Compare And Contrast Damaris And Aeneas

Damaris, the goddess of the Upperworld, was very nice and beautiful. Damaris was married to Deorsa, the god of plants and crops. She had two sons named Aegeus and Aeneas. Aeneas was brought to life from a statue and was mortal, unlike his parents. Aegeus was a immortal, strong and powerful like the rest of his family. Aeneas and Aegeus did not get along while they were growing up because of their differences. Deorsa tried to raise them both as sculptors which was what he was good at. Aeneas was never good at it but Aegeus was naturally very talented and did well at it. Damaris and Deorsa never told the boys that one of them was mortal and the other was immortal. Throughout his life Aeneas became rude and not a very nice person.
One day Deorsa took Aegeus out on a trip and left Aeneas at home to be with his mother. Aeneas was angry, so he went up to the room full of sculptures where …show more content…
They were frightened and knew that Aeneas would try to lead his army to the Upperworld and take over. Deorsa locked the gate that went from Earth to the Upperworld. Before he locked the door, Aegus volunteered to go down to Earth and destroy Aeneas and his army of humans and hybrids himself. Before he went, his father Deorsa created one last sculpture of a warrior to help Aegus. Aegus and the warrior set off to destroy Aeneas’ army. When they got to Earth they found Aeneas and waiting at the door. He ordered his army to attack, but the warrior quickly shouted out “wait! I will convince you to stand down. I have come to talk you out of this this war you want to begin. I can assure you that one day you will be a great ruler, but that won’t be possible if you do something so foolish like this.” The warrior’s words stayed in Aeneas’ mind and he decided that he would stay on Earth and be a king. Over time he soon forgot about the Upperworld and spent the rest of his life with his the Dryas people in