Virgil's Aeneid
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The story of was drawn from many sources, the most
influential being the work of the Greek poet Homer. Virgil based the first six
books of the Aeneid on the Odessey and the last six books on the Iliad both
written by Homer. The Aeneid describes the adventures of Aeneas, the legendary
Trojan hero ....
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.... land. They have a great dual and
Aeneas disarmed Turnus by striking him in the leg. With his sword to his chest
Turnus makes a last request for his body to be returned to his family, as Aeneas
is considering the request he notices that Turnus is wearing the sword belt of
Pallas and the stoic ways of Aeneas leave him as rage, fury, and anger run
through his body. He kills Turnus in anger and dedicates his death to Pallas.
This loss of control and act of violence is the opposite of stoicism an ....
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