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, …

…life unlike anyone else in the Trojan War. After being pushed all his life to fight, he rejected the opportunity to show his brave talents and fighting skills and sits out a good chuck of the war. Eventually he comes around to fighting, fulfills his destiny, AND gets the girl. That Aeneas must have been something special, he sounds more like a James Bond then a son of a Trojan Prince. Who knew? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**