Aeneas : Challenges And Contributions Of The Trojan War

The Trojan War all began with an apple. The evil goddess, Eris was not invited to a wedding at the banquet hall in Olympus and created a plan to make trouble. She threw a golden apple with the words “For the Fairest” inscribed into it. All the goddesses wanted it but it had to be narrowed down into the three goddesses: Athena, Aphrodite, and Hera. Zeus was asked to decided who was the fairest of the three, and he said he would not do it. He told them of Paris, a young prince of Troy would be perfect for the task. The goddesses appeared before him asking who was the most beautiful of the three and all offered bribes. He chose Aphrodite bearer of the apple because she offered him the fairest woman in the world to be his. The most beautiful woman in the world was Helen, the daughter of Zeus and Leda. Every man wanted Helen for themselves and her father was

Anger can always incite irrational actions. The sight of Helen seeking shelter at the altar, causes Aeneas to remember the crimes she committed driving him to furious anger. This anger drives him to contemplate an ignoble and uncharacteristic act of revenge by murdering Helen as she sought protection from the gods. Despite being depicted as a virtuous hero, Aeneas’ strong, visceral reaction to seeing Helen shows that he is subject to the same passionate feelings all humans feel, especially when something raises his anger.

But in 1905 the archeologist, Ludwig Pollack, discovered the original right arm of Laocoön and it was reconstructed in 1957-60 (“The Vatican” 185). The style of this sculpture is immediately classified as Hellenistic, because of the motion on the bodies of Laocoön and his sons. The agony on their faces portrays the anguish they were feeling at the time of their death, and the bulging muscles, and veins stick out as they try to free themselves of the snakes. The legend says that Laocoön was a Trojan priest of Apollo. The Greeks who had been trying to sack the city of Troy for years were unsuccessful, and devised a new plan. They created the Trojan horse to offer the city of Troy as a promise to stop the fighting. Laocoön saw that this was a trap and tried to warn his fellow Trojans of the danger. When he approached the alter of Poseidon to pray, the Gods Athena and Poseidon depending on which version you read, favored the Greeks and decided to punish Laocoön for his treachery by sending two giant snakes to kill him and his sons. However, there was one Trojan who heeded the warning, his name was Aeneas. Aeneas, fled Troy and this eventually led to the founding of Rome (“Musei Vaticani – sito ufficiale”). There are a lot of different theories just on this one story. I have seen that the snakes were sent by Athena, Poseidon, and even Apollo. There is also debate on whether the Trojan horse was a gift to the city of Troy or an offering to the gods.

At the beginning of Book 2 of The Aeneid, Aeneas tells his story about the fall of Troy. The Greeks constructed a massive wooden horse to which the Trojans believed was an offering goddess Minerva. They then sent one of their youths, Sinon, to give the offering to the Trojans. The Trojans brought the wooden horse into to please the goddess but, the wooden horse was actually a structure to house some Greek soldiers to infiltrate Troy as well as execute a sneak attack when the city was asleep. Similar to guerrilla soldiers, the Greeks exit the wooden horse to begin their attack on the Trojan city. When Aeneas sees the city in flames, he gathers his men to attempt to save Troy. Aeneas attempts to kill as many Greeks as he can, but forced to retreat.

Aeneas is the king of the Trojans, who is also the son of Anchises and Venus. His fate is that he would build the land of Rome. This fate is tested by the interference of the gods, Juno in particular. Juno is the queen of the gods and held in high respects in the city of Carthage. As Juno holds a desire to “establish Carthage as the reigning city, [she] pits herself against fate itself, which ordained that the descendants of the Trojans will conquer Carthage and rule the world” (Syed, 108). The one to lead the descendants from Troy that would build Rome was Aeneas. This created Juno’s distaste in him and does anything in her power to prevent Aeneas from fulfilling his fate of building Rome. However, this is only one of the

The war began with a grand wedding between Peleus, the son of Aeacus, and Thetis, the sea-goddess. Eris, the goddess of discord, was not invited to the wedding. Enraged at this, she stormed into the wedding and threw a golden apple of discord on a table. The apple had the inscription “For the fairest” a quarrel soon arose between three powerful goddesses. The three goddesses; Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena all wanted the title of fairest. They wanted to Zeus to be the judge of this contest. Not wanting to be involved in the quarrel, Zeus sent Hermes to get Paris, the Trojan prince, so that he could judge the three ("History of the Trojan War").

