... morals. Their family, their country, and their gods were the most valued symbols of the Roman public life. There were many virtues that the Romans would have honored, but the ones they prized most were steadfastness, courage, patience, obedience to the will of the gods, and prize of their elders. Through the epic, the Aeneid, Aeneas gains the most important Roman virtues and becomes a true epic hero. Aeneas ... is not considered a hero at the start of the story. This can be seen by his reactions to the situations he is faced with at the beginning of the epic. He sometimes lets his emoti...

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