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[–] Uruanna@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The hint was that the Aeneid is Roman and the Odyssey is Greek. Greece is centuries before the Romans.

[–] fibojoly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 days ago

Indeed, that was my thought as I replied above. Clearly that was like me saying Ovid had copied La Fontaine with his tales of animals...

[–] mech@feddit.org 1 points 5 days ago

And centuries after ;)