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. ...

• Word Count: 806
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• Grade Level: High School

In reference to the Aeneid I believe it is absolutely possible for later works to be just as substantial as earlier works. The Aeneid is not a mere plagiarism of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. ... The latter half of the Aeneid resembles the Iliad as war, spurred on by Juno, breaks out between the Trojans and the Latins in book VII and Turnus summons his warriors to defend their home (7:562) as Paris did at Troy. ... This is evidenced in book VI of the Aeneid, which superficially seems like a complete imitation of book XI of the Odyssey. ... This new insight is what makes Virgil's Aenei...

• Word Count: 707
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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. ...

• Word Count: 362
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• Grade Level: High School

The foundations for adventure, adversity and divine intervention are laid by Virgil in the first book of The Aeneid . Virgil offers the reader a summary in the first section of book one by outlining Aeneas' escape from his war ravaged home of Troy and by telling us about the destiny he is trying to...

• Word Count: 829
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• Grade Level: High School

This passage sees the entrance of Mezentius to battle, at the promptings of Jupiter, and the replacement of Turnus whose fate will be determined another day. In general terms, I think it is interesting to recognize the idea of fate in this passage as it is shows its face directly in line 740, as Mezentius about to slay Orodes puts his faith in fate and his destiny is in the hands of the "Father of the Gods and the King of men", intriguing and somewhat ironic as Vergil condemns Mezentius in 7.648 as a "contemptor divum". This fateful passage truly illustrates Vergil's use of Mezentius as a...

• Word Count: 1002
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate