Aeneas 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", 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
Creusa of Troy their child and vanishes. Aeneas tries three times to hold her, each time failing to grasp her shade. Pausanias relates that Rhea and Aphrodite rescued Creusa from being enslaved by the Greeks on account of her being the wife of Aeneas (who was a son of Aphrodite). Creusa of Troy In Greek mythology, Creusa (; Ancient Greek: Κρέουσα "Kreousa" "princess") was the daughter of Priam and Hecuba. She was the first wife of Aeneas and mother to Ascanius (also known as Iulus). Creusa's death at the will of the gods is dealt with briefly by Virgil in his "Aeneid". As