Free Will In Iliad And Odyssey

As citizen living in a democratic world, we are able to express our opinions and have a choice to choose the future we want through presidential election. However, are we living in a fated world whereby our choice of voting is already pre-destined? That is what Aeneid got me thinking about, maybe fate is just believing that you are fated. We are actually citizens in a fated world where we are just a puppet under the control of god. Just like Turnus, we believe that there is fate and fate will always win (12.900). However, Iliad and Odyssey makes me start to wonder that we actually still have a choice even though everything is already fated. Just like how Achilles embark on his journey knowing the outcome of his choice which is death when he could actually carry on living by staying behind (1.430). The lessons we can gain from Iliad and Odyssey is that we should not succumb to fate while Aeneid reminds us that we should believe in fate at times. If we believe that we are living in a fated world, we will stop trying to choose and instead follow the so-called god’s plan. This could actually lead to a devastating future for citizens if we all think that our choice (vote) does not matter and that we should not even have presidential
That is how one can gain strength to change fate. Just like Juno who kind of believe it is fated but start to wonder about fate. That is how he thinks that he can still fight against it. (7.380-410). The Aeneid gives us the idea that the world is fated, that everything may already be pre-destined. However, the Aeneid ended at the beginning of Iliad which brings across the idea that one can still choose their own destiny even though it may be fated. This provokes citizen to think that the world may already be fated but we should still change it and choose our own destiny, just like Achilles. We may be experiencing an opposing life from our fate because of