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Virgil's Aeneid


The story of Virgil's Aeneid was drawn from many sources, the most
influential being the work of the Greek poet Homer. Virgil based the first six
books of the Aeneid on the Odessey and the last six books on the Iliad both
written by Homer. The Aeneid describes the adventures of Aeneas, the legendary
Trojan hero who survived the fall of troy, sailed westward to Italy and founded
Rome. During the time that Virgil wrote the Aeneid he incorporated all known
Rome history up to his own time.
The book is world renowned and also is said by many to be one of the
best works ever. The last chapter of the Aeneid has caused some problems for
readers. The first problem that is evident is the manner in which Aeneas deals
with Turnus. In book XII Turnus states that the fight should be between the two
men as apposed to both armies fighting any further. Turnus had every right to
dislike Aeneas who came unannounced, tried to take his fiancé, Aeneas' son
killed their......

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