Fate In Virgil's Aeneid

With ancient literature, there is often an underlying theme(s) that are the basis behind the writing of the story. These can be used to tell the moral of a story or make sure that the reader is able to connect with the story. With Virgil’s Aeneid, you can clearly see two themes of the story come out as you are reading it. The two central themes to Virgil’s Aeneid are the glorification of Rome and the use of fate. You can begin to understand that both of these themes have purpose and meaning behind them. You begin to see the glorification of Rome throughout the whole entire story. I feel this whole entire was story was written just to give Rome some sort of origin story. The Empire of Rome wanted to be remembered. Virgil’s Aeneid was a myth written for Rome for them to show how impressive they were to the rest of the world. They wanted the people of the world to know that they have conquered most of the known world. I think that one way they did this is how they started the Aeneid out. The book is started out with Aeneas …show more content…
Everything about the story of Virgil’s Aeneid is that is all predetermined. There is already a distinction in the story that Aeneas is going to leave the ravaged city of Troy and go and find a new city in Italy. This is talked about in the first book as well. The people and Aeneas embark on a journey to find a new city in Italy. This is already meant to be. Aeneas is already set in stone as the founder of Rome. Other thing that plays into the will of fate is the play of the Gods. The Trojans are helped by Jupiter bringing people down to make the Trojans are treated fairly. Jupiter is one of the most powerful Olympian gods. This ties in with the fact that it was Aeneas’s destiny to found the great empire of Rome. Jupiter made sure that it was always paved for Aeneas to follow his fate. Jupiter always kept Aeneas on track to make sure that the fate of Rome being created