Virgil’s The Aeneid is a poem of the origins of Rome, as depicted through the eyes of the hero, Aeneas. As Troy falls into chaos and destruction Aeneas gathered some many people remaining in Troy, including his father Anchises and his son Ascanius. The goddess Juno hated the Trojans ( a result of an earlier event depicted in Homer’s Iliad ), and for this reason wanted the Trojan people blotted from the face of the Earth. Through divine intervention, from the gods, his mother Venus, and his later deceased father Anchises, Aeneas overcomes each obstacle thrown at him and accomplishes the goal he set out, a new home for his people.

Later, during the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, Eris the goddess of strife, was angry for not being invited. She threw a golden apple with the words, "to the fairest one" inscribed on it amidst the guests. Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena had a squabble over who should get the apple. They asked the Prince, Paris of Troy, to be the judge. The three goddesses offered him glorious gifts, but in the end Paris of Troy gave the apple to Aphrodite. Helen had promised the Prince the most beautiful woman in the world. Aphrodite helped him kidnap Helen. Menelaus was enraged by this and conjured the oath that had been taken by all the suitors of Helen. Helped by his brother Agamemnon, the two set a course for Troy. The departure of Menaleus and his brother set off a chain of events, including commissioning the help of Odysseus, which led to the fall of Troy.

It’s hard to believe that simply an apple started the Trojan War, isn’t it? Three goddesses, Hera, the queen of all the gods, Athene,

The Trojans and Greeks fought a frivolous war that began with a golden apple and a trio of precarious goddesses. It initiated when Prince Paris was given an apple from the “evil goddess of Discord, Eris,” and told him to choose the fairest goddess between three. Paris ludicrously chose the goddess who offered him the most beautiful woman. This woman was Helen, queen of Sparta. But Paris stole her from her husband and refused to give her back to Menelaus.

The myths of Achilles are well known, and are mentioned in modern society. But, they have been morphed to society’s desires. This is demonstrated in the movie Troy, where the stories have been changed for modern audience. The director condensed the story, and changed the story to show some romanticism and love. This is shown from the absence of the greek gods, significance of certain characters, inaccurate information, the morphed traits of certain characters, and the falsehood of romantic presence. In greek society the gods played a great role in the Trojan war, which was not mentioned in the movie.

The Trojan War is described as one of histories most legendary battles. This battle is told to have lasted ten years, resulting in the eventual collapse of Troy, under the siege of Greek forces. Modern knowledge of the Trojan War has survived mainly through the account given in Homer’s Illiad, and while having proved to be a rich source of inspiration for other writers, artists, and even filmmakers in recent history, much speculation still exists surrounding his account. I will analyze modern interpretations of the Trojan War and examine both speculation and support for Homer’s account. Concluding with sufficient evidence that has been collected surrounding this epic battle, proving Homer’s account of a massive battle between these two powerful city states to not be just a tale of myth and legend, but actual history.

Aeneas is directed by a divine plan from the moment he decides to leave Troy. The divine intervention continues throughout the story, with Venus championing her son and his people, while Juno fights for the destruction of the Trojans. These two powerful goddesses compete at the divine level, while Aeneas tries desperately to fulfill his duty in the human realm. This same sense of duty is linked to the two deaths; Turnus’ death is vengeance for a slaughtered friend, and Dido’s suicide is caused by Aeneas’ departure, brought about by Mercury, who carried Jupiter’s divine order to “speak to that Dardan prince who is now lingering in Tyrian Carthage with never a thought for those other cities which are his by destiny … He must set sail.”

“The Judgement of Paris” is essentially the prequel to the Trojan War. It’s a series of events that started with the goddess of Discord, Eris. As an unpopular god she was excluded from many events that the other gods and goddesses attended. At an important event, the marriage of King Peleus and the sea nymph Thetis, she alone was not included. Eris to take revenge on the gods and goddesses decided to throw a golden apple into the party. The golden apple was inscribed with “For the Fairest”. All goddesses present of course, wanted the golden apple for themselves. Eventually it was narrowed down to three goddesses Aphrodite, Hera, and Athena. The three had asked Zeus to judge them, but refused and instead pointed to a young man. The young man

The fall of Troy was brought about because the god Minerva helped to fool the Trojans into accepting the wooden horse. Sinon tells the Greeks, "if your hands should harm Minerva's gift, / then vast destruction...would fall on Priam?s kingdom and the Phrygians; / but if it climbed by your hands into Troy, then Asia would repel the Greeks" (II.268-273). Minerva sends a strange sign to confirm this story: two giant serpents rise up from the sea, devour a priest and his two sons, and then slither up to the shrine of Minerva. The Trojans took this as a sign that they must appease the goddess, and so they wheeled the horse into the city of Troy. Throughout the book Aeneas is convinced that the gods are out to get him: "Had the outcome not / been fated by the gods...Troy, you would be standing yet" (II.75-79); "But oh, it is