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Aeneas’s divine mother, Venus, appears in splendour to remind him that the sight of Helen hiding in the burning city should not distract him from saving his family.

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Anger seizes Aeneas as he catches sight of Helen hiding in the dark as Troy Falls.

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The Greeks fight their way to Priam in the heart of his palace.

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The Greeks battle their way to the threshold of the royal palace of Troy: Aenas fights desperately alongside its defenders.

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The tide of battle turns against Aeneas and his men as their Greek disguise backfires and their attempt to rescue princess Cassandra fails.

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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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