In the climax to one of the great stories of the Aeneid, Dido perishes by her own hand on Aeneas’s own sword. See the illustrated blog post here and follow the story in Latin and English here.
The Etruscan Lausus has died at Aeneas’s hands rescuing his wounded father, Mezentius, who rides back into the fray on his horse, Rhaebus, to join his son in death.
Hear Virgil’s Latin and follow in English here.
In the latest extract from Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas recalls the fate of Troy’s King, Priam, as he continues to tell the story of the fall of Troy to Queen Dido of Carthage. The painting is by Jean Baptiste Regnault.
In Virgil’s Aeneid, the Greek invaders fight their way to the very threshold of Priam’s palace, as Aeneas joins the defenders in an attempt to stem the tide. The Greek assault is led by Pyrrhus, the son of Achilles.
Hear Virgil’s original Latin and follow in English here.
Coming to the end of his underworld journey, Aeneas exits through the gates of sleep and brings Book 6 of the Aeneid to a close. Hear the Latin and follow in English here.
Aeneas’s men Euryalus and Nisus meet their end but take many foes with them. Hear the Latin and follow in English here and see the illustrated blog post https://www.pantheonpoets.com/?p=3558&preview=true.