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Sign in to savethumb|upright 1.2|Aeneas' fight against [[Mezentius and Lausus, by Wenceslaus Hollar.]] Lausus was the son of the ousted Etruscan king Mezentius, and fought with him against Aeneas and the Trojans in Italy. He appears in Virgil's Aeneid in Books VII and X. When his father is wounded by Aeneas, Lausus steps in between them, and Aeneas strikes them down. In doing so, Lausus embodies the idea of pietas that Virgil praises throughout, exemplified in the relationships of Anchises and Aeneas and of Pallas and Evander. Aeneas immediately feels remorse for having killed the boy, and reproaches Lausus'
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Lauso , figlio di Mezenzio , è una figura tragica dell'“ Eneide ” di Virgilio . Giovane principe etrusco, incarna il coraggio e la fedeltà filiale, ma anche il
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- present in work
- Aeneid
- killed by
- Aeneas
- ethnic group
- Etruscans
- number of victims of killer
- 1
- described by source
- Pauly–Wissowa
- described at URL
- www.tanogabo.it/lauso-un-figlio-di-mezenzio
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