... ) culture to world attention. Romans patronized Greek artists and artisans in the glorification of a vast world of their own, Roman creation. It is no surprise, then, that the Roman poet Virgil turns to Greek mythology and to the Greek epics as he fashions his own description of the origins and destiny of the Roman state, The Aeneid . His aim is to situate Rome in line with what ... was considered the great literary tradition of the time -- the Greek. Virgil's work thus is both polemic and propaganda: his ... blending of history and mythology provides a platform for the imperial agenda ...

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