When he fled he took with him his father and his son Ascanius (Oct 102). Aeneas' wife was lost during the evacuation. In fleeing he also took with him "the penates, the gods of the family, the most important and only specifically Roman divinity" (Oct 102). For Aeneas it was an important part of his “identity, origin and past” (Oct 102) that he needed to ensure that his destiny was fulfilled when he went out in search of new people. Like Romulus and Remus, Aeneas traveled the lands seeking to fulfill his destiny. It is said that the ghost of his wife, who was lost in the Battle of Troy, told him to go west, where the Tiber River flowed (Anderson 1). Aeneas traveled to Thrace, Sicily, and Crete before a storm drove him ashore in North Africa (Anderson 1). Once there he fell in love and married Dido, queen of Carthage (Oct 102). Soon Mercury reminds Aeneas that his destiny was to reach Rome, forcing him to leave Dido who killed herself out of desire (Anderson 1). “The character of Aeneas represented by Virgil is not just that of a heroic warrior. Furthermore, he guides his life through obedience to divine command, to which he sacrifices his own natural inclination” (Anderson 1). Although Aeneas is not Greek, he is “immortalized as a valiant citizen, a courageous soldier, a dutiful son, a loving father, and a thoughtful husband…” (Oct 103). The Greek god Poseidon