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Essay / Differences in Death - 1281
Also, the information each hero receives is different. Odysseus learns from Teiresias that he will return home but “will find at home a world of pain” (11, 132). Tiresias tells Odysseus about the obstacles that will stand in his way on the way home and how to overcome them. In addition, he is told how to get rid of the curse caused by Poseidon. Although his father also tells him about the future and "the glory of the years to come, the wars he must fight, [and] how he might avoid or endure every toil to come" (6.1207-1210 ), the type of information contrasts with the information given to Odysseus because Aeneas is given information relating to the rise of Rome and how he will achieve his goal, whereas Odysseus is given information that is only suitable for him. Aeneas also learns of the journeys and purges that a person's soul undertakes after death before reincarnating. Anchises explains that when a body dies, "all the scourges of the body do not disappear from the poor souls" (6.990), which is why they all "undergo the discipline of punishments and pay in penance for old sins: [they] each suffers his own punishment. own shadow" (6.994-999). This emphasizes the justice system of Virgil's Underworld, as each soul receives the punishment it deserves. Additionally, the information each hero receives from the spirits of the Underworld helps to show the difference in beliefs between the Greeks and the Romans The Greeks believed that everyone ended up in the same place, regardless of the life they led, as demonstrated when "brides and young bachelors, old men and men. girls and great armies of battle dead and men of war” (11.43-46) floated out of the trench at once There is no order involved, whereas in the Aeneid, each of. spirits that Aeneas encounters is ...... in the middle of a paper ...... or like a prize won by the greatest and strongest warrior and that Odysseus won The armor of. 'Achilles symbolizes great honor and respect, which is why Ajax is jealous and "flaming with anger" (11.621) against Odysseus for his victory because he was "the greatest in constructions [and] works of war" (11.629) and is upset that his glory is being robbed by someone weaker. However, in the Aeneid, Dido commits suicide because Aeneas "left [her] land" while she loved him and so she is angry with him and refuses to speak to Aeneas when he calls her, but instead “glares savagely back at him” (6.629). ) at his home. This helps convey the difference in values because in Homer's Underworld Ajax is furious at losing glory for himself, showing that the Greeks believed in individuality and the glory of the individual, while in Virgil's Underworld, Dido is overwhelmed by the love she had for Aeneas. was not returned, conveying devotion to love.