He lost her in the city and when he goes back to find her, her ghost tells him to go to Italy. He rushed back to his house and took his son and father with him leading his wife behind him. With companions, he witnessed the death of many. Aeneas woke with a vision of a dead hero and rushed out. Once inside the city walls, the Greek army snuck out of the horse and began to sack the city. The Greeks built a giant wooden horse and left a man behind to convince the Trojans to bring it inside the city. Venus sends Cupid to Dido so that she will fall in love with Aeneas.Īeneas tells Dido the story of the fall of Troy. Aeneas is uncovered from his disguise and reunited with his companions. Venus helps her son into the city of Carthage and he watches his lost companions meet Queen Dido. Venus, Aeneas' mother asks him for assurances that the Trojans' suffering will stop and he prophesies the founding of Rome. Neptune stops the storm and they wash up, splitting into two groups on the shore of Africa near Carthage. The epic begins on the high seas where Juno stirs up a storm to keep Aeneas and the Trojans from their fated home of Italy.
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