Interview with Aeneas

New York's Weekly Post

NY: I understand that Laocoon met a horrible death because he tried to warn you about the horse. Can you explain to me how he died and how you felt?
A:Well unfortunately for Laocoon he tried to warn us which made Minerva angry. She decided to interfere and have to great snakes kill him. This bothered me because I felt like it was none of her business.

NY: Do you believe it was your fate to leave Troy and create a new Troy elsewhere?
A: I do believe it was my fate because the great warrior Hector came to me in a dream and warned me. If it had not been my fate then he would not have warned me.

NY: I know that you wanted very much to kill Helen. How did you feel when her mother, Venus, stopped you?
A: At first I was greatly angered by her request to not kill Helen. Then when she explained to me all she had done I realized that she was right and I was over-reacting.

NY:Your father refused to leave home. How do you think the two signs that made him leave home happened?
A: I believe it was the gods that gave us those signs. It was our fate to leave home and since my father was not listening the gods had to intervene to make it come true.

NY: When you lost your wife, on the journey away from Troy, did you honestly believe you would find her again?
A: Honestly I did believe that I would find her. I did not expect her to appear to me as a ghost.

NY: Do you believe it was her fate to get lost and later guide you on the right path?
A: In the end, since it worked out for the best, I do believe that it was her fate to get lost and come to me on the beach. Without that happening I probably would not have continued on in finding a place to rebuild Troy.

NY:So after this experience do you believe in fate?
A: Yes, I do believe in fate. Everything is already planned. Even though bad things happen, like my wife dying, in the end it works out because of fate.

NY: In your opinion do you believe the gods are helpful or annoying?
A: I believe the gods are more annoying because they have selfish desires. If Minerva would have just let Laocoon live Troy could have been spared. Also everyone's problems could have been solved if I just killed Helen. But no Venus had to step in and save her, since she was her daughter.