Virgil was a creative genius fromhis time, but it can be understandable that many of his works may have been influenced fromprevious works of literature. The Aeneid is not only a personal epic aboutn Aeneas, ut also exaltation and beautification of ROme and the future of the people. There is a greater emphasis placed upon the founding of ROme rather than the actual adventure of Aeneas. Virgil's epic shows that he had a great admiration and pride in Rome and the future of the people. HOmer used the story of The Odyssey to express hi sunderstanding of human nature and the world that humans live in. His techniques were used to express his ideas and beliefs. Homer's poems were accepted as the ultimate authority forinformation about mortality and early history. ...
