Hey everyone, I'm working on a research paper about Carthage for a class and the professor has required that we use at least 3 primary sources for this paper. Of course in the "Aeneid" Virgil tells some of the founding myth of Carthage, but from the perspective of someone several centuries later so I don't know if he qualifies as a primary source. Thanks in advance Edit: Grammar
It would help to know what your precise project is. For instance, if you're writing a historical paper on Carthage itself, the Aeneid would have little relevance. But if you were writing on Roman attitudes towards Carthage, the Aeneid would absolutely be a primary source. It entirely depends on what you're studying.
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