Save Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology, Roman Mythology, Ancient Greek Scripts Ἀγχίσης(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. /aŋ.kʰǐː.sɛːs/(Attic Greek) /aɲ.ˈçi.sis/(Koine Greek, Byzantine Greek) /an.ˈkʰiː.seːs/(Classical Latin) /æn.ˈkaɪ.siːz/(English) [key·simplify] Other Forms FormsAnkhises Meaning & History Possibly derived from Greek ἄγχι (ankhi) meaning "near, nigh, close by" or "resembling". This was the name of a lover of Aphrodite in Greek mythology, the father of Aeneas by her.