Response In a typically 'Homeric fashion', Virgil depicts war in all its splendour and all its folly in equal measure. ... Jupiter's divine power is often portrayed; even among other gods he displays his omnipotent judgment and retains their respect, "But now let it be. ... Pallas' death cripples Evander, "I seek no joy in life", he pines, "that is not what the gods have willed" Similarly, Euryalus death in book IX evokes great sympathy from the audience. ... " This would suggest that, if even the gods themselves loathe conflict, Virgil is try...

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