Aeneas' Leadership in the Aeneid.
In the Aeneid by Virgil the main character Aeneas tries to be a good leader to his people, but fails; showing the lack of good leadership qualities in the majority of the book.
A good leader is a person who supports people he/she is in charge of, sets a good example following rules of pietas, and helps in accomplishing a common goal.Pietas is to fulfill one’s obligations to the Gods, family, and people.
Aeneas is a Trojan hero whose task in the book (which was set by Gods) is to lead his people to Italy and build a new city, since an old one was captured by Greeks. Even though Aeneas demonstrates good leadership qualities in book 2 by leading a group of soldiers into the battle, he discourages his team which is the worst thing one can do as a leader. Aeneas is also distracted …show more content…
When Aeneas and and his soldiers had a shipwreck and made it to the cost Libya he encouraged and raised their spirit.
Aeneas said that “This is not our first taste of trouble.” and that “...God will grant and end to this.”
Aeneas is clearly being a good leader because supporting his people is one of the main parts of it.
Even though he is not a good leader in the majority of the Aeneid, in book 1 Aeneas starts up pretty good.
In the book 4 Aeneas demonstrated a lack of good leadership abilities by staying in Libya for too long because of his love for its Queen; however, Aeneas was a good leader when left the Carthage with his people to fulfill the ultimate goal instantly after Mercury told him to.
When Aeneas’ fleet was caught by a storm and they were taken to Carthage he fell in love with its queen - Dido and wanted to stay there instead of going to Italy.
Mercury appeared to Aeneas and asked him a rhetorical question, “...are you laying the foundation and building a beautiful city - for a woman?” and “What are you thinking of, wasting your time in
In the Aeneid by Virgil the main character Aeneas tries to be a good leader to his people, but fails; showing the lack of good leadership qualities in the majority of the book.
A good leader is a person who supports people he/she is in charge of, sets a good example following rules of pietas, and helps in accomplishing a common goal.Pietas is to fulfill one’s obligations to the Gods, family, and people.
Aeneas is a Trojan hero whose task in the book (which was set by Gods) is to lead his people to Italy and build a new city, since an old one was captured by Greeks. Even though Aeneas demonstrates good leadership qualities in book 2 by leading a group of soldiers into the battle, he discourages his team which is the worst thing one can do as a leader. Aeneas is also distracted …show more content…
When Aeneas and and his soldiers had a shipwreck and made it to the cost Libya he encouraged and raised their spirit.
Aeneas said that “This is not our first taste of trouble.” and that “...God will grant and end to this.”
Aeneas is clearly being a good leader because supporting his people is one of the main parts of it.
Even though he is not a good leader in the majority of the Aeneid, in book 1 Aeneas starts up pretty good.
In the book 4 Aeneas demonstrated a lack of good leadership abilities by staying in Libya for too long because of his love for its Queen; however, Aeneas was a good leader when left the Carthage with his people to fulfill the ultimate goal instantly after Mercury told him to.
When Aeneas’ fleet was caught by a storm and they were taken to Carthage he fell in love with its queen - Dido and wanted to stay there instead of going to Italy.
Mercury appeared to Aeneas and asked him a rhetorical question, “...are you laying the foundation and building a beautiful city - for a woman?” and “What are you thinking of, wasting your time in