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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