Do I Beg Because of Love?

In both poetic pieces, Iliad and Aeneid, the wife of the characters Aeneas and Hector both pleaded them to stay with them at home and don’t proceed to fight at the war. Both Creusa, the wife of Aeneas, and Andromache, the wife of hector, begged them both that they should think of what would happen to their son if ever they would die. Their wives also tried to sway their conscience and decision by telling them of their faith as a widow if ever they would fail and die. In the Iliad, Hector showed he desired military glory over family life while in the Aeneid, Aeneas chose the safety of his family first and foremost. In the Iliad it is Hector died while his wife Andromache lived and married Helenus and in the Aeneid it is Aeneas who lived while Creusa died.

Even as it may, their wives just showed how much they will go to prevent their love ones form dying. They simply want to prolong the life of their husbands so they beg, they beg for the sake of love. They showed extreme love and concern. They also showed how important their family is and how important the future of their sons without the guide of their father.