A character that is depicted in the poem as being courageous is Pallas. ... That is another way that Virgil glorifies war. Virgil has a one track mind in the fact that he believes, at least how he makes it sound in the poem, that the only way you can receive honor is through war. ... Virgil glorified war throughout the whole poem and felt it necessary to write about it. ... Virgil exaggerates his views on war with all the details he gives, which proves that in his poem he glorifies war. ...

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During the rule of the first Roman Emperor, Augustus, a man by the name of Publius Vergilius Maro (known as Virgil in English) wrote one of the most widely read epic poems. The poem is named the Aeneid. ... Parallels can be seen in the shield descriptions of the two classic epic poems. ... The poem then goes on to illustrate two cities that echo two groups of people (Trojans and Achaeans). ... Therefore, the shield seems to be addressing the present state of the epic poem. ...

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The summary laid out by the opening of Book I has an enormous effect on the rest of the poem. ... The opening introduction allows the rest of the poem to focus on the travels and adventures of Aeneas. ... This proves to be how the rest of the poem is laid out. ... Book one is a dense collection of information that sets the framework for the rest of the poem. ... With this out of the way, Virgil can get down to business and begin crafting the characters and their adventures without any ambiguity as to where the poem is going or what the characters are trying to accomplish....

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These references to topics going on in Virgil's time would be of particular interest to his contemporary readers. ... The one thing I believe though is that Virgil did not consider these allusions critical to his poem. Yes, he did want to appease Augustus and stay in his favor, but more importantly, Virgil meant to glorify Rome. ... One way that the poem would be widely read was if there were references to the present time and those individuals in it (i.e. ... Even though Virgil wanted the poem destroyed while he was on his deathbed, Augustus wanted his contemporaries to read about the...

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It's true that Aeneas' wanderings in the beginning of the poem are reminiscent of the same perils that Odysseus faced on his journey home to Ithaca, such as Aeneas' encounter with the Harpies (3:245) and the Cyclopes (3:760). ... At first all of these similarities may appear to be a poorly veiled appropriation of Homer's epics, but that is far from the actual purpose of Virgil's epic. Virgil seeks to reveal the true reason for the Trojan War and Aeneas' journey to Italy to found the predecessor to Rome. ... However, as Anchises describes "the glory that awai...

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They are both epics, a long narrative poem telling of a hero's deeds. ... 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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