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This 6 page paper discusses the similarities in passages from "The Odyssey" and "The Aeneid." Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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poem that parallel those of Homer. This paper will explore that assertion, and how each poet in each passage develops a different sense of character, or a different theme, or
both. Discussion As the subject of the comparison, were looking at the visits of Odysseus and Aeneas to the underworld. The first thing that makes us think Virgil was "borrowing"
from Homer is that the structure of the poems are generally similar: they are stories of the wandering of the protagonist on his way home from the Trojan War. Odysseus
is of course a Greek hero and Aeneas is Trojan, but he has the last laugh: his descendents, according to myth, will found the city of Rome. The two men
have many adventures on their journeys; they find themselves protected by some gods and pursued by others; Aeneas falls in love with Dido, queen of Carthage while he stays with
her, a passage that is reminiscent of Odysseuss year on Circes island. And both men pay visits to the underworld. Its their descent into hell that we want to examine
more closely. (The text of the passages is on the last page of this paper.) In both poems, the hero has to descend into the underworld. In both cases, the
men encounter comrades who were killed and left unburied, meaning that their spirits are doomed to wander. The first thing that strikes a reader is the wide variance in translations.
In order to make sure the texts are the same, were using the SparkNotes website as the source. When we do that, we see that both poems are written mostly
in rhymed couplets: the Aeneid gives us this:: "Amidst the spirits, Palinurus pressd, / Yet fresh from life, a new-admitted guest, / Who, while he steering viewd the stars, and
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