Aeneas as a leader

• the Trojans rally to him after the fall of Troy
• when they are shipwrecked, he provides food for all his men
• he encourages his men, keeping his misery 'deep in his heart' and presents the sculpture on the temple as a cause for optimism
• Ilioneus says he has no equal for his piety or care for justice, or in the field of battle
• book 6 - at the burial of Misenus, he 'took the lead in all [the] work, urging on his comrades and carrying at his side the same tools as they'