History: Where the Name Gaeta Comes From (The Myth of Aeneas)

THE MYTH OF AENEAS (Virgil):
– The most captivating theory, and the one behind the name of our chatbot, Enea.
– According to Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas buried his beloved nurse Caieta here.
– The famous lines: Tu quoque litoribus nostris Aeneia nutrix Aeternam moriens famam Cajeta dedisti (You too, Caieta, nurse of Aeneas, gave our shores eternal fame by dying here).

OTHER HISTORICAL THEORIES:
– Ulysses: Dante recalls that Ulysses stayed in these parts, near Gaeta, after parting from the sorceress Circe.