In epic stories the hero traditionally confronts supernatural entities who strive to encourage or hinder him. In Virgil's Aeneid, Aeneas deals with such supernatural interferences, all centered on Aeneas' goal of creating Rome and its people. In all the books Aeneas is a truly "tormented" individual who must face ghosts, deities and even destiny itself, which attempt to urge and govern his choices. Aeneas is subjected to the power of these forces as they lead him through a journey to create his fated city, propelling him to victory. Immediately readers are introduced to Aeneas's supernatural situation by Virgil, who states that Juno hates Aeneas. Virgil tells the story of Paris of Troy who was chosen to decree the most beautiful goddess, Minerva, Venus or Juno. Each goddess promised him great rewards if he chose them, but Venus's promise of having a woman like his prompted the prince to choose her. Juno, considering this an insult, hated everything Trojan from then on, including Aeneas, and vowed to make his life miserable. Furthermore, it was prophesied that Aeneas would father “generations of Trojan blood [who] would one day overthrow” (I.31-32) his beloved city Carthage. Virgil immediately states that all this hatred pushes Juno to interfere with Aeneas' journey in the hope of stopping him. Juno attempts to do just this throughout the novel, finding different ways to derail Aeneas. First Juno goes to Aeolus and asks him to “put new fury into [her] winds and make the long ships flounder” (I.97-98), but Poseidon puts an end to that storm. Then he makes Aeneas fall in love with the Carthaginian queen Dido, hoping that his attachment to the city will push him to stay and not found Rome, but Mercury is sent by...... middle of paper ......and tells predicts the future . Both agree on the future of Aeneas' life and the challenges he will face, as the Sibyl bases her prophecies on the destiny created by the Fates. Aeneas no longer has a choice in life because everything he does is predetermined by Childbirth and no supernatural being will allow him to challenge it. Being an epic story, it is not surprising how much supernatural interference is present in the books. Aeneas is a man tormented by these powers at every moment as they push him through the journey that the Fates have deemed necessary. He is an instrument of destiny, following its every command towards the end result of glory and honor for himself and his descendants. He is subject to supernatural powers in a superstitious time with no possibility of escape. Aeneas was created to be haunted by the supernatural to complete his destiny and found Rome.