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How was John Milltons Paradise Lost influenced by Virgils Aeneid?

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Milton, in Paradise Lost, references a “father work” of sorts when he creates his characters and guides the story line. The Aeneid by Virgil is a father text to Paradise Lost. ... Aeneas is the hero of Virgil's poem, and Satan is the enemy of God in Milton's Christian poem.

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