>What is Vergil's influence?
In brief, imitation by later poets (ancient and modern) of his matter or
metre or manner.
Simon Cauchi, Hamilton, New Zealand
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The Aeneid by Virgil has undergone some critizism:
1. Propoganda
2. Imitates Homer
3. Aeneas is unhoroic
It is critizim #3 that I am interested in. I'm curious as to what the group
thinks. Does his tender heart, which often times leads to tears, make him more
or less of a hero? If he i
to linsey vestal
i'm a student and can offer some amateur assistance
with the first question
Virgil was friends and had the patronage of Augustus
i'm not saying it was political propaganda but it was
probably personal propaganda by virgil
he'd lived through 20 yrs of civil war and Augustus
had f
to thomas wolfrum
Hope this is spelt right!
thanks fot the e-mail!
people still do classics and read the greatest
masterpieces of our time!
thankyou for your encouraging note!
Classicists are in the minority for example out of 150
people in my school only 4 girls and a boy do it.
I think it's a f
