![]() ![]() and the Odyssey Achilles' fate was also foretold if he went to war he would die a hero. From the beginning of the Iliad, readers knew that the Greeks were fated to triumph over the Trojans, as was declared by the king of the gods, Zeus. Prophecies contribute a large theme among epics, especially that of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid. The theme of furor is a common characteristic as it gives the heroes reasons to fight and avenge. The death of Pallas sparks an element of furor in Aeneas, as does the death of Patroclus inspires furor in Achilles. In the Aeneid there are allusions to both Aeneas and Turnus fulfilling the Latin-born Achilles prophecy. This Latin-born Achilles is never explicitly mentioned. The second half of the Aeneid, Books VI through XII, follow similarly to what happens throughout the Iliad.īook VI of the Aeneid reveals a prophecy for Aeneas by the Sibyl of Cumae stating that a Latin-born Achilles, who is also the son of a goddess, exists ( Aeneid, Book VI, lines 89–90). Virgil used several characteristics associated with epic poetry, more specifically Homer's epics, including the use of hexameter verse, book division, lists of genealogies and underlying themes to draw parallels between the Romans and their cultural predecessors, the Greeks. When writing the Aeneid, Virgil drew from his studies on the Homeric epics of the Iliad to help him create a national epic poem for the Roman people. ![]()
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