Human Suffering In The Aeneid
The concept of human suffering is relevant in many different texts and cultures. But what does it all mean? How do different cultures such as the Ancient Greeks and Romans, or the Jewish and Christians view and value human suffering. In the Aeneid, Aeneas suffers a mystery. The fate and destiny of Aeneas is to escape from Troy and sail into Italy, where his descendants, Romulus and Remus, will eventually find the mightiest empire in the world, Rome. However, Aeneas suffers over the course of his journey because the goddess Juno, who holds a grudge against the Trojans, stand in their way. In the Book of Job, Job suffers a mystery because God allows the satan to test Job’s faith, without Job knowledge. Human suffering in these texts originates
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Juno is angry at Aeneas because a prophecy says that “a race of men, sprung of Trojan blood, would one day topple down her Tyrian stronghold” (1.23-24). She is also mad at the Trojans because Paris deemed Juno’s rival, Venus, the fairest in a divine beauty contest. What Juno decides to do is call upon the god of the winds, Aeolus, who brings a deadly storm upon the Trojan fleet which destroys all but seven ships. Aeneas eventually finds his way to Carthage and meets Queen Dido, who falls in love with Aeneas because of Cupid, who was sent by …show more content…
Juno dispatches Allecto, one of the furies, to inflame the anger of the Latiums against the Trojans. First, Allecto infects Queen Amata, Latinus’ wife. Allecto causes “fire and fury over the Trojans just arrived and Turnus’ marriage lost” (7.403-404). This causes Amata to oppose the marriage between Lavinia and Aeneas. Then Allecto infects Turnus, enraging him to the idea that he would lose Latinia and submit to a Trojan king. And with that, King Latinus gathers his strongest army and prepares to drive the Trojans out. Many die in the war, including Pallas, son of Arcadian King Evander, who is also at war with the Latins. The war ends when Aeneas is finally able to kill Turnus, thus fulfilling his fate and ending his human
Juno is angry at Aeneas because a prophecy says that “a race of men, sprung of Trojan blood, would one day topple down her Tyrian stronghold” (1.23-24). She is also mad at the Trojans because Paris deemed Juno’s rival, Venus, the fairest in a divine beauty contest. What Juno decides to do is call upon the god of the winds, Aeolus, who brings a deadly storm upon the Trojan fleet which destroys all but seven ships. Aeneas eventually finds his way to Carthage and meets Queen Dido, who falls in love with Aeneas because of Cupid, who was sent by …show more content…
Juno dispatches Allecto, one of the furies, to inflame the anger of the Latiums against the Trojans. First, Allecto infects Queen Amata, Latinus’ wife. Allecto causes “fire and fury over the Trojans just arrived and Turnus’ marriage lost” (7.403-404). This causes Amata to oppose the marriage between Lavinia and Aeneas. Then Allecto infects Turnus, enraging him to the idea that he would lose Latinia and submit to a Trojan king. And with that, King Latinus gathers his strongest army and prepares to drive the Trojans out. Many die in the war, including Pallas, son of Arcadian King Evander, who is also at war with the Latins. The war ends when Aeneas is finally able to kill Turnus, thus fulfilling his fate and ending his human