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Who was the great hero of Virgils epic--the embodiment of the Roman ideals of loyalty to the state devotion to family and reverence for the gods?
The hero of Virgil's Aeneid was Aeneas.
Aeneas is a Greek hero How does he relate to Roman history?
The Aeneid was written by a Roman author, Virgil. In the story Aeneid was told that he was destined to found Rome.
Where did virgil say the Romans came from?
Virgil's Aeneid is a story of Aeneas, a hero of the Trojan War who sailed the Mediterranean and reached Africa, Sicily and, finally, Latium (land of the Latins). The legend of the Romans being descendants of the Trojans predates Virgil.
What sad vision appears to Aeneas?
In the Latin epic poem "The Aeneid" written by the Virgil, the Trojan hero Aeneas fights to return home after the city of Troy falls. On his escape out of the city, he sees a very tragic vision of his dead wife, Creusa.
Who saved the Aeneid from destruction?
It was Augustus himself who saved the Aeneid from destruction. Virgil had wanted it destroyed because he thought it was inferior. Augustus read it and saw its value.
