The struggle of Aeneas and Trojans begins with the interference of the divine. Therefore, the Trojans are required to overcome all forms of hassle to fulfill the predetermined mission to set up the new city of Rome which will later be known as a great civilization around the world. Hence the ultimate goal is known to Aeneas and the Trojans. The mission of Aeneas is a predetermined one. Virgil has inundated the Aeneid with lots of myth and connected the parts of the scattered story from the Iliad and Odyssey. The struggle of Aeneas begins when he pursues to set a new city in the Trojan ancestral land of Italy. Aeneas struggle in leading the Trojans to found a new city The struggle is evident because the Trojans lose a massive part of their troops when Aeneas is away to set up a stronger troop to fight against the natives (Book 8). Though Aeneas received a warm welcome from the King of Latium, Juno set a new plot to at least delay the setting up of new land. The third incident that depicts the intense struggle of Aeneas occurs when the Trojan land on the shores of Latium. At this point, Aeneas struggles to cope up with the direction of Jupiter but he continues his mission to set up Rome leaving behind the much worried Dido (Book 3). Though destiny beckons Aeneas in Rome, the emotional relationship holds him back in Cartheage.
The meeting of Aeneas with Dido is another point of struggle because Aeneas involves in an emotional and physical relationship with Dido.
As the Trojans set off to find a newfound land, the first incident that indicates the beginning of struggle is when Aeolus takes the order of Juno and the fleet of Trojan ships is caught in the storm (Book 1). The anger of Juno is further increased because of her anger towards the Trojan for not voting her as the most beautiful of Gods. The incident begins when Juno, the queen of God realizes that Aeneas will one day overthrow her favorite city of Cartheage in his pursuit to set up the newfound land in Rome. The incidents that depict the struggle are interconnected to the work of the divine, supernatural, and mortal. He came to Italy by destiny.Īeneas struggles to unleash the fury of God. The following lines suggest that the poem is about struggle and war: I sing of warfare and a man at war.
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