What Does Virgil Look Into The Aeneid

In the Article What does Aeneas look like? The author, Mark Griffith looks into the Aeneid (A Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19BC ). The author claims that in Virgil’s poem Aeneas is labeled as great, tough and good-looking (Griffith 309). But Virgil never describes his physical features in much detail; nor does he tell the readers about Aeneas’s daily routine (Griffith 309). Like what sort of clothes did Aeneas wear, how did he communicate with others, and when does he clean himself (Griffith 309). Mark Griffith further explains that the lack of details about Aeneas’s appearance and lifestyle is not because of a lack of skill from Virgil; to provide the readers with a clear image through his form of writing (Griffith 309). But he says

For example, unlike Apollonius who described characters emotions through their physical reactions; Virgil used figure of speeches (similes and metaphors) in his poems to ultimately express his characters emotions (Griffith 311). However brutality and Drama are still evident on the battlefields of the Aeneid. But particular details about injuries and murdering are typically not described so much in the Aenied, or at least not as much as they are described in the Iliad by Homer (Griffith 312). Furthermore, Griffith says that Virgil’s piece of art is different and distincitive, because in the poem Aenied, Aeneas’s comments and decisions impacts the poem so much (Griffith 314). It impacted the poem more than the characters of Homer’s story did in the Iliad (Griffith 314). Actually even more than Odysseus in the Odyssey (Griffith 314). Aeneas has a greater impact on the Aeneid, even though his appearance was not described in detail (Griffith 314). Griffith says that Virgil does not want to describe Aeneas in detail so the readers can paint their own pictures of his hero (Griffith