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The eneid5/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In the end, the Trojans were duped when they accepted a ‘gift’ of a wooden horse, that once passed the city walls, was found to host many Greek soldiers. Aeneas and Dido discuss, in great lengths, the tragic and tiresome journey that the group has experienced thus far.Īeneas relates to her the story of the sack of Tray that brought the Trojan war to a halt after nearly a decade under siege by the Greeks. Despite their uninvited arrival, Aeneas and his group are welcomed by Dido, the queen and founder of Carthage. ![]() As the group near closer to their destination, they are thrown off course by a ferocious storm and end up docked on in Carthage. Their homeland, the city of Troy, has been destroyed by the Greeks. Virgil’s poetic masterpiece, The Aeneid, tells of the plight of Aeneas and a group of Trojans as they sail across the Mediterranean Sea in search of Rome. Literature Guides Virgil’s Aeneid Summary ![]()
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