Capys
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Capys
For the
butterfly
genus
, see Capys (butterfly). In
Greek mythology
, Capys was a son of
Assaracus
and Aigesta or
Themiste
or Clytodora (daughter of
Laomedon
) and father of
Anchises
and so grandfather of
Aeneas
. He, or a different Capys, founded the city of
Capua
. (
Virgil
X, 145)the
Trojan
, who warned not to bring the
Trojan horse
into the city a descendant of
Aeneas
and king of
Alba Longa
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Capys
[Greek heroic] The father of Anchises and grandfather of Aeneas. A Trojan, the legendary founder of Capua (Virgil X, 145).
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