mistaken, and that the true Aeneas and Dido did not meet and love in Carthage but in a Phoenician colony at Cyprus, on the site of the modern Famagusta . Their tale is interspersed with that of modern activists who, while striving to stop an ambitious Turkish Army general trying to stage a coup, accidentally discover the hidden ruins of Dido's palace. Aeneas
2664-575: The Norman era, hunting had always been a popular pastime with the British royalty and nobility, and dating from the medieval era, land was parcelled off and put aside for the leisurely pursuits of hunting. These originated as royal forests and chase land, eventually evolving into deer parks , or sometimes into the Royal Parks if owned by the royal family. The ownership of these estates for hunting
2738-661: The Prologue of the Prose Edda , tells of the world as parted in three continents : Africa , Asia and the third part called Europe or Enea. Snorri also tells of a Trojan named Munon (or Mennon), who marries the daughter of the High King (Yfirkonungr) Priam called Troan and travels to distant lands, marries the Sybil and got a son, Tror, who, as Snorri tells, is identical to Thor . This tale resembles some episodes of
2812-944: The Trojan War. Aeneas also appears in the Trojan narratives attributed to Dares Phrygius and Dictys of Crete . The history of Aeneas was continued by Roman authors. One influential source was the account of Rome's founding in Cato the Elder 's Origines . The Aeneas legend was well known in Virgil's day and appeared in various historical works, including the Roman Antiquities of the Greek historian Dionysius of Halicarnassus (relying on Marcus Terentius Varro ), Ab Urbe Condita by Livy (probably dependent on Quintus Fabius Pictor , fl. 200 BCE), and Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (now extant only in an epitome by Justin ). The Aeneid which
2886-538: The accounts by Dares and Dictys, which were reworked by the 13th-century Italian writer Guido delle Colonne (in Historia destructionis Troiae ), colored many later readings. From Guido, for instance, the Pearl Poet and other English writers get the suggestion that Aeneas's safe departure from Troy with his possessions and family was a reward for treason, for which he was chastised by Hecuba . In Sir Gawain and
2960-439: The additions was in keeping with original plans. The lake at Stourhead is artificially created. Following a path around the lake is meant to evoke a journey similar to that of Aeneas 's descent into the underworld. In addition to Greek mythology, the layout is evocative of the " genius of the place ", a concept expounded by Alexander Pope . Buildings and monuments are erected in remembrance of family and local history. Henry Hoare
3034-483: The building of the estate in 1719. Francis Cartwright, a master builder and architect, who was established as a "competent provincial designer in the Palladian manner", worked on Stourhead between 1749 and 1755. Cartwright was a known carver, presumably of materials such as wood and stone, and it is assumed that his contribution to Stourhead was in this capacity. Nathaniel Ireson is the master builder credited for much of
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3108-531: The country houses were destroyed , or land was parcelled off to be sold. An urban example of the use of the term estate is presented by the "great estates" in Central London such as the Grosvenor and Portman , which continue to generate significant income through rent. Sometimes London streets are named after the rural estates of aristocratic landowners, such as in the case of Wimpole Street . From
3182-469: The early inhabitants of Britain giants, descended from the Devil in union with 32 daughters of a king Dioclisian of Syria ? To Rastell, if the devil had power to sow such seeds at the earlier time, then why not in his own time? Where were the giants today? Other fanciful elements he deduced from intuitive psychological insights: for example the greatly diminished chance of 32 daughters married to 32 kings on
3256-541: The goddess Venus. Through the Julians, the Palemonids make this claim. The legendary kings of Britain – including King Arthur – trace their family through a grandson of Aeneas, Brutus . Aeneas's consistent epithet in Virgil and other Latin authors is pius , a term that connotes reverence toward the gods and familial dutifulness. There is significant scholarly debate, however, over the degree to which this epithet
3330-519: The gods to fulfill his divine mission. Likewise, Aeneas is called pater when acting in the interest of his men. The story of the birth of Aeneas is told in the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite , one of the major Homeric Hymns . Aphrodite has caused Zeus the king of the Gods to fall in love with mortal women. In retaliation, Zeus decided to put a desire over her heart for the mortal Prince Anchises, who
3404-406: The hand-colouring is attributed to a "Mr. Studio", thought to be Giacomo Van Lint, the son of Flemish painter Hendrik van Lint (possibly in collaboration with his father). Although the main design for the estate at Stourhead was the work of Colen Campbell , other architects were involved in its evolution through the years. William Benson , Henry Hoare's brother-in-law, was in part responsible for
3478-522: The healer Iapyx , the helmsman Palinurus , and his son Ascanius (also known as Iulus, Julus, or Ascanius Julius). He carried with him the Lares and Penates , the statues of the household gods of Troy, and transplanted them to Italy. Several attempts to find a new home failed; one such stop was on Sicily , where in Drepanum , on the island's western coast, his father, Anchises, died peacefully. After
