Juno sends a storm that kills many members of his crew because of a prophecy, which forewarns of him building the foundations to Rome. Then, after Aeneas’ death, his kin would eventually begin a war which would end in Carthrage’s fall. Just like Achilles, Aeneas also has a goddess for a mother, and she is Venus. During a meeting with Venus, she is concerned for the fate of her son, and she ask Jupiter will the Trojan’s make it to Italy. Jupiter replies to Venus and says, “No councils have revers 'd my firm decree And, lest new fears disturb thy happy state, Know, I have search 'd the mystic rolls of Fate: In Italy shall wage successful war,… This is his time prefix 'd.” Zeus, the god who is revered to hold fate, has decreed the fate of Aeneas making it to Italy. Already we can see that fate is sealed and that Aeneas will be victorious in the end, just as Achilles was prophesized by the gods to do, though the former would have a more linear route still faced with many difficulties. Both The Iliad and The Aeneids draw from the mythos and gods within their literature. They were both especially concerned with the active role of gods in human affairs seen apparent through their constant intervention with human life. In both stories we two protagonist bounded not only by fate, by but the gods as well. In the end we see how a two destined men are meant to have a major impact upon many
Juno sends a storm that kills many members of his crew because of a prophecy, which forewarns of him building the foundations to Rome. Then, after Aeneas’ death, his kin would eventually begin a war which would end in Carthrage’s fall. Just like Achilles, Aeneas also has a goddess for a mother, and she is Venus. During a meeting with Venus, she is concerned for the fate of her son, and she ask Jupiter will the Trojan’s make it to Italy. Jupiter replies to Venus and says, “No councils have revers 'd my firm decree And, lest new fears disturb thy happy state, Know, I have search 'd the mystic rolls of Fate: In Italy shall wage successful war,… This is his time prefix 'd.” Zeus, the god who is revered to hold fate, has decreed the fate of Aeneas making it to Italy. Already we can see that fate is sealed and that Aeneas will be victorious in the end, just as Achilles was prophesized by the gods to do, though the former would have a more linear route still faced with many difficulties. Both The Iliad and The Aeneids draw from the mythos and gods within their literature. They were both especially concerned with the active role of gods in human affairs seen apparent through their constant intervention with human life. In both stories we two protagonist bounded not only by fate, by but the gods as well. In the end we see how a two destined men are meant to have a major impact upon many