Venus
When Aeneas has a chance to kill Helen he definitely wants to but his mother Venus (Aphrodite) warns him not to so he listens to her and doesn't kill Helen.
Deiphobus, horribly mutilated during the sack of Troy, appears to Aeneas in the Underworld. He tells him the story of his death, which entails Helen's betrayal in signaling Menelaus to Deiphobus's bedchamber. He was mutilated in the sack of Troy. While with Aeneas, he begs the gods for revenge against the Greeks.
The two heroes could hardly be more different.Achilles is obsessed with his personal glory. In the Iliad he quarrels with Agamemnon, and withdraws his army from the Greek force. Achilles doesn't care if the war is lost - his own needs and desires come before everything else.Aeneas spends the entire poem submitting to the will of the gods. (This is why Aeneas is always called pius 'pious'). Aeneas wants to stay with Dido and live happily ever after, but the will of the gods is that Rome needs to be founded. Aeneas has a job to do.During the fall of Troy Aeneas has the chance to kill Helen, and wants to. But he is warned not to by his mother Aphrodite (Venus). So Aeneas does what fate wants, not what he wants.
In the Aeneid, Aeneas proves to be heroic. First of all, he is an ideal Roman. He thinks like an ideal Roman: 1.Courage- Save the city of Troy 2. Loyal- Save the king 3. Faithful- Save the family 4. Obedient- Obeyed his mom and did not kill Helen 5. Leader- Leads others despite personal sufferings He thought of all these things in order 1,2,3,4,5!
Helen was the cause of the fight between the Trojans and the Greeks, so she was taken away until it ended.
Aeneas is stopped from killing Helen by the goddess Venus, who appears in the form of Aeneas' mother, and reminds him of his destiny to found a new city through piety and virtue, not bloodshed and vengeance. Venus reminds Aeneas that Helen's actions were guided by the gods during the Trojan War.
When Aeneas has a chance to kill Helen he definitely wants to but his mother Venus (Aphrodite) warns him not to so he listens to her and doesn't kill Helen.
Deiphobus, horribly mutilated during the sack of Troy, appears to Aeneas in the Underworld. He tells him the story of his death, which entails Helen's betrayal in signaling Menelaus to Deiphobus's bedchamber. He was mutilated in the sack of Troy. While with Aeneas, he begs the gods for revenge against the Greeks.
The Troy, The Hector and The Helen
The two heroes could hardly be more different.Achilles is obsessed with his personal glory. In the Iliad he quarrels with Agamemnon, and withdraws his army from the Greek force. Achilles doesn't care if the war is lost - his own needs and desires come before everything else.Aeneas spends the entire poem submitting to the will of the gods. (This is why Aeneas is always called pius 'pious'). Aeneas wants to stay with Dido and live happily ever after, but the will of the gods is that Rome needs to be founded. Aeneas has a job to do.During the fall of Troy Aeneas has the chance to kill Helen, and wants to. But he is warned not to by his mother Aphrodite (Venus). So Aeneas does what fate wants, not what he wants.
Helen was the cause of the fight between the Trojans and the Greeks, so she was taken away until it ended.
In the Aeneid, Aeneas proves to be heroic. First of all, he is an ideal Roman. He thinks like an ideal Roman: 1.Courage- Save the city of Troy 2. Loyal- Save the king 3. Faithful- Save the family 4. Obedient- Obeyed his mom and did not kill Helen 5. Leader- Leads others despite personal sufferings He thought of all these things in order 1,2,3,4,5!
Aereas was the son of Aphrodite. Helen was the most beautiful woman whom Aphrodite had promised in love to Paris.
Since the whole fight between the Trojans and Greeks was because of Helen, once she was taken back to menalaus for disappearing for about 20 years the war was over.
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killing hector
Dēiphobus, in Greek myth, son of Priamhttp://www.answers.com/topic/priam, king of Troy, and of Hecuba. He took a prominent part in the fighting at Troy. After the death of Paris he married Helen and was subsequently killed at the fall of Troy. His body disappeared, but Aeneas erected a cenotaph to him on Cape Rhoeteum; on his visit to the Underworld Aeneas heard the story of his death from Deiphobus himself (see http://www.answers.com/topic/aeneid%29.