For this reason, Virgil has drawn comparisons to his patron's success with that of his protagonist, Aeneas, who has been portrayed to be an excellent warrior and fatherly figure, as the consistent use of the stock epithet "Father Aeneas" attests to. ... Evander, for example, is a man whose simple, peaceful existence suggests he is a character who the audience will want to sympathise with. ... Even the dictator Mezentius is shown to be heartbroken at the loss of his son Lausus and Virgil makes it quite clear that he is impartial in supporting Trojan or Rutulian (possibly to avoid...

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Aeneas lands in foreign territory, but Jupiter assures Venus that Dido and the rest of the Carthaginians will be peaceful toward Aeneas and give him shelter. ... This picture depicts the Trojan warriors in a glorious light and leads Aeneas to believe that he will find refuge in Carthage. ...

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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. ... In a time in Athens where the men may have been seen as irrational warmongers after their failed Sicilian expedition, the women could have been seen as the more peaceful and dependable component of society. ...

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He is the valiant warrior, faithful husband of Creusa whom "he lovede as hys lyfe- (l. 175), leader of a new nation, founder of a city, and a man to whom rulers of ancient Rome and medieval Europe will trace their royal lineage. ...

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