Write a brief introduction on Aeneas from Homer's Iliad.

Aeneas, the son of Aphrodite and the mortal Anchises, is
one of the most important Trojan warriors. Aeneas has two significant appearances in
Homer's Iliad. The first comes in Iliad
5.166-351, where he tries to make a stand against the Greek warrior Diomedes,
who is going on a major rampage. Homer says that "Aeneas would have died" if Aphrodite
would not have rescued him. So bold was Diomedes that he even attacked and wounded
Aphrodite.

Aeneas' next major appearance occurs in
Iliad 20. In this book, Apollo inspires a reluctant Aeneas to
battle Achilles. When the two warriors encounter one another, Achilles recalls how they
had met another time in battle, but that Aeneas was "saved by Zeus and the other gods"
(Kline translation). Once again, Achilles was on the verge of getting the best of
Aeneas, but the gods again intervene because, as Poseidon notes, "Aeneas is destined to
live on". Thus, Poseidon rescues Aeneas and whisks him away from the thick of the
battle.

As gcarden498 notes, Aeneas managed to survive the
fall of Troy and goes on to become one of the founders of Rome.