Making Choices in Virgil's 'Aeneid'

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This paper briefly reviews the choices made by a character in Virgil's Aeneid - specifically, the Trojan king Priam. The writer discusses that as becomes apparent, Priam makes two choices - the first to not kill Sinon, the second to interpret the death of Laocoon as a warning from the gods that the Trojan horse should be permitted inside Troy - that lead to the sacking of his city and to his own demise.

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"All human affairs are, of course, about choice. Virgil's 'Aeneid', the classic telling of the founding of Rome by the Trojan prince Aeneas, is a great human drama that revolves, in large measure, around the choices human beings make - either by themselves or with the prodding of the Gods. This paper, in perhaps an unconventional departure, will focus upon the choices made by Priam in the final hours of his kingdom. Specifically, this paper will focus upon two choices made by the Trojan king that sealed his fate - and the fate of his city."

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