Editing Anchises (section)

=== Book 6 ===
Anchises is mentioned in Book 6 when Aeneas voyages to the underworld.<ref name=":3" /> When Aeneas finds his father in the underworld, they have a tearful reunion.<ref name=":3" /> Aeneas tries to hug Anchises, yet he is unable.<ref name=":3" /> Aeneas then observes swarms of people gathered around a river.<ref name=":3" /> He asks his father about the river and those surrounding it.<ref name=":3" /> Anchises replies that the people are his future descendants and that the river is called [[Lethe]].<ref name=":3" /> He expands that after suffering and being cleansed in the underworld, souls that are meant to be reincarnated go to the river Lethe to forget their memories so that they can be reincarnated.<ref name=":3" /> Anchises then shows Aeneas some of his descendants and discusses their deeds.<ref name=":3" /> He first mentions his son [[Silvius (mythology)|Silvius]] who will be born from Aeneas and [[Lavinia]] but after Aeneas is dead.<ref name=":3" /> Anchises then tells him of [[Romulus]] who is descended from Silvius, a member of the [[Julia (gens)|Caesarian]] line descended from Ascanius. He further describes that the Romans will prosper.<ref name=":3" /> Aeneas sees [[Marcellus (nephew of Augustus)|Marcellus]] and asks Anchises about his identity. Anchises states that he is Marcellus, who will hold great promise for the Romans but die too young and thus cause them great grief.<ref name=":3" /> Finally, Anchises leads Aeneas through the [[gates of horn and ivory]] and out of the underworld.<ref name=":3" /> This is the last major appearance of Anchises.