... a graceful hero, worthy of all honour and favour the God's bestow upon him. This characteristic would evoke admiration in the audience and was purposely done so by Virgil because an underlying theme is the inevitability of Aeneas' future. Aeneas is a warrior but also very compassionate. His sympathy for the sufferings of others, whilst being single minded devoted to his duty is another aspect to his heroism. Virgil makes Aeneas first speech of the story very heroic to emphasise this fact. The speech was delivered to his crew upon their landing in Libya, his ability to suppress his own emotions and will in pursuit of his fated duty. Virgil tells us that Aeneas has "contained his anguish" and "feigned hope" in order to rally the morale of his crew by reminding them of past hardships and future glory. "So summon up your courage once again. This is no time ...

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