" Similar to Homer's Iliad, it is clear that Aegean and Mediterranean culture during this period (1200 BCE according to modern historians) looked upon skill in battle as proof of strength and manliness. ... Numanus, brother-in-law to Turnus, taunts the Trojans as thus, "Your delight is in dancing and idleness. ...

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