Proca

Japanese: Proca
Proca

...The Aeneid was overwhelmingly influenced by Greece in both subject matter and form, but the protagonist depicted therein was the embodiment of the ideal of a devout Roman man driven by a sense of mission, and its sense of history, which sees the entire past as converging into the present, can be said to be truly Roman.
[Legend of the founding of Rome]
Proca, the 13th king of Alba Longa from Iurus, had two sons. The elder Numitor was usurped from the throne by his younger brother Amulius.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Proca" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《アエネーイス》は題材,形式とも圧倒的にギリシアの影響下にあるが,そこに描き出された主人公は使命感にもえた敬虔なローマ人の理想の体現であったし,いっさいの過去を現時点に収斂(しゆうれん)するものとして眺める歴史感覚は真にローマ的なものといいうるだろう。
[ローマ建国伝説]
 ユルスから数えて13代目に当たるアルバ・ロンガの王プロカProcaに2子があった。兄ヌミトルNumitorは弟アムリウスAmuliusにより王位を簒奪(さんだつ)される。…

※「Proca」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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