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As the battle inside Troy continues in confusion and darkness, Aeneas rallies a band of warriors and strikes back.

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In Carthage, Aeneas is recalling for Dido and the Carthaginians the dark moments when the fall of Troy first appeared inevitable.

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As Aeneas continues to tell his story to Queen Dido in Carthage, the sack of Troy draws ominously near. Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here. See the illustrated blog post here.

In Queen Dido’s banqueting hall, Aeneas is telling how Sinon, a spy left behind by the Greeks to trick the Trojans into taking a huge wooden horse into the city, set about his task.

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In a banqueting hall on Carthage, Cupid has been sent by his mother Venus to make Queen Dido fall in love with Aeneas, the heroic Trojan prince whose descendants will found Rome.

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In the new city of Carthage that she is building, Queen Dido and the Trojan hero Aeneas meet.

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Just arrived on the North African coast, Aeneas hears why Dido, Carthage’s queen, is building her new city there.

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See the illustrated blog post here.