While reading the first two chapters of The Aeneid, I kept finding instances that reminded me of Odysseus' journey in The Odyssey. From the ship crashing in the monstrous storm or the cloud that Venus creates to prevent them from being seen or the many disguises that the different gods possess along the way. It all takes me back to when Poseidon wrecks Odysseus' ship in a storm, when the gods put a cloud over Odysseus so he can make it through the city safely, and when the different gods of his time take on different disguises. Its crazy to me how similar these two stories are at times.
P.S. I commented on Abbey's post.
Yes, these interconnections are some of the things that make epics so wonderful. There is always some connection to be made between all of the stories.
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