3552-541: The instigation of Juno, who was told that her favorite city would eventually be defeated by the Trojans' descendants. Aeneas's mother Venus (the Roman adaptation of Aphrodite) realized that her son and his company needed a temporary respite to reinforce themselves for the journey to come. However, the messenger god Mercury (the adaptation of Hermes) was sent by Jupiter (who was Zeus in this version) and Venus to remind Aeneas of his journey and his purpose, compelling him to leave secretly. When Dido learned of this, she uttered
3626-551: The lake beckon. The use of the sunken path allows the landscape to continue on into neighbouring landscapes, allowing the viewer to contemplate all the surrounding panorama. The Pantheon was thought to be the most important visual feature of the gardens. It appears in many pieces of artwork owned by Hoare, depicting Aeneas's travels. The plantings in the garden were arranged in a manner that would evoke different moods, drawing visitors through realms of thought. According to Henry Hoare, 'The greens should be ranged together in large masses as
3700-728: The lake, is the Temple of Flora (1744–46) which now contains a replica of the Borghese Vase modelled in Coade stone dating from 1770 to 1771. Lakeside features include the five-arched Palladian Bridge at the eastern extremity of the lake; the Rockwork Bridge over the road to the south of the lake; and to the west the grotto and the Gothic Cottage summerhouse. Also in the garden are a number of temples inspired by scenes of
3774-566: The late 1940s and early 1950s, many of these estates had been demolished and subdivided , in some cases resulting in suburban villages named for the former owners, as in Baxter Estates, New York . An important distinction between the United States and England is that "American country estates, unlike English ones, rarely, if ever, supported the house." American estates have always been about "the pleasures of land ownership and
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#17327729178913848-475: The main characters of a 17th-century broadside ballad called " The Wandering Prince of Troy ". The ballad ultimately alters Aeneas's fate from traveling on years after Dido's death to joining her as a spirit soon after her suicide. In modern literature, Aeneas is the speaker in two poems by Allen Tate , "Aeneas at Washington" and "Aeneas at New York". He is a main character in Ursula K. Le Guin 's Lavinia ,
3922-579: The mansion itself, covering more than one former manor. Examples of such great estates are Woburn Abbey in Bedfordshire , England, and Blenheim Palace , in Oxfordshire , England, built to replace the former manor house of Woodstock. Before the 1870s, these estates often encompassed several thousand acres, generally consisting of several farms let to tenants ; the great house was supplied with food from its own home farm (for meat and dairy) and
3996-466: The money for their improvement and maintenance usually comes from fortunes earned in other economic sectors besides agriculture. They are distinguished from ordinary middle-class American houses by sheer size, as well as their landscaping, gardens, outbuildings, and most importantly, recreational structures (e.g., tennis courts and swimming pools). This usage is the predominant connotation of "estate" in contemporary American English (when not preceded by
4070-572: The most famous gardens in the English landscape garden style, farmland, and woodland. Stourhead has been part-owned by the National Trust since 1946. The Stourton family had lived at the Stourhead estate for 500 years until they sold it to Sir Thomas Meres in 1714. His son, John Meres, sold it in 1717 to Henry Hoare , son of wealthy banker Sir Richard Hoare . The original manor house
4144-457: The opportunity to enjoy active, outdoor pursuits ." Although some American estates included farms, they were always in support of the larger recreational purpose. Today, large houses on lots of at least several acres in size are often referred to as "estates", in a contemporary updating of the word's usage. Most contemporary American estates are not large enough to include significant amounts of self-supporting productive agricultural land, and
4218-430: The ownership of Sir Richard Colt Hoare , the mason and surveyor John Carter added an ornamental cottage to the grounds (1806) and the architect William Wilkins created a Grecian style lodge (1816). In 1840, over a century after the initial buildings were constructed, Charles Parker was hired by Sir Hugh Hoare to make changes to the estate. A portico was added to the main house, along with other alterations. The design of
4292-544: The planting – the Temple of Apollo rises from a wooded slope that was planted in Colt Hoare's time. With the antiquarian passion of the times, he had 400 ancient burial mounds dug up to inform his pioneering History of Ancient Wiltshire . The gardens were listed Grade I on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens of special historic interest in 1987. The National Trust 's corporate font , designed by Paul Barnes ,
4366-670: The property, Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare , gave the house and gardens to the National Trust in 1946, one year before his death. His son and sole heir, Captain Henry Colt Arthur "Harry" Hoare, of the Queen's Own Dorset Yeomanry , had died of wounds received at the Battle of Mughar Ridge on 13 November 1917 during World War I . The last Hoare family member to be born at the house was Edward Hoare on 11 October 1949. The house
4440-481: The royal line of Troy – and lay the foundations of Roman culture. In this film, he is not a member of the royal family and does not appear to fight in the war. In the role-playing game Vampire: The Requiem by White Wolf Game Studios, Aeneas figures as one of the mythical founders of the Ventrue Clan . in the action game Warriors: Legends of Troy , Aeneas is a playable character. The game ends with him and
