Aneas Fate In The Aeneid In The Aneid By Virgil

In the poem, The Aneid, written by Virgil, he writes about a man named Aneas and his destiny to come to Italy to find a new race that will eventually become the Roman Empire. We know what Aneas’ fate is already in the beginning of the poem, but not the details that led him there. Virgil’s poem allows us to go back and understand Aneas history and his fate of finding Italy. Aneas’ destiny was finally fulfilled at the end of the poem, Juno’s anger was resolved at the end of the poem, and we find the basic Roman attributes that Aneas has throughout the poem.
We realize by the first twelve lines that Aneas’ “destiny” was to come to Italy, specifically to the “Lavinian western shore” (I. 4). He was destined to find a new race in Italy that will eventually become the Roman Empire.

We see many times throughout the poem that she does many things to try and stop Aneas from fulfilling his destiny. She asks the god of the wind to make a storm so that Aneas’ sail south of Sicily isn’t a good one. The next time she intervenes with Aneas journey was her plan for Dido, the queen of Carthage, and Aneas to get married, which would stop Aneas from going to Italy. She also fails again, because Aneas leaves her. Juno’s next attempt was making him suffer by causing Turnus and his army to drive them out of Italy. At the end, Aneas kills Turnus and wins the battle. Juno finally gives in and let go of her grudge against Aneas if Trojans take on the name and the language of the Latins and so she got what she wanted. This was the end of Juno’s rage because she finally accepts the fate and destiny of Aneas. Throughout the poem, she knows the fate of Aneas, but still wants him to suffer. She was stubborn and tried to do many different things to stop him. However, we see at the end of the poem that destiny played out how it should have and Juno gave in. Her anger was finally resolved at the end of the