Aeneas
One might call Aeneas a "behind the scenes man" in the book, The Iliad. Though he was second in command for the Trojans, Homer rarely talked about the unsung hero. His childhood was different than most children his age. Without a dominant mother figure in his life, Aeneas learned his values and beliefs from his warrior father, Anchises, a Trojan prince. One also might believe that since Aeneas had a fighting machine for a father, that he would grow to be one also. Though, as it is shown through his participation in the Trojan War, Aeneas is not exactly like Anchises. After the fall of the Trojans in the war his destiny awaits. Born in Troy, to Anchises and Aphrodite, the goddess of love, Aeneas was born into a very wealthy family. Aeneas, being the son of a Trojan prince, never had to worry about a home or food. Aeneas lived in a Trojan palace until later in his childhood when a stable home could not be relied on. When he wasn't at home in the palace he traveled with his father and most likely stayed in wealthy houses along the way or simply in the barracks if he went with his father to an army site. Soon after he was born, his father and inevitably a nurse or nanny raised Aeneas; as it was proper for a wealthy man not to simpl
Many of these are shown when Aeneas becomes a factor in the Trojan War later on in his life. After the war was over, Aeneas was revered as a hero to most. Though Aeneas had an important role as second commander in The Iliad, he was rarely mentioned throughout the book. Creusa's ghost told him that he was destined to marry again after reaching the new homeland. A feeling such as sensitivity, inherited from his mother, is shown when Aeneas doesn't take the initiative to battle the Greeks. Being an only child and an eventually heir to the thrown, Aeneas may have been spoiled slightly. Aeneas began childhood unlike most children his age. He saved his family, and fought hard for his country during the war. Family was extremely substantial to Aeneas. This is shown in the book after Troy is captured. He escapes from the fallen city carrying his father on his back and leading his son by the hand. Along the way and on visits home, a tutor educated him, since most wealthy boys were educated at a young age. That Aeneas must have been something special, he sounds more like a James Bond then a son of a Trojan Prince. Even though in his childhood Aeneas never knew that Aphrodite was his mother, it is believed that Aeneas possessed some of her characteristics. It is believed that Aeneas thought the war was silly and he tried to ignore it.
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