This paper examines how "The Aeneid" is an entirely different poem in character than Homer's the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey"
even though it seems to be constructed largely by the re-molding of Homeric materials. It looks at how, with the help of a list of many of the instances of "Virgilian imitation," it is possible to make some useful inferences about the way Virgil uses Homeric epic to create a unique tale of his own. It also considers why this is not plagiarism.