She is the most beautiful woman in the room.
Hunting Day! Dido comes out fashionably late, but dressed in royal purple and gold, radiance shining forth from her. Juno schemes some more Juno has everything mapped out: Aeneas and Dido will go hunting Juno will conjure a storm, shaking heaven and earth with thunder and black rain All the attendants and hunters will scatter Aeneas and Dido will end up in the same cave Juno and Venus will be on hand, and Juno will preside over a “wedding” Venus agrees to this plan Venus urges Juno to talk this over with Jupiter. Her reasons are very deceitful-remember, she does not like the Trojans, and will do anything to keep them from Italy-and so this, according to her thoughts, will keep the Trojan exiles in the same city as the Tyrian exiles. Juno approaches Venus and suggests a marriage between Dido and Aeneas. Juno schemes Switch scenes to the heavens again. Walls remain half-built, projects were stopped, and she would sit in her room with Ascanius (Aeneas’ son by his late wife Creusa), marveling at how much he resembled Aeneas. She wanders the streets in a stupor, she thinks of nothing but him, and she neglects the day-to-day operation of her city. ĭido in Love Dido crushes hard on Aeneas. She makes all the proper sacrifices-to Ceres, for being the Earth mother to Apollo, for being the giver of light to Bacchus, god of wine (associated here with marriage) and to Juno, goddess of marriage and motherhood. The confusion of Dido continued Dido takes Anna’s advice and begins preparing for her courtship of Aeneas. (3) It is fate-”Backed by Juno’s will, the ships from Ilium held their course this way on the wind.” Of course, we know that Juno hated the Trojans. (2) The Phoenicians are strangers in this land-gaining a political alliance with the Trojans will help keep them safe. She lists three reasons: (1) Dido is childless-Sychaeus died early in their marriage. Anna tells her that she should stop being a widow and go after Aeneas. The confusion of Dido continued Dido discusses her quandary with her sister Anna. She took his advice and some loyal subjects and sailed for Africa. He also told her where he had buried some loot. Sychaeus came to Dido in a dream and told her to get out. He was killed by his brother Pygmalion (not the sculptor), who then did not tell Dido that Sychaeus was dead. The confusion of Dido Dido confronts her dilemma-should she remain faithful to her dead husband Sychaeus, or does she enter into a relationship with Aeneas? Sychaeus was her husband when they lived in Tyre (ancient Phoenicia). By the end of this book, Dido has decided that she has great feelings for Aeneas. īackground continued In Book III, Aeneas finishes his lengthy tale. He describes in great detail the Trojan Horse incident. In Book II, Aeneas begins to recount everything that has happened, including details about the Trojan War that were left out of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. Dido asks them to recount their travels and travails. īackground continued Aeneas and Achates are brought to see Dido, queen of Carthage. Inside the walls are picture depicting the Trojan War and all the battles, including some pictures with Aeneas. Eventually, they come to the temple of Juno (you would think this would be a signal of doom for them, but no.). īackground continued Aeneas and Achates continue on to Carthage surrounded in a mist provided by Venus so that no one will stop them. Aeneas is not particularly happy about this. After much dialogue, the maiden is set to leave when she does reveal her divine nature-his mother Venus. Aeneas thinks that she is too ethereal to be a maiden, and inquires if she is actually a goddess in disguise, such as Diana or Minerva. īackground continued Aeneas and Achates go exploring and come across a young maiden dressed in hunting gear. Zeus calms her down and reads off a list of things that will happen in the future for the Trojan people. The scene switches to the heavens, where Venus, Aeneas’ mother, is complaining to Zeus that the Trojans are being treated unfairly. He and his friend Achates kill 7 deer, one for each ship, and they feast, remembering their fallen comrades. īackground continued Aeneas gets his men on land, starts them roasting grain and drying out supplies, and then goes to look for food. The waters are calm, and that is all they care about. Aeneas and the rest of his men take shelter in a harbor that looks ominously like a huge mouth. Neptune finally calms the sea and the storm. īackground continued She bribes Aeolus (king of the winds) into creating a powerful storm to blow the Trojans off track. Juno does not like the Trojans, and so does everything she can to keep them from reaching Italy. Background Trojan War is over Aeneas is leading the remainder of the Trojans (20 ships in all) to their new destiny-Italy.
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