The term hero is often described as a man of exceptional quality, who wins admiration by noble deeds. Much of Roman and Greek literature often have a character in which they consider the “hero” of the story. In Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas is considered that person. Is Aneas label as a “hero” due to his own doing or did he receive that label due to divine intervention of the gods. Much of what makes Aeneas …showed first 75 words of 1033 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1033 total…divine intervention of his mother and many of the other gods. But there were also several characteristics that he exhibited that contributed to Aeneas’ title as a hero. So, with some help from the gods and several good personality traits, altogether make Aeneas be referred as a hero. All these qualities made Aeneas go from being a victim of the Greeks at Troy to becoming a conqueror in Italy and that is considered a hero.