Unchanged by any teller — how the centuries since have seen Capys.
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Iliad
Homer
Aeneas recounts his pedigree to Achilles: Capys son of Assaracus and father of Anchises — the Dardanian link Homer fixes between Tros and the Trojan hero.
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Capys (son of Assaracus)
Dardanian king, father of Anchises — not Capys of Alba Longa, nor every later Capys who shares the name in Italian foundation myth.
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Anchises
Capys' son — Aphrodite's beloved and Aeneas' father, the next step of the Dardanid line Capys holds.
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Assaracus
Capys' father — the Dardanian brother of Ilus through whom the quieter Trojan stem descends.