Aeneas is fleeing the ruins of his native city, Troy, which has been ravaged in a war with Achilles and the Greeks. The surviving Trojans accompany Aeneas on a perilous journey to establish a new home in Italy, but they must contend with the vindictive...
Fulfilling Dido’s request, Aeneas begins his sorrowful story, adding that retelling it entails re-experiencing the pain. He takes us back to ten years into the Trojan War: at the moment the tale begins, the Greeks have constructed a...
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The flame of love for Aeneas that Cupid has lit in Dido’s heart only grows while she listens to his sorrowful tale. She hesitates, though, because after the death of her husband, Sychaeus, she swore that she would never...
At last, the Trojan fleet arrives on the shores of Italy. The ships drop anchor off the coast of Cumae. Following his father’s instructions, Aeneas makes for the Temple of Apollo, where the Sibyl, a priestess, meets him. She commands him to...
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