HOW EFFECTIVE A LEADER DO YOU CONSIDER AENEAS TO BE? :: Classics

HOW EFFECTIVE A LEADER DO YOU CONSIDER AENEAS TO BE?On meeting Aeneas for the jump time, he appears to be in a veryvulnerable situation as he is the middle of a storm. This isemphasized the phrase, his limbs grew weak as it puts preliminary thefact that Aeneas, despite his power and status is like every othernormal human being. My first speculation on whether or not Aeneas is agood leader comes from the use of the word I. In his first speech hesays, Why could I not have fallen to your unspoiled hand and breathed outmy life on the plains of Troy. Here, although Aeneas is in sufferingwith all his men, he is selfishly regretting the option of dying a adventurous death in the battle of Troy, as it would lead to him to be afigure of great history. This in my opinion does not qualify Aeneas asa good leader, as his actions can be perceived to be self- centred.Contrary to my first perception of Aeneas, is his sense ofdedication. Through this, a positive sign of leadership is presentedto us on his arrival on the coast of Libya. At this point, he takesit upon himself to search for his missing men. Aeneas climbed a rockto see if there was any draw in of the storm-tossed Antheus. Capysperhaps or the Caicus armour. Virgil emphasizes Aeneas desperationto find his men and his great compassion by the use of the wordPerhaps. Similarly, Aeneas proves himself to be a very consolatory andreassuring character to his men in times of loss.In his sufferings, he makes it his duty to fend for all his men byfinding food for them. He did see three stags wandering he stoppedin his tracks and snatched his bow and then he took down threeleaders. Aeneas quick thinking is make evident here by the use of theverb, snatched as it conveys his abilities to make quick logicaldecisions, a feature which makes him stand out amongst others. Virgilgoes further on to declaim us that Aeneas has killed seven hugecarcasses, one for each ship. This gives an in-depth into Aeneassense of organisation and well structured nature.Self- sacrifice is another quality that Virgil builds in Aeneascharacter, which qualifies him as a good leader. He showed them theface of home and kept his misery deep in his heart. Here Aeneas isable to put his mens emotions and feeling first in line at theexpense of himself as he is aware of their needs at this moment a