Virgil condones war for the sake of his patron, Augustus Caesar, whose recent victory at Actium, three years before the creation of Virgil's epic, had quelled the rebellion of the Roman commander Marcus Antonius. ... Similarly, Virgil's mythological wars create great pathos for his characters. ... Therefore it makes sense that Virgil would also advocate war through the protagonist Aeneas. ... But, in one of a few areas of the poem that lacks consistency (Virgil never lived to fully complete his epic), Juno declares that she wishes to "quit these battles which I so detest.... It ...

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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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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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"The Aeneid" is a Latin epic poem, written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BC, that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. ... It is a poem work of Epic genre. ... Motifs of this poem are armor; burial; fire etc. ... It is an Epic poem of Heroic epic; mythological story genre. ... Protagonist of the poem is Aeneas. ...

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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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