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…literature is often overlooked because it is compared only to the Greek literature that the Romans tried to emulate. They did have their masterpieces though. Virgil’s Aeneid is arguably one of the greatest epic poems in history as it competes on the same literary…

…divide this flourishing time of Roman into two periods, 1st c. BCE as the Golden Age, and the 1st c. CE as the silver. Vergil’s Aeneid, Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita, as well as works by Seneca, Statius, and Flaccus, all come out of this time…

…A Leader for a New Generation In Webster’s dictionary, a leader is defined as a person that has commanding authority or influence over others. Such a leader can be found in The Aeneid, written by Virgil. The main character in the epic, Aeneas…

…since these land grants displaced the farmers already living there. Despite this in his 4th Eclogue he wrote a ‘prophecy’ poem about the birth of Augustus the savior of the world, Vergil also wrote the Aeneid, a story which is essentially about the greatness…

…and in a sense, his old soul. The Aeneid is very much of a spiritual quest, which makes it unique in ancient literature and in contrast with the Odyssey. Only Virgil admits to the possibility that a character can change, grow, and develop. In the story’s…

…with the character of Dante in the poem is wide-ranging in importance and symbolism. He is a figure of reason and protection. Dante borrows liberally from Virgil in writing The Inferno. Much of the work resembles the underworld created in Virgil’s Aeneid. Thus…

…Human beings should be more than animals, but are they really? In Republic, by Plato, Antigone, by Sophocles, The Aeneid of Virgil, by Virgil, and On Justice Power and Human Nature, by Thucydides, it seems as though human beings really are nothing more…

…the Aeneid, in which Rome was founded and Hell portrayed, were important works to Dante on a spiritual level. In Dante's spiritual uncertainty a guide blessed with religious insight, regardless of the fact that he was (by Christian standards) a sinner, would…

…is responsible for. Pandaros: He breaks the truce after being persuaded by Athena with illusions of grandeur. Aeneas: He is the hero of the Aeneid and one of the warriors at troy. Hekuba: Wife of Priam, mother of Hector The Gods: The deities played a big role because…

…(or at least should), she was the ill fated one-time lover of Aeneas in The Aeneid. She was the ruler of a fairly new, yet wonderfully powerful and splendid nation. This was left to her by her honorable husband Sychaeus. After his death she vowed "not to marry…