Aeneid Book 2 lines 707 - 746
Aeneas saves his son and father, but at a cost
Mihi parvus Iulus sit comes
Aeneas flees with his family as the foh of war descends
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Aeneid Book 3, lines 231 - 267
The Harpy’s prophecy
Instruimus mensas arisque reponibus ignem
Aeneas and his men encounter the Harpies
Aeneid Book 3, lines 374 - 395
How Aeneas will know the site of his city
Nate dea, nam te maioribus ire per altum
Aeneas learns how he will know the site of his city
Aeneid Book 4, lines 65 - 89
Dido falls in love
heu vatum ignarae mentes!
Dido's fatal passion begins
Aeneid Book 4, lines 129 - 172
Dido and Aeneas: royal hunt and royal affair
Oceanum interea surgens Aurora reliquit
The splendid hunt, the lovers' cave
Aeneid Book 4, lines 238 - 258
Mercury’s journey to Carthage
Dixerat. ille patris magni parere parabat
Mercury's journey to Carthage
Aeneid Book 4, lines 362 - 393
Dido and Aeneas: Hell hath no fury …
Talia dicentem iamdudum aversa tuetur
Dido and Aeneas: the confrontation
Aeneid Book 4, lines 393 - 411
The Trojans prepare to set sail from Carthage
At pius Aeneas, quamquam lenire dolentem
The Trojans prepare to set sail from Carthage