War is shown to create discord not only for the Trojans but for the Greeks of the Iliad too; Diomede remarks "We are a band of men that even Priam might pity from that campaign we have been washed up on many a different shore.... However, strength in war is a defining characteristic for Virgil's characters, as it was with Homer's Iliad; Achilles excelled in combat and as such was declared the greatest of heroes as his strength was feared above all others during the Trojan War. ... " Similar to Homer's Iliad, it is clear that Aegean and Mediterranean culture during this...

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