Virgil (70-19 B.C.), was a Roman poet, who wrote the great epic poem, the Aeneid (30-19 B.C.) during the last ten years his life. ... Virgil was patronized by Maecenas on behalf of Octavian (later the emperor Augustus). ... Virgil constructed this epic at the request of Augustus, to glorify Rome whereas, Homer chose to create based on societal morals. ... is told by Virgil's Aeneid, in the voice of the long dead defeated Trojans, describing Laoco? ...

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