... reference to the Aeneid I believe it is absolutely possible for later works to be just as substantial as earlier works. The Aeneid is not a mere plagiarism of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. 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 ... bring peace to Italy after a period of constant civil war. This is evidenced in book VI of the Aeneid, which superficially seems like a complete imitation of book XI of the Odyssey. However, as Anchises describes "the glory that...

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