... Aeneas follows the will of the gods no matter how he suffers. Virgil is greatly influenced by Homer and his epic style of writing. However, he merely uses Homer's style as a guide and successfully creates a Roman style of epic. Virgil does ... and obedience to Fate. At the beginning of his journey, however, he momentarily resembles an Epicurean philosopher even as he engages in an act of conventional pietas. When his attempts to uproot a small tree to deck his altar twice cause ... two in order to compare and contrast Achilles and Aeneas. Achilles speeds towards Hector and the walls ...

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