: The Romans believed to have originated from Troy after
: the Greeks destroyed it, the survivors led on a fleet
: of ships by Aeneas (of which the title of the
: Virgilian epic The Aeneid is derived. I suggest you
: read it, especially the Fitzgerald translation). These
: Trojans settled primitive Italy. Eventually, the
: Latins arose, and other myths akin to this,
: chronologically after, like Romulus the founder of
: Rome, came about.
...while Robert Fitzgerald is an excellent translator, he tends to skip over precise meanings in order to get the "gist" of what's going on. In more character-driven works this is a plus--Fitzgerald's Odyssey translation is my favorite in the world--but he's probably not the best translator to use if you want to know exactly what's going on in the Aeneid, especially with reference to cultural artifacts.
Not that anyone should want to. Horrible bloody book. :-)
--SiliconDream
