‘The Aeneid’ is Virgil’s attempt to imitate the epics of Homer, bringing in elements of ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’ into the story of Aeneas’ escape from Troy following the defeat of the Trojan war and the founding of the City of Rome. I preferred it to ‘The Odyssey’ though not as much as I liked ‘The Iliad’, whereas oddly the part I found most interesting was where Virgil tied in the journey of Odysseus to that of Aeneas, the trojans finding a stranded Greek solider near Mount Etna where Odysseus previously blinded the cyclops. It also contains the story of the Trojan horse and final fall of Troy, which is emitted from ‘The Iliad’. The latter half including the battles over Latinus was extremely stop-start however, with many beginning and ending in retreat or Turnus, the Latin presented as an antagonist, being two-faced and either retreating or abandoning a duel in favour of a resumed battle. Though more incomplete in scenes of battle than ‘The Iliad’, it did uphold the honour Homer places on every casualty non-dependent on their side of the feud. I recognise Virgil was writing the founding of Rome, as a Roman, and therefore Roman names of Gods and mythological figures would be used however I personally lean toward the Greek names so having to mentally correct the names in my head for ones understanding was a minor inconvenience, I used all the Greek names in my notes on the text. On a side note, does Hera ever favour anyone?