The Aeneid Research Paper

The way the Romans tried to connect to the Greek heritage was through creating an epic story of their own, like the Iliad and the Odyssey. The epic story created for the Romans by Virgil was called “The Aeneid”, where the Romans origins and their fake history began. Just like in the Iliad and the Odyssey, there was a hero, obstacles, and a victory in the end. The Aeneid tied the Romans to the same gods the greeks worshiped and it was where the greeks believed they also sprouted from. Virgil created Aeneas who was part of one of the Greek stories, the Iliad, and made it seem like the Roman’s ancestors were the Trojans, which leads to the Romans being part of the Greek family and they shared the Greek heritage. Although the Aeneid was very