Fate: Would Homer And Virgil Be The Same Without It?
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In Virgil's Aeneid and Homer's Iliad, a picture of the supernatural and
its workings was created. In both works, there is a concept of a fixed order of
events which is called fate. Fate involves two parts. First, there are laws
that govern certain parts of mens' lives, such as human mortality ....
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.... this law by writing of Patroklos' spirit's return to remind
Achilles that, until he has been properly buried, he must wander the earth.
These events show Virgil's and Homer's belief in laws that cannot be changed
(Strong 62).
The second element of Fate deals with the unalterable predestined
occurrence of certain events. One example of such an event is the fall of Troy.
According to Homer, the destruction of Troy was foretold in Hekuba's dream that
her son, Paris, would be the cause. ....
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