Fear of Losing Your Love

          The Aeneid of Virgil is a Latin epic poem that sequels the story of Iliad of Homer. They both contain a lot of battles, hardships, sacrifices, religious rites, and patriotism. They also have couples that truly love each other. One of the couples in Aeneid is Creusa and Aeneas, while one of the couples in Iliad is Andromache and Hector. All of them are Trojans that truly love their homeland and tried their best to prevent the Greeks from taking over their land.

          In Aeneid, Creusa pleads Aeneas to just stay with her and their son Ascanius and not to take part in the Trojan War. While in Iliad, Andromache pleads Hector to stay with her and their baby and not to fight in the Trojan War, too. Both men still participated in the Trojan War and fought valiantly. But while the war is going on, Hector was killed by Achilles the day before the treachery of the Greeks are done. While Creusa was killed the night that the Greeks came out of their wooden horse. Both Aeneas and Andromache was left sorrowful because of the loss of their loved ones.

          Losing the love of your life is indeed very tragic. Even thinking of losing your love is quite sad. But even if our love may leave us and have the tendency for them to die, just try to think that they will still come back to us and they just need to do that. Just think that they will keep their promise and come back safely to our arms.

Sacrifice

          The Latin epic poem Aeneid of Virgil has many themes. Love, religion, patriotism, and most of all, success. In the end, Aeneas won the battle against the Latins even though he had so many hardships and losses. He became victorious and built the foundations of Rome. He is a hero that saved his race and is the founder of the most glorious empire the world ever had.

          Before Aeneas became victorious, he experienced so many hardships. He lost two wives, a plenty of good friends, his homeland, and his beloved father. Also, powerful goddess is always trying to kill him. But even if he had so many losses, he took it positively. He just thought that he have to win for his sacrifices not to go to waste. In the end, his sacrifices might became so proud of him for he just did things that helped shaped the future for the better.

          We cannot taste sweet victory without sacrifices. Sacrifices are needed to win whether we like it or not. We have to give up something to achieve what we want. It is a part of life that we cannot remove. Sacrifices aren't made to make us suffer, but to tell us that even if we lose something, it is only natural and it is just okay because after all the pain that we experienced in sacrificing something, is the victory waiting at the end of the challenge.

A Sorrowful Defeat

          The Book 2 of the Latin epic poem Aeneid of Virgil is about Aeneas, the leader of the remaining Trojans, telling Dido, the queen of Carthage, how Troy fell and how they ended up on the shores of Carthage. It revolves on the tragic experience of Aeneas the night that Troy was invaded by the Greeks. It is a sad documentation of how Aeneas' sufferings and hardships began.

          I felt pity on Aeneas as he narrates seeing his homeland being destroyed, friends and families being killed, and sweet memories of his native land being ruined. I can't imagine losing a friend or family, most of all seeing their deaths with my own eyes. I also realized that Aeneas is so brave because it would take a lot of courage to still stay strong after losing his wife and his homeland.

          Losing is not bad. Yes, it is painful but losing teaches us lessons about life. Lessons that remind us not to  commit the same mistake again and not to lose for the second time. Losing is part of our life. A part that may be bring us victory or destroy us, depending on the way we look at it.