The Aeneid
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…of the Odyssey and the Aeneid are used to annunciate the similarities and differences of their protagonists. The reason the authors knowingly used these differences was to focalize the myth on the society in which it was to be told. Homer catered to the tastes of his Greek audience, with its strong faith in the truth of the gods, while Virgil cast his epic to dovetail with the more moderate Roman audience of his day.
…of the Odyssey and the Aeneid are used to annunciate the similarities and differences of their protagonists. The reason the authors knowingly used these differences was to focalize the myth on the society in which it was to be told. Homer catered to the tastes of his Greek audience, with its strong faith in the truth of the gods, while Virgil cast his epic to dovetail with the more moderate Roman audience of his day.
