... Chaucer's awareness of the problem. Chaucer's revision of the Aeneas and Dido episode depicted in Book I of the House of Fame represents a product of the divergent and conflicting literary traditions established by two authoritative giants of the Middle Ages, Virgil and Ovid. This revision, built on carefully selected conflicting poetical/historical truths of both auctores, produces a new Aeneas ... predecessors, generated by his own ambition toward authority. Interestingly, the form of a dream-vision excuses any daring attempts on Chaucer's part to manipulate and revise the characters a...

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... all poets should respect and imitate. The Aeneid has offered guidance and inspiration to multitudinous numbers of people. Unlike the Iliad and Odyssey, which are "oral" epics, the Aeneid is a "literary" epic, for it is the product of a settled, highly civilized society. Reading and understanding the Aeneid is one of the richest opportunities that can be offered to any one of ... Aeneid. The references to the people in the journey to Hades were people who Virgil admired to try to bring Rome back to their original roots in Rome. Virgil includes themes that allow the reader to explore anci...

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• Grade Level: High School