... of Europe and so this likeness is very fitting in providing a condemnation of war). 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. In the Aeneid, Aeneas declares " ... ...

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