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Aneid themes book 2 - Coggle Diagram
Aneid themes book 2
Fate and destiny
Aeneas: he realises through Venus that the war wasn't Helen's fault but it was a will of Fate and God -“the harsh will of the gods”
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influence of the Gods
Athenas: the Trojan Horse is a representation of her which encouraged the Trojans to bring the horse inside
Athena: 2 snakes sons of Laocoon and slither into Athena's temple (reinforcing the claim that the horse, which Laocoon threw a spear at, is sacred to her)
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Roman hero traits
pietas: Aeneas' instinct is to fight as he sees his city getting sacked until he is interrupted by Hector's shade
Aeneas strategic: goes to a high tower and dislodges its top to fall down on the Greeks below,
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Homeric hero traits
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Aeneas receiving divine intervention may be Homeric as it is not based on independence and autonomous hard work
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