Interview with Aeneas

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Interview with Aeneas

Me: Hello Aeneas! I'm Nidia from Hero Magazine. Here to ask you a few questions that our readers want to ask you.

Aeneas: Sure, ask away!

Me: Question 1, What's your definition of Fate?

Aeneas: Well my definition of fate is our duty while we are alive. Fate falls upon us even before we are born. Neither the gods nor us humans can control fate. We may choose to go against it but that is a coward thing to do.

Me: That was very well put. Question 2, How does it feel to be the only Trojan to survive the Trojan War?

Aeneas: It is a privilege to still be alive. I am very grateful to the gods. But like any human, it hurts me to witness my whole family dead. If it was up to me, my people would not have died but im happy to be alive right now.

Me: Of course, we all need our companions. Question 3, Do you feel like it was your fate for the Trojans to lose the war?

Aeneas: I truly do believe that it was fate. All the events that occured happened due to fate. It was all pre-set and there was nothing anybody could do. The greeks defeated us but the trojan ideals continue to expand and develop.

Me: The trojan blood will always live on through you. Question 4, Did you ever turn against your fate?

Aeneas: I did not turn against it. I knew that it was my duty to protect my people and migrate to another land. Hector and my wife came to me for a reason. Hector told me to flee and my wife told me to make landfall on Hesperia, which is now Italy. There was no other option; It was my fate.

Me: Seems like you have a strong belief in fate. Question 5, Whats your opinion on the god's roals in the war?

Aeneas: Personally, the original problem was between the gods. There was no need to include humans into the conflicts between them. For example, Paris should have never been chosen to pick who recieved the golden apple. Due to that one decision, my land is destoried. They caused the war, they should have faught it. And after it started, they should have let us fight our battles, not intervine the way they did.

Me: You are so right! You said perviously that Hector and your wife appeared to you. So question 6, Do you feel like that was the gods?

Aeneas: No, i feel that it was more due to fate. The gods had nothing to do with the dreams and ghost of my wife. It was my fate to discover Italy and that's exactly what happened.

Me: That leads me to my next question, Do you worship the gods?

Aeneas: Of course, I do. My mother, Venus, is a god. I must worship her and the others. Altough fate plays a major part in our lives, the gods are very important and we must worship and offer sacrifices to them.

Me: So it is known that you saw Helen hiding behind the doorsill of the Vesta. Did you not kill her?

Aeneas: Well a very improtant reason is that my mother came and stopped me. She spoke to me and made a good point. Altough she was the cause of all this, I could not harm a woman. No glory comes from punishing a woman. I relaxed and simply let it go.

Me: Thats very courageous of you, for anyone else would have just killed her. And lastly, Do you consider yourself a hero?

Aeneas: I do not consider myself a hero. It was fate that played a role in all this. It was my fate to watch Troy get destoried and start a journey to the new land. I believe very much in fate and the control that it takes over our lives. It was not easy and i was able to live through everything but if it wasnt meant to happen then it wouldnt have. Because of fate, Im the person i am now.


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