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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which epic by Virgil told the story of a Trojan prince who was an ancestor to the founders of Rome?
A
The Aeneid
B
The Odyssey
C
The Iliad
D
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The national epic poem of mythical Rome, the Aeneid by Virgil, tells the story of how the Trojan prince, Aeneas, came to Italy. The Aeneid was written under the emperor Augustus, who, through Julius Caesar, claimed ancestry from Aeneas.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aeneid, Latin epic poem written from about 30 to 19 bce by the Roman poet Virgil. Composed in hexameters, about 60 lines of which were left unfinished at his death, the Aeneid incorporates the various legends of Aeneas and makes him the founder of Roman greatness.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aeneas, the founder of Rome The best-known version of the myth of Aeneas is told in Virgil’s epic poem, the Aeneid, one of the greatest works in all of Classical literature.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aeneas, mythical hero of Troy and Rome, son of the goddess Aphrodite and Anchises.

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