Being a Hero, an essay on the Aeneid and how the gods make a hero who he is Sometimes a little wordy,

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…showed last 75 words of 1491 total…assistance of the gods, and this assistance does not necessarily come in a positive form. Juno causes storms, hate, and war, either to stop Aeneas or at least make things more difficult for him. Venus, the divine mother, does everything she can to counteract the obstacles that Juno makes. Other gods and supernatural beings all play a part in affecting Aeneas' life. Without all this divine intervention, Aeneas would have been an uninteresting, average Joe.