Silvius (mythology)

thumb|200px|Depiction of Silvio thumb|200px|The transformation of Silvius in the Nurernbersky chronicle. Sylvius , was either the son of Aeneas and Lavinia or the son of Ascanius, from ancient Roman Mysticism. He succeeded Ascanius as King of Alba Longa and reigned 1139–1110 B.C.E. Quotes about Sylvius See that brave young man there | That on that pure shaft does the arm rest? | Those who to the light is destined in the first, | first of Lavinia in Lazio you will have | A posthumous son who is already grave to thee, | That at last from her out of the woods adduced, | King will be of Alba, and of the royal Albans | author and father: and Sílvi from his name | all our who descended from him | there they will have a great empire for a long time. (Anchises: Publius Virgil Maron, Aeneid) Note Sources Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities 1.70 Neil Wright The Historis regum Britannie by Geoffrey of Monmouth II The First Variant Edition: a critical edition Schedel, Hartmann C.E.1440-1514 The Nuremberg Chronicle Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center C.E.2010 Vergil Aeneid 6.763-766 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 1.70 Other projects Category:Silvius (mythology) Q209398 Silvius (mythology) Category:Characters mentioned in the Divine Comedy (Inferno) Category:Characters from Roman mythology Category:Mythological rulers