The Aeneid

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 …

…divine intervention of his mother and many of the other gods. But there were also several characteristics that he exhibited that contributed to Aeneas’ title as a hero. So, with some help from the gods and several good personality traits, altogether make Aeneas be referred as a hero. All these qualities made Aeneas go from being a victim of the Greeks at Troy to becoming a conqueror in Italy and that is considered a hero.