The term hero is often described as a man of exceptional quality, who wins admiration by noble deeds. Much of Roman and Greek literature often have a character in which they consider the "hero" of the story. In Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas is considered that person. Is Aneas label as a "hero" due to his own doing or did he receive that label due to divine intervention of the gods. Much of what makes Aeneas a "hero" was caused with the help of the gods but there are also several attributable personality traits that contribute to his title as a "hero".
             Much of the help that Aeneas receives is from his mother Venus. Venus' like most mothers is always trying to find a way to protect her son from dying or getting hurt. For example, in the beginning of Aeneas' journey from Troy, Venus helped her son by preventing his death at sea. She accomplished this by begging Jupiter to protect Aeneas as he made his way to Italy and he complied. So Aeneas was saved from the face of death due to the divine intervention of his mother and not really due to a "heroic" act or quality.
             In Book V, another instance occurs where Venus helps and Aeneas and his crew by asking Neptune for safe passage for them over the ocean from their departure from Sicily.
             Beset with worries, Venus turned to Neptune,
             Unfolding from her heart complaints and pleas:
             "Juno's anger, and her implacable heart,
             Drive me to prayers beneath my dignity".
             If Venus had not made this plea to Neptune, Aeneas would not have been alive after that incident because of Juno. And again, Aeneas did not survive because of his heroic traits but because of his mothers divine intervention and willingness to always try to help her son.
             On a different occasion, Venus again offered here helping hand. When the war between the Trojans and the Italians erupted, Venus went to great lengths to persuade her husba...