Venus (the mother of Aeneas) and Thetis (the mother of Achilles) both ask a god to forge arms for their sons. ... The shield is made to assist Achilles kill Hektor. ... The shield of Aeneas is unique from that of Achilles. ... Virgil saw Aeneas" character of concern for his nation, superior to that of Achilles (more concerned about himself). ... The shield of Achilles showed the era of the present, while the shield of Aeneas showed the era of the future. ...

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The most important invocation of the muse is: (1. 1-7) "Sing goddess, the anger of Peleus" son Achilles/ and its devastation, which put pains thousandfold upon the/ Achaians,/ hurled in their multitudes to the house of Hades strong souls/ of heroes, but gave their bodies to be the delicate feasting/ of dogs, of all birds, and the will of Zeus was accomplished/ since that time when first there stood in division of conflict/ Atreus" son the lord of men and brilliant Achilles." ... (Achilles" rage and the unfortunate consequences) A formulaic style that Homer thrusts within the Iliad for charact...

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The second instance sees Zeus send down Iris in order to help Priam in retrieving his sons body rather than stealing it from Achilles. ... Furthermore we see firsthand the love of the gods for Achilles after he is pardoned for disrespecting hectors body. ... Coincidentally a similar treatment of Achilles is seen throughout the 24th book of Iliad. ...

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Achilles compares himself to a nurturing mother bird and his fellow Greeks to unwinged baby birds. ... Young men would learn from Odysseus or Achilles to maintain their well being, to speak eloquently in company with other men and to give and receive hospitality. ...

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Other examples include the Greek accusative "paeana" perhaps picking up Achilles speech to the Greeks after the death of Hector in Iliad 22.365 a particularly apt epic reference in this instance. ... Connington also points out the similarity between lines 734-735 and Iliad 7.243 indeed Mezentius" victim Orodes has forecast the imminent fatality of his slayer just as Hector did to Achilles and indeed is met with the same abrupt dismissal, and again 736 with Iliad 16. 862-863 where the failing Patroclus has been addressing Hector; the question is why does Vergil choose to use so many Homeric ref...

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He says, Moreover, just as an epic poet, if he is scrupulous and disinclined to break the rules, undertakes to extol not the whole life of the hero whom he proposes to celebrate in his verse, but usually one event of his life (the exploit of Achilles at Troy, let us say, or the return of Ulysses, or the arrival of Aeneas in Italy) and passes over the rest (685) This view of the classical epic may be justified, but its authority hardly applies to the task or "event" that "Paradise Lost" undertakes to explain. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate