... as Vergil condemns Mezentius in 7.648 as a "contemptor divum". This fateful passage truly illustrates Vergil's use of Mezentius as a forerunner to the destiny of Turnus as he must meet and fall before Aeneas. As a particularly poignant moment in the poem Vergil employs Homeric allusion for the sake of adding striking detail to the scene. The first line uses a chiastic arrangement in "densos alacer Mezentius ... hostis"; Vergil depicts Mezentius with no less that the raging fury associated with Turnus. The word "alacer" brings to the surface a shining example of epic characterization, th...

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... will be looking at the differences and comparisons with which Virgil borrows upon the style and workings of these more prominent works of Homer. One of the more discerning features of the Aeneid is that unlike the Odyssey and the Illiad who focus primarily it's heroes (Achilles and Odysseus), the Aeneid focuses more on Rome rather than it's hero, Aeneas. Such focus is evident by ... the focusing upon boundaries also at the same time symbolizes not only the physical nation of Rome, but also its cultural aspects (The story of Romulus and Remus, for example), reinforcing Rome's greater imp...

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... 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 with the Harpies (3:245) and the Cyclopes (3:760). Aeneas ... then struggles to safely colonize the Trojans 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 ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... goddess mother, valor, and righteousness. But Aeneas has the piety and loyalty and tenderness of true Roman and at the same time, he has the courage of Hector and the strength of Achilles, and thoughtfulness in some degree, though not the self-dependence of Odysseus (Commager 150). There might seem some danger of a character which would be all good, and not human or sympathetic, if the ... bonded by love for the hero would not have caused such a conflict. Aeneas could simply leave him there to die. Aeneas is acting out of love while Anchises is acting out of destiny. These two component...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the Aeneid is weather. The gods use weather to express their will. Bin the beginning of the poem it says, "Across the lands and waters he was battered beneath the violence of High Ones, for the savage Juno's unforgetting anger" (1). When Juno sends a storm in the beginning of the poem, it is symbolizing her rage. She looks to keep Aeneas lost at sea. This alludes ... back to the Odyssey and how Poseidon kept trying to stray Odysseus away from his destination. But weather is not always used to show the negative. Venus bids the sea god ... , Neptune, to protect them because she has affect...

• Word Count: 500
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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School