Jove told Venus that she didn’t have to worry about her son, Aeneas’s destiny. Aeneas’s future has been preordained by Jove’s prophecies. Aeneas would

Because of the founding of Rome was inevitable as determined by prophecies, the loss and the wars seemed justified in the Aeneid. The Roman Empire was ordained by the Gods, so it seemed divine. It was clear that the Gods would favor Trojans, because of these prophecies. Also there are a lot of obstacles in the way to their goal of creating a nation. Therefore, they needed to sacrifice other people’s interest in order to attain their goal. They thought Dido’s suffering and the wars were all justified because of the future Roman Empire. In my opinion, the wars and people’s loss shouldn’t be justified, because of the prophecies. I think the prophecies bound not only Aeneas, but also the Gods throughout the story. They would realize the prophecies at any cost. Everything was less important than the glory of the Roman Empire, so Trojans’ actions were limited by their destiny. Everything the Gods did in the Aeneid was because they have to fulfill the prophecies.

Jove ensured the nation created in the Aeneid would last for a long time. He says, “Three full centuries that kingdom will be ruled by Hector’s race” (13). Jove introduced how the name of the kingdom, Roman, came from. “His nurse, the she-wolf, wears, young Romulus will take the leadership, build walls of Mars, and call by his own name his people Romans” (13). The promise given by Jove was that the Roman Empire would be hold for infinite time. ”For these I set no limits, world or time, but make the gift of empire without end” (13). The Gods would support only the Romans so that the Roman Empire would last. The kingdom and the Roman Empire all represented a nation and Hector’s race meant Trojans. These events also implied that Trojans in the Aeneid would create a nation in Italy successfully, since they were meant to happen after the story of the Aeneid. It seemed that nothing could prevent all these from happening, since they were the prophecies from Jove.

It was also clear that nothing was more important than the Gods’ words. Moreover, Trojan had the help from Gods, when they need it. Gods gave them the right direction when they got lost. Without their words, it seemed impossible for Trojan to achieve their goal. Although Venus made Dido love Aeneas in the first place, and Aeneas also loved her, their relationshi

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