In the Aeneid, how does poet Virgil connect the story of Aeneas to the older tradition of Romulus?

Virgil's Aeneid, an epic poem written in the tradition of Homer's Odyssey and Iliad, tells the story of heroic Aeneas. ... Virgil also connects the founding of Rome to Greek mythology, as Aeneas's mother is the goddess Venus, known to the Greeks as Aphrodite. At the same time, Virgil sets Rome apart from Greece.

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