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LYRUS

A son of Anchises and Aphrodite and brother of Aeneas

From Apollodorus iii:
This Ganymede, for the sake of his beauty, Zeus caught up on an eagle and appointed him cupbearer of the gods in heaven and Assaracus had by his wife Hieromneme, daughter of Simoeis, a son Capys and Capys had by his wife Themiste, daughter of Ilus, a son Anchises, whom Aphrodite met in love's dalliance, and to whom she bore Aeneas and Lyrus, who died childless.

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