Hopes of peace have been dashed and Juno in person throws open the gates of war.
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With the help of the Fury Allecto, Juno, Aeneas’s enemy, has sabotaged King Latinus’s wish to welcome him and create an alliance by marriage to his daughter. Overcome, the old man withdraws from the fray and Juno herself intervenes to open the gates of war.
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In a tremendous tour-de-force, Virgil describes an incredibly powerful storm at sea as Aeneas and his men fight for survival.
Hear Virgil’s powerful Latin recited and follow in a new English translation here.
Photograph of Roman Mosaic in the Musée de Sousse by Habib M’Henni.