... And in this sense, The Iliad, though it may have stopped during a time of truce, was the greater tragedy, where The Aeneid, ending with mortal combat, was the greater comedy. And where the rest of each book may have replicated the other, this ending was the deciding factor that ... organizes many different stories. Virgil also parallels many elements in Homer's epics. He uses the same gods but with Latin names, his character visit's the underworld, there is a big storm and epic games, and there is a long narration of the outcomes of the battle of Troy. Virgil also differs from Homer. His...

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