LEADERSHIP..... What kind of leader is Aeneas?

LEADERSHIP..... What kind of leader is Aeneas?

In Virgil's Aenied, he illustrates the hero and central character, Aeneas, as a man who presents piety and duty. Besides this he is also a leader. This human emotion piety, pietas in Latin, is duty towards family, country, and gods. Aeneas always fulfills his duty to his family, his fated city, and his gods. This piousness is what keeps him going through the grueling journeys and challenges, even when things are not going perfectly. Aeneas' love for his kin is exemplified in his fleeing of falling Troy. He was recalling his story to Dido about how when he realizes that there was no use fighting any longer, and that he must leave Troy; he hurries off to find his family. Aeneas "turn[s] back alone into the city… nothing for it but to run the risks again … comb of all Troy, and put [his] life in danger as before"(975-979 II).

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Aeneas tells Dido the misfortunes of the Trojan ci...

Aeneas, whom the Romans believed Romulus and Remus...

His devotion to his wife was worth risking his life in order to bring her to safety. As he frantically searches "in endless quest from door to door"(1001 II) for Creusa, her ghost appeared to him and told to him that she cannot go with him because she was longer living, but to go back to the family and that a special mission is ahead of him. Personal loss is a tragedy that Aeneas must face as he ventures on to reach is fate. His pious personality is the characteristic that saves his family and leads him on his journey to the future founding of Rome. Every battle that Aeneas fights, is a battle fought for his country. Aeneas announces himself to a (supposed) stranger with the words 'I am pius Aeneas. . . carrying...