Imperialism In The Aeneid
Task Two:
The Aeneid was based off Homer's books because the Roman had no base culture and so Virgil created a book that recorded both moral beliefs and ideals. Everyone already knew Homer's works so it was a story that Romans already were familiar with, but Homers Iliad had a very different focus. Homers published works were about Greek heroism and glory, whilst Virgil's was solely focused on Roman values and how a Roman should be like. The justification of Roman imperialism like in book six, it seems like its put there to explain the afterlife, but Virgil's afterlife doesn't even make sense and the whole thing was just put in to make Augustus look good. ”Here he is, Augustus Caesar, son of a god. The man that will bring back the golden …show more content…
He is well respected but misguided by his emotion. Even though he is a Greek, and serves under the King Agamemnon, he is not entirely ruled by him. He refuses fight in the Trojan War until Patroclus is killed by Hektor. In “The Aeneid”, Aeneas is guided from his homeland of Troy by a drive of destiny placed on him by the gods. In Book 2, he fights, whilst Troy is being burnt down to the ground. Aeneas fights until there is a place that that the Trojans can settle and begin to rebuild their lives . Near the end of both the wars, each of the heroes must face and kill a final enemy. This is related to Book 22 in the Iliad and Book 12 in the Aeneid. As Achilles kills Hektor in the Iliad, the bravest of the Trojan army and the great protector of Troy. Aeneas kills the hero of the Latins, Turnus. The motive of revenge drives Achilles to kill Hektor in a duel to the death but this drive is non-existant for the hero of the Aeneid, Aeneas. Until, the enemy leader pleading for his life, Aeneas finds out that Turnus was the one who has killed his beloved ally, Pallas, in Book 10. Both epics end with a hero’s death, in "The Iliad” Achilles is begged by King Priam for the return of his sons lifeless body so he can honour his death and give a proper funeral to great protector of Troy. The poem ends on a note of contrition but in "The Aeneid” it ends with Turnus’ death and no call for regret. When Turnus is killed, his …show more content…
This is directly referencing to a Homer’s Iliad. Achilles’s superabundant uncontrollable desire to kill and joy in the act of killing is indicative of his alienation from the proper ways of that world. His falling into a state of revenge. Killing happens, and it structures the lives of the heroes, but exultation is not right, even in Homer. Grenfell starts his poem like a gorgeous invocation of spring and then it becomes strange and disturbing illustrating some aspects of warfare which are best to leave untold. In Homer’s Iliad, its believed that the repetitional glory gained through a brave death in battle provides increase. This can be a direct reference to Sarpedon’s speech to Glaucus in Book 12 of the
The Aeneid was based off Homer's books because the Roman had no base culture and so Virgil created a book that recorded both moral beliefs and ideals. Everyone already knew Homer's works so it was a story that Romans already were familiar with, but Homers Iliad had a very different focus. Homers published works were about Greek heroism and glory, whilst Virgil's was solely focused on Roman values and how a Roman should be like. The justification of Roman imperialism like in book six, it seems like its put there to explain the afterlife, but Virgil's afterlife doesn't even make sense and the whole thing was just put in to make Augustus look good. ”Here he is, Augustus Caesar, son of a god. The man that will bring back the golden …show more content…
He is well respected but misguided by his emotion. Even though he is a Greek, and serves under the King Agamemnon, he is not entirely ruled by him. He refuses fight in the Trojan War until Patroclus is killed by Hektor. In “The Aeneid”, Aeneas is guided from his homeland of Troy by a drive of destiny placed on him by the gods. In Book 2, he fights, whilst Troy is being burnt down to the ground. Aeneas fights until there is a place that that the Trojans can settle and begin to rebuild their lives . Near the end of both the wars, each of the heroes must face and kill a final enemy. This is related to Book 22 in the Iliad and Book 12 in the Aeneid. As Achilles kills Hektor in the Iliad, the bravest of the Trojan army and the great protector of Troy. Aeneas kills the hero of the Latins, Turnus. The motive of revenge drives Achilles to kill Hektor in a duel to the death but this drive is non-existant for the hero of the Aeneid, Aeneas. Until, the enemy leader pleading for his life, Aeneas finds out that Turnus was the one who has killed his beloved ally, Pallas, in Book 10. Both epics end with a hero’s death, in "The Iliad” Achilles is begged by King Priam for the return of his sons lifeless body so he can honour his death and give a proper funeral to great protector of Troy. The poem ends on a note of contrition but in "The Aeneid” it ends with Turnus’ death and no call for regret. When Turnus is killed, his …show more content…
This is directly referencing to a Homer’s Iliad. Achilles’s superabundant uncontrollable desire to kill and joy in the act of killing is indicative of his alienation from the proper ways of that world. His falling into a state of revenge. Killing happens, and it structures the lives of the heroes, but exultation is not right, even in Homer. Grenfell starts his poem like a gorgeous invocation of spring and then it becomes strange and disturbing illustrating some aspects of warfare which are best to leave untold. In Homer’s Iliad, its believed that the repetitional glory gained through a brave death in battle provides increase. This can be a direct reference to Sarpedon’s speech to Glaucus in Book 12 of the