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During the Renaissance, the most renowned model of epic poetry was Virgils Aeneid, a poem promoting an influential concept of heroism based on the commitment to ones nation and gods. However, Longinus theory of the sublime newly recovered during the Renaissance contradicted this absolute devotion to nation as a marker of religious piety. Heroic Awe explores how Renaissance epic poetry used the sublime to challenge the assumption that epic heroism was primarily about civic duty and glorification of state. Read more