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Essay Archive - Virgil's Aeneid
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
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