In ancient times, people believed that their lives would be significantly better off if the gods favored them. In the Aeneid, gods were battling with each other over who would control fate. Even the Bible shows us incidences of favoritism. In a society where everything is governed by the gods, the favor of a god bestowed upon a person was extremely important. In the sources, The Aeneid and The Bible, favoritism and the powers of the gods play crucial roles in determining the outcome of the stories.

While reading the Bible, one cannot help but notice the obvious cases of favoritism. In the story of Cain and Abel, the Lord God is portrayed as a supreme being, who demands that the highest respect be paid to Him. In receiving offerings from Cain and Abel, God expects that they would bring Him only the best they could give. He took it for granted that each of the boys would sacrifice anything to please Him. However, this wasn't to be:

Cain brought an offering to the Lord

from the fruit of the soil, 4 while Abel,

for his part, brought one of the best first-

lings of his flock. The Lord looked with

favor on Abel and his offering, 5 bu

Regardless of all the help Aeneas receives, there are also many barriers standing in the way of his fated journey to Rome. Juno, who is the queen of the gods, does everything in her power to keep the Trojans, but especially Aeneas, from completing his journey to Italy and thus fulfilling his fate. Even when Juno realizes that she cannot stop Aeneas from reaching his final destination, she will not give in. She describes the payment that Aeneas will have to pay for peace, "Then let the son- and father-in-law pay/for peace with their own peoples' death" (Aeneid, Book VII: 419-420). Juno's frustration finally comes to a boiling point and she decrees that Aeneas will have to fight a war to complete his journey and his fate. Juno decides to create tensions between the two sides, which leads to the battle over Rome. Here she requests the help of a furious monster, Allecto, who is described as, "a monster, hated even by her father, Pluto" (Aeneid, BookV: 433-435). Then Juno describes the terrible happenings that she demands her monster carry out:

This idea is also portrayed in the story of Noah. The Lord God has seen that his beautiful creation has been corrupted, and decides that he will destroy all living things on Earth. However, God spares Noah and all of Noah's descendants because, "Noah found this favor with the Lord" (Genesis 6:8). The Bible describes how Noah sought the approval of God. In the story it says he was, "a good man and blameless in that age, for he walked with God" (Genesis 6:9-10). God concludes to save Noah because he obeyed Him and became what God wanted him to be, without ever relinquishing his own convictions and personal identity.

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