In Roman mythology, Venus is the mother of which Trojan hero? She is the mother of Aeneas.
Aeneas is the Trojan prince whom Roman tradition presents as the son of Venus and the mortal Anchises. After Troy fell, he escaped with his father and son and eventually reached Italy. Roman mythology made his journey the bridge between the Trojan past and the later foundation of Rome.
The story became especially influential through Virgil's Aeneid, an epic poem composed during the reign of Augustus. In it, Venus repeatedly protects and guides Aeneas, helping him survive war, storms, and the difficult journey toward Latium. Aeneas's descendants were said to include Romulus and Remus, the legendary founders of Rome.
This ancestry gave Venus a political importance beyond her role as goddess of love and beauty. Julius Caesar and the Julian family claimed descent from Aeneas through his son Ascanius, also called Iulus. Venus was therefore celebrated as Venus Genetrix, or Venus the Mother, and as a divine ancestor of the Roman people. Aeneas is not the same figure as Achilles, Paris, or Hector, all of whom belong to the Trojan War tradition but have different family lines.