Ekphrasis in Aeneas' Shield in Vergil's The Aeneid

Virgil 's Aeneid begins with "Sing a man during war and war" (Virgil 1) and marks two important themes: war and human fighting (Boyle). This epic is turning around a Trojan horse called Aeneas. In line with his own destiny, he founded Lavis, a pioneer in Rome, who continued to dominate until the birthday of Rome. Virgil coordinated Homer 's epic and structure, and socially explained the life of Augustus' Roman era. Like Homer, Virgil uses a shield as an extract to indicate that the original state has changed to the state of civilization and to show the future history of Rome (Boyle).

Aeneas is a small character of Iliad, but later the main character of Latin epic was written by Virgil of Egnell. Virgil has made Aeneas the founder of Rome (or, more exactly, the Italian town that founded Rome later). In Homer, however, after the Greeks left and the Trojans were rebuilt, Aeneas was destined to become the king of Troy. Now, let's consider how the new evidence modifies the picture. We believe that the understanding of the Trojan War is almost wrong. In the old outlook, the war was determined by the duel of the Trojan plain champion; the besieged city never had the opportunity to face the Greeks; the Trojan must be a myth. It's not like more war on terror, it's like World War II. But now, we know that the Trojan War was mainly low-intensity conflict and attacks on civilians. There is no siege of Troy. The Greeks are weak and only one skill to accept Troy. This technique is probably a Trojan horse.

Vergil's "Aeneid" begins with "Vergil 1.1", two important themes of war and one struggle (Boyle) "Sing a man of war and war". This epic is turning around a Trojan horse called Aeneas. In line with his own destiny, he founded Lavis, a pioneer in Rome, who continued to dominate until the birthday of Rome. Virgil coordinated Homer 's epic and structure, and socially explained the life of Augustus' Roman era. Like Homer, Virgil uses a shield as an extract to indicate that the original state has changed to the state of civilization and to show the future history of Rome (Boyle).