From what I've read about the Æneid, Virgil is filling in gaps to create a tale for the founding of Rome. Yes Æneas is mentioned in the Odyssey. So Virgil took those mentionings and some other information from the Iliad and other writings and concocted this little Latin myth. I think it's pretty gnarly that the Romans, who had so much pride in their own particular identity, felt the need to give an homage to their Greek influences. This work came to become recognized canon as part the education of Roman citizens even into Christian times. As a child, I would have had to memorize this. Just as Greek children memorized their epics.
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