In spite of the fact that the gods are seen and thought to be a great effect on people, and theirs expectations and plans all through the books they appear to suck more often than not, accordingly, demonstrating that people are infrequently more powerful than the god in some ways. The trojans throughout the book are often hated by the gods. The piety shown from the trojans determine if the gods are willing to help them or not. The gods know that the Trojans suffer a lot because of the people and other gods that hate them but at the end the gods recognize the piety shown from the Trojans and decide to help them.
The trojans throughout the book are often hated by the gods. In book 1 Juno tries her best to protect her favorite city Carthage …show more content…
The piety of the trojans is shown mostly in books 5 during the funeral of anchises, and 4 when aeneas has to leave carthage because the gods told him too. Sinon tells the trojans: "if your hands should harm Minerva's gift, / then vast destruction...would fall on Priam’s kingdom and the Phrygians; / but if it climbed by your hands into Troy, then Asia would repel the Greeks" (Book II.268-273). This shows that the trojans’ piety will overcome their power to believe sinon or not. Since they decided to take in the horse into the city to appease minerva. But little do they know it’s a trick from the greeks and the gods. Throughout the book aeneas notices that even though he is pious and all the gods still hates them: "Had the outcome not / been fated by the gods...Troy, you would be standing yet" (Book II.75-79); "But oh, it is not right for anyone / to trust reluctant gods!" (Book II.540-541). This shows that even though he believe the gods hates them. Aeneas remains as one of the most loyal and pious people in the aeneid. “But you, Roman, remember, rule with all your power the people of earth — these will be your arts: to put your stamp on the works and ways of peace, to spare the defeated, break the proud in war.” (Book VI. 981-984). Here aeneas meets his father in the underworld and anchises shows him the future of rome and how great the leaders will be. Since rome will be combined of different groups of people that will make rome the most unique city of its time and
The trojans throughout the book are often hated by the gods. In book 1 Juno tries her best to protect her favorite city Carthage …show more content…
The piety of the trojans is shown mostly in books 5 during the funeral of anchises, and 4 when aeneas has to leave carthage because the gods told him too. Sinon tells the trojans: "if your hands should harm Minerva's gift, / then vast destruction...would fall on Priam’s kingdom and the Phrygians; / but if it climbed by your hands into Troy, then Asia would repel the Greeks" (Book II.268-273). This shows that the trojans’ piety will overcome their power to believe sinon or not. Since they decided to take in the horse into the city to appease minerva. But little do they know it’s a trick from the greeks and the gods. Throughout the book aeneas notices that even though he is pious and all the gods still hates them: "Had the outcome not / been fated by the gods...Troy, you would be standing yet" (Book II.75-79); "But oh, it is not right for anyone / to trust reluctant gods!" (Book II.540-541). This shows that even though he believe the gods hates them. Aeneas remains as one of the most loyal and pious people in the aeneid. “But you, Roman, remember, rule with all your power the people of earth — these will be your arts: to put your stamp on the works and ways of peace, to spare the defeated, break the proud in war.” (Book VI. 981-984). Here aeneas meets his father in the underworld and anchises shows him the future of rome and how great the leaders will be. Since rome will be combined of different groups of people that will make rome the most unique city of its time and