The Iliad and The Aeneid are two of the most famous works of literature ever written. ... The Iliad and The Aeneid were written over half a century apart, yet they share many similar elements. In this essay I will be comparing and contrasting the characters, plot, and style of The Iliad and The Aeneid. ... In The Aeneid, Aeneas kills Turnus, and in The Iliad, Achilles kills Hector. ... The narrator of The Iliad is unknown, while Virgil narrates a majority of The Aeneid even though Aeneas narrates books 2 and 3. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The main motif of conducting the research is to draw a comparative picture between "The Iliad" and "The Aeneid," so at the beginning we have provided some of the major key factors and basing on those factors we have categorized our comparisons between the two books. ... "The Aeneid" is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... On the contrary the author of "The Aeneid" is Virgil. ... Virgil died in 19 B.C., before he finished revising The ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Both The Odyssey and the Aeneid share some similarities as epics; both describe the trials of a heroic figure who is the ideal representative of a particular culture. ... In the Aeneid, Aeneas also comes across this giant, but is fearful and cautious. ... The corresponding scenes have been fused and altered in the Aeneid. ...

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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...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Question Does the Aeneid provide a damning indictment of war? Response In a typically 'Homeric fashion', Virgil depicts war in all its splendour and all its folly in equal measure. The Latin wars that Virgil describes bring fearsome heroes together in search of glory and the upholding of f...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

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The Greek and Roman spirit influenced the book Aeneid in many ways. ... Will Durant, author of Caesar and Christ says, "It (the Aeneid) would also show the role of Roman character in these achievements and seek to make ancient virtues popular, it would picture its hero as reverent of the gods and guided by them and would fall in as Augusta reformation of morals and faith" (239). ... This is shown in the Aeneid when Aeneas and his crew landed on the island, they found a Greek who was accidentally left behind. ... Roman spirit was the major influence of the Aeneid. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

September 11, 2001 changed the United States. Not only did it change individuals" personal lives, but also the perspectives of every citizen. This event proved the U.S. was and still is vulnerable, an idea many people would've doubted until that point. The U.S. was put in a defensive position and...

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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