_Of Eneas, and his coming into Italy_.
LIV. The coming of Eneas into Italy, his wars, and marriages with the
daughter of king Latinus, have, besides the relation of the facts being
opposite and contradictory, some testimonies of antiquity to controvert
them. Leseches, a very ancient poet of Lesbos, is quoted, who affirms,
that Eneas was given up for a slave to Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles.
Demetrius, of Scepsis, says, that Eneas, after the destruction of Troy,
retired to the city of Scepsis, which was situated within the Trojan
dominions, and that both he and his son Ascanius reigned there. According
to Hegesippus, Eneas died in retirement at Thrace. Others relate, that
after the departure of the Greeks, he rebuilt the city of Troy, and
reigned there. These, and many other opinions respecting Eneas, may be
found in the Dictionary of Moreri.