fate/aeneas mission bk 2

Destruction of Troy in the way of Aeneas’ mission

Fate prevented the spear thrown by Laocoon to hit the hiding Greeks. If it’d been successful the city would still be standing. “If divine fate, if the minds of the gods had not been set against us […] Troy would still be standing

Fate prevent people who knew treachery of Greeks from being listened to (eg Cassandra)

Simon was kept alive “by the cruelty of the divine fates”

Hector appearing to Aeneas in the. Dream telling him to take Troy’s sacraments and her household gods. “Take them to share your fate. Look for a great city to establish for them after long wanderings across the sea” Aeneas must leave and save his men

Creusa is torn from Aeneas because he is fated to marry someone else. “Torn from me by the cruelty of the fates”

Creusa: it is not their [gods] will that Creusa should go on