Why should you read Virgil's "Aeneid"? - Mark Robinson
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In 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deathbed, he thought about the manuscript he had been working on for over ten years, an epic poem called the "Aeneid." Unsatisfied with the final edit, he asked his friends to burn it. But they refused, and soon after Virgil’s death, Augustus ordered it to be published. Why? Mark Robinson explains.
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We can see that litterature can represent a reality, in this case, Augustus saw the "Aenid" as the conflict he had at the moment. We can also notice that litterature can can be used to put an idea on peoples minds
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