# Aeneas — Bulfinch’s Mythology character guide

> Aeneas in Bulfinch’s Mythology by Thomas Bulfinch.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Mezentius, Mezentius Aeneas

**First appearance:** 0004-i-introduction

## Who they are

Trojan hero who fled Troy and founded the Roman race, central to Virgil's epic.

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