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    • Publication Information:
      PDXScholar
    • Publication Date:
      1992
    • Collection:
      Portland State University: PDXScholar
    • Abstract:
      This paper argues that the biggest influence on Virgil’s Aeneid was Homer’s epics. By tracing Homer’s influence on the Aeneid, there is a heightened sense of the reasons underlying the themes in Virgil’s writing. One of Virgil’s main purposes in writing the Aeneid is to identify Augustus with Aeneas. In the end, this paper suggests that not only are the influences of Homer important for an understanding of the Aeneid, but in fact are vital for it to accomplish its goals.
    • File Description:
      application/pdf
    • Relation:
      https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anthos_archives/vol1/iss3/5; https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/anthos_archives/article/1024/viewcontent/Vol1_3_Homer_in_Virgil_Kerns.pdf
    • Online Access:
      https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/anthos_archives/vol1/iss3/5
      https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/context/anthos_archives/article/1024/viewcontent/Vol1_3_Homer_in_Virgil_Kerns.pdf
    • Rights:
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
    • Accession Number:
      edsbas.7359FCAA