1. Propoganda From The Aeneid
Since Virgil's epic does not go near these events in the time span the epic covers, the reader has to rely upon hearing about these important subjects through the prophecies that are references throughout the story. ... Virgil's promise of delivering an Augustan epic was clearly on his mind when he started to write The Aeneid, just as clearly as the references to Augustus were propaganda. The one thing I believe though is that Virgil did not consider these allusions critical to his poem. ... He wanted to use his epic to be read by his contemporaries and after reading it, they would...
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