For questions about the epic Aeneis by Vergilius (Aeneid by Vergil).
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Structure of the Aeneid
As far as I remembered, there are two dominant structural theories of the Aeneid:
The Homer Theory (a name I made up, I forgot the official one), claiming that the first 6 books resemble the Odyssey with odysseys and books 7-12 resembling the Iliad…
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Does "Iulus" predate Vergil?
In Vergil's Aeneid, Aeneas's son is given the name Iulus/Julus, which would correspond to the clan name Iulius/Julius. Not at all coincidentally, this implies a connection between the legendary hero Aeneas and the clan of Caesar and…
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