Fate In 'The Aeneid'

Virgil’s epic, the Aeneid, is a story about the “true” origins of the Romans that by borrowing other mythological stories to set the stage for his contemporary audience. Virgil’s main source for this book is from Homer’s Iliad which talks about the fall of Troy, but also talks about the power of fate in the world. Achilles was the protagonist in the story, a man fighting his emotions about whether he should fight and die or hide and live this struggle lasts through the entire story protracting the fated doom of Troy and leading to the deaths of many heroes. This fight against fate shows how futile it is to change the inevitable and rather than fight to stop such a destiny you instead assist fate in its unstoppable march to the future as shown with the death of Achilles and the subsequent destruction of Troy. No one is more powerful than fate, and though may try to postpone or even change fate all attempt is futile and fate continues to march forward to newer ages.
Fate is something not to be trifled with as shown in the Iliad, but that still doesn’t stop Juno from trying to change or at least stall fate during Aeneas’s journeys. One of her most blatant attempts was the arrangement of marriage between Dido and Aeneas, this bond
Achilles’s struggle against the harsh hand of fate showed how resistance is futile and if you try to postpone the inevitable you will only have more suffering. The Aeneid portrays Juno as a god fighting against fate, but instead of trying to change the course of history she assists them in formulating the hated rivalry between the Carthaginians and the Romans. Fate is the master of all things, even the gods, and when fate decrees something to happen it will without certainty happen; ironically any attempt though will only assist fate in its quest to make the future a