Who was the son of Aphrodite who fought for the Trojans?

The son of Aphrodite who fought for the Trojans was Aeneas, a major Trojan warrior and later the hero of Virgil’s Aeneid.

Aeneas was born to Anchises, a Trojan prince, and Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. In Homer’s Iliad, he leads the Dardanian allies of Troy and serves as a respected warrior connected to the royal family. He is also a cousin of Hector and Paris through the extended Trojan dynasty.

Although Aeneas is not the central hero of the Iliad, the poem gives him special importance. The gods save him from death on more than one occasion, suggesting that his destiny extends beyond the battlefield at Troy. Aphrodite protects him during combat, while Poseidon rescues him from Achilles because Aeneas is fated to survive.

His later Roman story greatly expands his importance. In Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas escapes the burning city carrying his father Anchises and leads Trojan survivors toward Italy. Roman tradition presents him as an ancestor of Romulus and Remus, making him a mythic forefather of Rome. Paris was also a son of Priam, and Hector was Troy’s leading prince, but neither was Aphrodite’s son.