Significance of the Aeneas – Turnus Conflict

The conflict between the Trojan hero and leader Aeneas, and the Rutulian Prince and the leader Turnus, of all Italian forces against the invaders, carries an epic conclusion. It is, therefore, very much significant in the whole scheme of the epic.  The Aeneid is not a personal epic about Aeneas, but a national epic, a … Read more