... in Italy upon his arrival which mirrors Odysseus' rocky homecoming and slaughter of Penelope's suitors. 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. At first all of these similarities may appear to be ... 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. He explains through the Aeneid that the underlying purpose for the ...

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... due to discrepancies in the role of the individual and the state. An example of this would be the dominate characteristic of Odysseus, easily described as independent heroism; while Odysseus was a victorious hero in the battle against Troy, he made many detours in his journey home for leisure and luxury. The whole theme of The Odyssey celebrates the abilities of the individual, which contradicts the theme of The Aeneid, holding truth to ... being "duty bound" to the state. In The Odyssey: XI A GATHERING OF SHADES, Odysseus's mother, dead in the underworld speaks this: "All mortals meet ...

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