Aeneas, also translated as Aeneas, means "Ignace's epic". The story comes from Italian folklore, the legend that romulo founded Rome, and the legend that Pilasher invaded Italy. Roman culture developed under the influence of Greek culture, so many Roman works were influenced by Greek culture, and Aeneas was no exception. This work actually imitates Homer's epic.
The first six volumes of Aeneas imitate the Odyssey, and describe in flashback that after the death of Delia Nias in Troy, the husband and wife were separated and forced to wander in a foreign land for seven years, and then were blown to Carthage in North Africa by the storm, where Ignace recalled the fall of Troy and his tragic experience of wandering for seven years. The affectionate queen fell in love with each other and married Ignace. After the marriage, the gods ordered Ignace to go to Italy to rebuild the destroyed country, but she had to abandon Queen Dido. Affectionate Dido committed suicide, and Ignace came to Italy. Under the guidance of the wizard, he went to hell and met his dead father, who showed him the glory and great future of Rome.
The last six volumes of Aeneas describe the war in imitation of the Iliad. After foreseeing the future of Rome, Ignacio came to Latinum, where he was treated by King Latinus, and at the same time, the gods ordered him to marry the daughter of Latinus. But because King Tournous of Ruturia had proposed to his daughter, this led to the war between them, and the gods were also involved in this struggle. Finally, Ignace killed Turnos, and "Aeneas" was over.
The theme of Aeneas is about the fate of a great empire, and the center is to emphasize that the glory of the empire is the result of divine will. The poet praised the great achievements of the Roman ancestors in establishing the country, praised the glory of Rome, and attributed the reason why Rome dominated the world to the will of the gods. Therefore, the author specially arranged for Ignacio to go to the terrible hell to publicize the unyielding inheritance of the Roman Empire through the mouth of his dead father. At the same time, in order to give Octavian, the contemporary Roman ruler, a sacred aura, the author wrote Ignace's son as the ancestor of Caesar and Octavian, and claimed to push their power to "eight wastes and eight poles" and reproduce the "golden age", thus creating orthodox glory for Octavian's rule.
Aeneas publicized the pride and patriotism of the Roman nation, especially emphasized the hardships and hard-won of Rome's founding, and warned people to cherish the peace of the empire, which showed the author's strong patriotism.
Aeneas created a great heroic image. Ignace is a hero with noble qualities. Because he was a pioneer of the Roman Empire, the author specially shaped him into an ideal political leader. In the war, he was fearless and dared to accept any challenge; In dealing with people, he is fair and kind, sincere and generous, and is deeply loved by people; Moreover, knowing how to control one's feelings is the first image in the history of European literature that reason is more important than feelings.
Aeneas' serious and delicate style created the first "epic of literati" in the history of European literature. Although imitating Homer's epic, it has its own unique style in language, which was completely created by Virgil in his study. It is said that Virgil was very particular about Aeneas' words and sentences, and only wrote three lines a day.
Therefore, the language of Aeneas is serious, sad, delicate and full of hazy feeling. For example, when the author describes the deaths of Dido and Turnos, his brushwork is extremely delicate and he uses in-depth psychological description to express the emotions of the characters.
Epic uses a lot of metaphors to express characters and stories. For example, Pilars, who killed the old king of Troy, was compared to a poisonous snake, sticking out its tongue to try to attack in spring; Compare the spear flying in the air to a black whirlwind, whistling in the air and shooting at the enemy. All these metaphors add a lot of vividness to the serious theme of poetry.