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:Though it would be wrong to say that the advent of [[Aeneas]] to the western Mediterranean was due to his connection in Greek minds with any locality which could boast a cult capable of identification with that of Aphrodite, in Greek mythology the hero's connection with his divine mother was undoubtedly close (p. 364).

:Though it would be wrong to say that the advent of [[Aeneas]] to the western Mediterranean was due to his connection in Greek minds with any locality which could boast a cult capable of identification with that of Aphrodite, in Greek mythology the hero's connection with his divine mother was undoubtedly close (p. 364).

The author speculates that the Aphrodite shrine near Rome may have been a "stepping-stone" (ibid) for Greek willingness to identify Aeneas, the sole survivor of the siege of Troy, and thus Phrygian Greece, with the also nearby, and third most prestigious shrine in Italy of the era, Juppiter Latiaris, and regard it as being founded by a descendant of Aeneas.

The author speculates that the Aphrodite shrine near Rome may have been a "stepping-stone" (ibid) for Greek willingness to identify the twelfth century BC Aeneas, the sole survivor of the siege of Troy, and thus Phrygian Greece, with the also nearby, and third most prestigious shrine in Italy of the era, Juppiter Latiaris, and regard it as being founded by a descendant of Aeneas.

== Romulus and Remus ==

== Romulus and Remus ==