Warriors: Aeneas and Turnus

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This paper discusses whether Vergil's 'Aeneid' is a re writing of Homer's 'Iliad'. The writer maintains that while Vergil's epic continues the story begun by Homer centuries earlier, with the refugee from Homer's fallen Troy arriving in Italy to found the city of Rome. The writer shows that in many respects Vergil's narrative is not so much a continuation as a mirroring of Homer's epic. The writer concludes that just as Homer's epic featured two heroes Achilles and Hector in conflict, so too does Vergil's epic feature two similar warriors Aeneas and Turnus in conflict.

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"Is Vergil's 'Aeneid' a re-writing of Homer's Iliad? While Vergil's epic continues the story begun by Homer centuries before, with the refugee from Homer's fallen Troy arriving in Italy to found the city of Rome, in many respects Vergil's narrative is not so much a continuation as a mirroring of Homer's epic. Just as the Homer's epic featured two heroes - Achilles and Hector - in conflict, so too does Vergil's epic feature two similar warriors - Aeneas and Turnus - in conflict."

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