The Illiad and The Odyssey are both attributed to Homer, while The Aeneid is written much later by Virgil.
The Illiad is about the Trojan war, while The Odyssey follows the greek Odysseus who returns from the Trojan war and The Aeneid follows the Trojan Aeneas who flees the destruction of Troy and tries to find a new home for the Trojans.
I would asume the Aeneid was viewed as fiction.Wasn’t it comissioned by Augustus to make up a story how the romans are Descendants of the troyan folks?
I think some legends about Aeneas were adapted by the Romans earlier.
The Illiad and The Odyssey are both attributed to Homer, while The Aeneid is written much later by Virgil.
The Illiad is about the Trojan war, while The Odyssey follows the greek Odysseus who returns from the Trojan war and The Aeneid follows the Trojan Aeneas who flees the destruction of Troy and tries to find a new home for the Trojans.
I would asume the Aeneid was viewed as fiction.Wasn’t it comissioned by Augustus to make up a story how the romans are Descendants of the troyan folks? I think some legends about Aeneas were adapted by the Romans earlier.