Vergils Aeneid: The Glory Of Rome - idea
It comprises 9, lines in dactylic hexameter. The hero Aeneas was already known to Greco-Roman legend and myth, having been a character in the Iliad. Virgil took the disconnected tales of Aeneas's wanderings, his vague association with the foundation of Rome and his description as a personage of no fixed characteristics other than a scrupulous pietas , and fashioned the Aeneid into a compelling founding myth or national epic that tied Rome to the legends of Troy, explained the Punic Wars , glorified traditional Roman virtues, and legitimized the Julio-Claudian dynasty as descendants of the founders, heroes, and gods of Rome and Troy. The Aeneid is widely regarded as Virgil's masterpiece [3] [4] and one of the greatest works of Latin literature. The Aeneid can be divided into halves based on the disparate subject matter of Books 1—6 Aeneas's journey to Latium in Italy and Books 7—12 the war in Latium. These two-halves are commonly regarded as reflecting Virgil's ambition to rival Homer by treating both the Odyssey ' s wandering theme and the Iliad ' s warfare themes. Virgil begins his poem with a statement of his theme Arma virumque cano He then explains the reason for the principal conflict in the story: the resentment held by the goddess Juno against the Trojan people. This is consistent with her role throughout the Homeric epics. Also in the manner of Homer , the story proper begins in medias res into the middle of things , with the Trojan fleet in the eastern Mediterranean , heading in the direction of Italy. Vergils Aeneid: The Glory Of Rome.
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