From Virgil, The Aeneid

Father and son

Troy is burning to the ground. The hero Aeneas has tried his best to slay as many of the Greek invaders as he could, in a last desperate attempt to protect his king and save his city. But it cannot be done, and now, instructed by the goddess Venus — who happens to be his mother — he returns to his house, to gather up his wife, his little boy, and his …