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How important are the concepts of destiny and fate and the role of the gods in the sections of Book II that you have read?
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How important are the concepts of destiny and fate and the role of the gods in the sections of Book II that you have read? The concept of 'fate' is arguably the most important theme in, not only book II, but the entire Aeneid. . From the very beginning of the Aeneid Fate decrees that Aeneas must reach Italy with all of his crew and go on to found Lavinium. It is important to realise just what was meant by 'Fate' - this is a completely different idea to that of the Gods. The Gods were not Fate, Fate was not their will. Even Jupiter could not alter Fate; he was merely the instrument to bring about fate of the people. Fate is also frequently misunderstood; it was not a man's entire life laid out before him, but the start and the finish. He himself could decide the path he took...
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