#4.3: Family or country?

In both novels, Aeneid and Illiad, the main characters, Aeneas and Hector, are being pleaded by their wives not to proceed to fight at the war. Both of their wives, Creusa (wife of Aeneas) and Andromache (wife of Hector), cared for them and they even think of what would happen to their sons if something bad and unexpected things happen to them. 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. They both begged to consider them first.

In the point of views of both Hector and Aeneas, it is hard for them to choose what to prioritize first, is it their family or his own country?. Hector and Aeneas made different decisions. In the Iliad, Hector chose 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.

 As what Creusa and Andromache did, they showed their husbands how much they love them. They don't want their love ones get hurt. They are begging them not to show selfishness but to show love and care. They also show concern and they made their husbands notice how important they are to their wives and sons.