4514-558: The shades are in painting: to contrast the dark masses with the light ones, and to relieve each dark mass itself with little sprinklings of lighter greens here and there.' The gardens were designed by Henry Hoare II and laid out between 1741 and 1780 in a classical 18th-century design set around a large lake, achieved by damming a small stream. The inspiration behind their creation were the painters Claude Lorrain , Poussin , and, in particular, Gaspard Dughet , who painted Utopian -type views of Italian landscapes. An early feature, predating
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#17327729178914588-463: The time of the Renaissance , a non-English audience as well as at least one English writer found details of the stories less than convincing. The island known later as Great Britain was also previously known as Alba , a similarity of name supporting a connection with the city of Alba Longa , a pre-Roman city in central Italy, said to have been built by Ascanius, son of Aeneas and third ruler of
4662-462: The western coast of Italy. Aeneas descended into the underworld where he met Dido (who turned away from him to return to her husband) and his father, who showed him the future of his descendants and thus the history of Rome. Latinus , king of the Latins, welcomed Aeneas's army of exiled Trojans and let them reorganize their lives in Latium . His daughter Lavinia had been promised to Turnus , king of
4736-479: The whole story of the Aeneid, from Aeneas escape from to Troy, to his meeting of Dido, his arrival in Italy, and his duel with Turnus. The most recent cinematic portrayal of Aeneas was in the film Troy , in which he appears as a youth charged by Paris to protect the Trojan refugees, and to continue the ideals of the city and its people. Paris gives Aeneas Priam's sword, in order to give legitimacy and continuity to
4810-417: The word "real" ), which is why "industrial estate" sounds like an oxymoron to Americans, as few wealthy persons would deliberately choose to live next to factories. Traditional American estates include: Aeneas In Greco-Roman mythology , Aeneas ( / ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih- NEE -əs , Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠] ; from Ancient Greek : Αἰνείας , romanized : Aineíās )
4884-484: The work on the Estate: it is this work that established his career, in 1720. The original estate remained intact, though changes and additions were made over time. Henry Flitcroft built three temples and a tower on the property: the Temple of Ceres was added in 1744, followed by the Temple of Hercules in 1754 and the Temple of Apollo in 1765; that same year he designed Alfred's Tower, which was not built until 1772. During
4958-777: Was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus ). His father was a first cousin of King Priam of Troy (both being grandsons of Ilus , founder of Troy ), making Aeneas a second cousin to Priam's children (such as Hector and Paris ). He is a minor 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
5032-406: Was a collector of art; one of his pieces was Claude Lorrain 's Aeneas at Delos , which is thought to have inspired the pictorial design of the gardens. Passages telling of Aeneas's journey are quoted in the temples surrounding the lake. Monuments are used to frame one another; for example the Pantheon designed by Flitcroft entices the visitor over, but once reached, views from the opposite shore of
5106-434: Was demolished and a new house, one of the first of its kind, was designed by Colen Campbell and built by Nathaniel Ireson between 1721 and 1725. Over the next 200 years, the Hoare family collected many heirlooms, including a large library and art collection. In 1902, the house was gutted by fire but many of the heirlooms were saved, and the house was rebuilt in a nearly identical style. The last Hoare family member to own
5180-472: Was in practice strictly restricted until the 19th century when legal changes to game hunting meant the nobility, gentry and other wealthy families could purchase land for the purposes of hunting. At the administrative centre of these sporting estates is usually a sporting lodge . These are also often known as shooting or hunting estates. In modern British English , the term "estate" has been generalised to any large parcel of land under single ownership, such as
5254-401: Was not given his due share of honor, he leads an attack against Idomeneus to recover the body of his brother-in-law Alcathous at the urging of Deiphobus . He is the leader of the Trojans' Dardanian allies, as well as a second cousin and principal lieutenant of Hector , son and heir of the Trojan king Priam . Aeneas's mother Aphrodite frequently comes to his aid on the battlefield, and he
5328-454: Was recorded as Grade I listed in 1966. Henry Hoare's art collection is displayed at Stourhead; his acquisitions are featured in the Palladian mansion's 'Painted Alcove' or Italian Room. Hoare's collection includes many hand-coloured prints – in some cases, coloured with such skill that they were mistaken for oil paintings. These prints are engravings of the works of the Italian masters (for example Daniele da Volterra , and Carlo Maratta ) and
5402-565: Was the first in a long series of kings . According to the mythology used by Virgil in the Aeneid, Romulus and Remus were both descendants of Aeneas through their mother Rhea Silvia, making Aeneas the progenitor of the Roman people. Some early sources call him their father or grandfather, but once the dates of the fall of Troy (1184 BCE) and the founding of Rome (753 BCE) became accepted, authors added generations between them. The Julian family of Rome, most notably Julius Cæsar and Augustus , traced their lineage to Ascanius and Aeneas, thus to
5476-409: Was the main character in the 1961 sword and sandal film Guerra di Troia ( The Trojan War ). Reeves reprised the role the following year in the film The Avenger , about Aeneas's arrival in Latium and his conflicts with local tribes as he tries to settle his fellow Trojan refugees there. Giulio Brogi , portrayed as Aeneas in the 1971 Italian TV miniseries series called Eneide , which gives
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