... or kindness (until the very end) shown by Aeneas. He is quick to react negatively and holds grudges. He is, in many senses, not worthy of what the modern reader might think of as a great person, but he has superhuman strength and is the descendent of a god as well. One cannot help but question why ... favoring the wrong cause and proving them to be prone to making bad decisions. The gods occupy a strange role in The Iliad and the life of Achilles. "The gods do not meet the expectations of the human characters. They do support the Greeks, but for reasons that have nothing to do with mor...

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