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Question: Who is the Father in the Aeneid !?
In Book II of the Aeneid it states "The Father himself empowers the Danaans!." Who is the father that it is referring to!?

It is where the gods are actually helping the Greeks!.

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The 'Father' is Jupiter, who was called Zeus by the Greeks!. He is the husband of Juno (previously Hera) and father to most of the other gods!. He is the son of Saturn (Cronus), whom he took power from!.
In the Aeneid, Jupiter takes on a more important patriarchal role than for example Zeus does in Homer!. He is represented in the Aeneid almost with as much reverence and singularity as a monotheistic culture might have (a culture with one deity/god)!. This reflects the shift to a very patriarchal viewpoint and in the Aeneid particularly shows the line of fatherhood from Jupiter to Anchises to Aeneas to his son (and so on)!. The role of the patriarch is integral to the message of the poem and in the part you're talking about, the 'Father' empowering the Danaans is a significant thing because he is the most important figure in the poem!.Www@QuestionHome@Com