The Aeneid reverses the Odyssey because the gods no longer will the lovers' reunion; they will Aeneas and Creusa's separation for the sake of Rome.
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The Aeneid reverses the Odyssey because the gods no longer will the lovers' reunion; they will Aeneas and Creusa's separation for the sake of Rome.
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"Again, this is very different from the Odyssey, where the Odyssey is really about a journey of two people, Penelope and Odysseus, to find..."
"If Jupiter demands us to sacrifice ourselves, then we must do so, okay? And so, this reverses the Odyssey, right? Where the gods willed..."
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Rome cannot burn Homer, because Homer already lives in memory.
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