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A comparison of The Aeneid and Metamorphoses
Title: A comparison of The Aeneid and Metamorphoses
Category: Social Sciences / Education
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A comparison of The Aeneid and Metamorphoses
Both Vergil and Ovid imbedded underlying meanings in their epics The Aeneid and Metamorphoses. In this paper I will focus on the underlying meaning in the Underworld scene in Vergil's The Aeneid (lines 356 through 1199). I will also focus on three scenes in Ovid's Metamorphoses. Both epics contain a larger message about the importance of the Roman past for its present and future under Augustus.
The story of Aeneas in the Underworld can be interpreted as …showed first 75 words of 1037 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1037 total…tries to let Caesar live, but the other gods intervene and tell her that it is his fate to die (p 355 - 356). Caesar does indeed die, but he is turned into a god upon his death. This glorifies is heir Augustus because he now is the son of a god. Ovid is trying to impress Augustus with flattering words, and by involving so many gods in his stories he is almost making Augustus a living god.
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