![]() ![]() 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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