Aeneas takes his father on his back and leaves with his wife, Creusa, and his son, Ascanius, and many other followers. Unfortunately, during the commotion, Creusa is lost from the group. After everyone exits the city, Aeneas returns to search for her, but instead he meets her shade, or spirit. She tells him not to be sorrowful because a new home and wife await him in Hesperia. Somewhat comforted, Aeneas leaves Troy burning and leads the survivors into the mountains.
Hector takes a break from war to shame his coward brother Prince Paris back into the battle, he visits his wife and little infant son one last time. He asks around to find them and when he does, Adromache runs up to meet him, relieved that he is still alive but ever fearful for his safety. They weep together and Hector's wife begs him to stay out of the war. "My dear husband, your warlike spirit will be your death," she says. "You've no compassion for your infant child, for me, your sad wife, who before long will be your widow." Hector is sad as well and deeply pities his wife, but he recognizes his duty in war. He will not shun it. He comforts his wife, blesses his son and prays for his future, and leaves for the battle that will end in his demise.
The difference between the two is Hector didn't follow what his wife pleeded him. Unlike in Aeneid, Aeneas comes back, sorrowful. Even though Hector pities his wife, he left them, for the war. He performed his duty in the war and thought of his family's future, even though without him.
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