In particular, Virgil's Aeneid was the most influential in my reading of Dante Alighieri's Inferno. ... In Virgil's Aeneid, the narrator (Aeneas) recounts on the story of his sorrowful journey during the fall of Troy. ... The Aeneid also influenced my reading of Inferno through the use of fate. ... The use of fate in Aeneid willed my interest discovering how fate is used in Inferno. ... Fate in the hands of God in this case is much different than that from Aeneid. ...

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The main motif of conducting the research is to draw a comparative picture between "The Iliad" and "The Aeneid," so at the beginning we have provided some of the major key factors and basing on those factors we have categorized our comparisons between the two books. ... "The Aeneid" is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... On the contrary the author of "The Aeneid" is Virgil. ... Virgil died in 19 B.C., before he finished revising The ...

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Both The Odyssey and the Aeneid share some similarities as epics; both describe the trials of a heroic figure who is the ideal representative of a particular culture. ... In the Aeneid, Aeneas also comes across this giant, but is fearful and cautious. ... The corresponding scenes have been fused and altered in the Aeneid. ...

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The poem is named the Aeneid. Virgil begins and ends the Aeneid with parallels to the Iliad of Homer. ... This makes Aeneid characteristically Virgilian. ... In the Aeneid, Virgil writes that "Now Venus, as a mother sorely frightened, / and with good reason, / turned to Vulcan" (Aen. 8: 491-494). ... By analyzing the shield scenes of the two epic poems, the Iliad and the Aeneid, many similarities as well as differences can be distinguished. ...

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Virgil's Aeneid attacked basic Greek ideas. ... For example, in The Aeneid, Aneas was obviously not happy with the gods" decision, however he went along with it without complaints. ... Finally, one of the most prevalent themes in The Aeneid is fate. ...

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