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Like the Greeks, the Romans told their own story of a refugee from the Trojan War. Their hero was Aeneas, son of Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite, who sailed from the burning ruins of Troy to found a new city in Italy. It was foretold by the gods that this second Troy would give birth to a race that would rule the wo... |
Seeing the Trojan fleet sailing the placid sea as it made its way toward the setting sun, Juno flew down to the island of Aeolus, king of the winds, to ask a favor of her old friend. As the Trojans were crossing the sea, she asked of Aeolus to blow them off course in return for a wife. The king of the winds quickly agr... |
After a long struggle, a few of the Trojan ships were cast up together on a desert coast, though none could say where they were. The rest of the fleet was lost, with Aeneas fearing these men and their families were all dead. |
Aeneas took his steadfast comrade Achates and headed inland to discover what they could learn of this unknown land. Soon they met a young girl with bow and arrows hunting in the brush. They called to her and told her not to be afraid. They were merely castaways who wanted to learn what sort of country they had come to.... |
The girl laughed and said there was no king in this realm but a queen—Dido, ruler of Carthage, lately come from the Phoenician city of Sidon to found a new country in the west. |
The Trojan prince was impressed by what he saw as he entered the rising walls of the new town. Everywhere citizens were working like bees in a hive, some raising the citadel, others laying out building sites or digging wells. Some were dredging a harbor and carrying stones for the foundation of a theater, while the old... |
As Aeneas entered the palace, he was astonished to see pictures of the Trojan War carved in stone on the temple of Juno there before his eyes. Here was the combat of Achilles and Hector, the cursed wooden horse dragged into his town, the weeping of women driven away in chains. He was losing himself in memories when the... |
Suddenly, there stood Aeneas himself before the queen and his own men. He thanked Dido for her kindness and praised the fine city she was building. The queen on her part stood in awe of the Trojan hero, not just for his reputation but for the impression he made on her as a man. She invited him to send for the rest of h... |
And then Venus, Aeneas’ mother, snatched away Iulus unseen and put him into a deep sleep in her own divine palace while Cupid took the form of the child and worked his magic on Dido. She was enchanted with the boy and fell ever more in love with him and his father, Aeneas. By the time dinner was served, she was determi... |
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