Aeneas

The Aeneid, by Virgil. Aeneas takes on several forms throughout his treacherous journey to find Rome; attempting to maintain…

human nature. In Book IV, Virgil depicts human nature as passion versus duty through both Dido and Aeneas’ battles with accomplishing what others tell them and striving for what their hearts crave. Duty drives Aeneas more than passion. The gods…

to destroy the trojans by any means necessary. “But now not a single Trojan flees his death, / not one the gods hand over to me before your gates, / none of all the Trojans, sons of Priam least of all!”(Il. 21.17-19) In contrast, in “The Aeneid,” Aeneas’ intentions are not to destroy a civilization, but to begin a new one. His journey is to find a new land to settle, and to rebuild Troy, which would eventually become Rome. Another major difference is the amount of involvement of the gods. In…

Throughout the poem, Aeneas receives lots of decisions from both of his parents. Then I ask, should the hero not make his own way? In classical literature, there are two kinds of heroes: the hero-hero, and the tragic hero. In the Aeneid, Turnus is the hero-hero, and Aeneas is the tragic hero. The tone of the Aeneid is heroic, not tragic. The opening lines-I sing of arms and the man-set the reader up for a tale of great deeds done well lets you assume that the Aeneas well do great deeds along…

Virgil did not approve of his people’s newfound lack of religious virtue. Thus, as he constructed The Aeneid, Virgil reinforced the traditional Roman idea that the gods are significant. He accomplished this by giving the gods complete authority over Aeneas, portraying him not as a model Roman hero, but as a passive hero who is dutiful to the gods’ commands. The importance of the gods is apparent from the first few lines of the poem, “On land and sea, divine will – /And Juno’s unforgetting…

In the Odyssey, the journey is dealing with the aftermath of a Greek hero battling against suitors, Gods, and evil Giants. In the Aeneid, Aeneas is going through a process of fulfilling his destiny of finding a new home (Rome) and ending with a battle against a tribe because of a marriage. Both stories deal with triumphs battles, hope, anger, and Gods with different names. It is interesting…

In Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas’ continuous pietas and subservience to the gods and fate lead him to the foundation of Rome; however, even though he follows the authority of the gods, Aeneas shows true heroism and human characteristics by following his own morals, values, and freedom. For Aeneas to be able to reach his fate, the gods had to interfere multiple times in order to help him achieve the qualities he needed to found Rome. Because Aeneas is a man that follows the traditions of revering the…

Homer’s heroes, Hektor, of the Iliad, and Aeneas, of the Aeneid, reveal the contrast between the Greek and Roman concept of honor and glory. Although both characters’ heritage originated in Troy, the two heroes emerge from two very different mindsets and ideals. Aeneas lived after the fall of Troy and during its time of rebuilding, when the Roman values had a heavy influence on the new Trojan culture, which in turn, brought Roman elements into the ideals of heroism. Hektor came from the time…

Rome is at the midpoint of the poem. The city of Rome, which will later be found by Aeneas, and the Empire that will stem from it will be the destination of Aeneas’s fate. Aeneas learns of Rome through his father, Anchises who describes it to him on their voyage to the Underworld. The city of Rome will come to symbolize not just a city he created, but rather the high point of his overall achievement. For Aeneas and his troops, Rome will be seen as their new home and hope as they seek to rebuild…

In the second book of the Aeneid, Virgil portrays his main character Aeneas as a saddened man as he begins to tell the story of how his beloved city Troy fell to the Greek army. Starting with how the Greek he explains how the Trojans were tricked by Sinon, the Greek captive and spy, and the goddess Minerva, into taking the Greek horse, full of Greek soldiers, behind Trojan lines. In this book, he also explains in detial how he fullfiled his pietas toward his father, his wife Creusa, and to the…