According to legend, Anchises was a decendant of the Trojan royal family, and was king of Dardania. Anchises was seclected by Zeus to become a lover of Aphrodite. It is said that Zeus did this to give Aphrodite a taste of her own medicine by making her fall in love with a mortal.
So Aphrodite fell in love with Anchises and together they had Aeneas. But Aphrodite warned him not to tell anyone of their relationship. One day, Anchises, while drunk, divulged this secret and for this, some legends say Zeus punished him by killing him with a thunderbolt.
Other legends say that Anchises commited suicide, while other legends say that he died in exile.
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