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Fate: Would Homer And Virgil Be The Same Without It?
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.... In both works, there is a concept of a fixed order of
events which is called fate. Fate involves two parts. First, there are laws
that govern certain parts of mens' lives, such as human mortality and an
afterlife. Second, fate deals with the inevitable outcome of certain events,
outcomes that cannot be changed by .... Part 2 of Paper
....f certain events. One example of such an event is the fall of Troy.
According to Homer, the destruction of Troy was foretold in Hekuba's dream that
her son, Paris, would be the cause. This prophecy was confirmed by a seer.
Although Hekuba tried to avert the disaster by attempting to have Paris killed,
fate overcame and Troy was destroyed as a result of Paris' judgment concerning
the golden apple of discord (Strong 15-16). Virgil also writes about a similar
situation when Venus pleads with Jup.... |
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