Book 1 - Storm and Banquet

• The fierce and unforgetting anger of Juno
• A man famous for his piety
• Juno is said to have loved it more than any other place
• With her own hand she threw the consuming fire of Jupiter from the clouds
• As when disorder arises among the people… a man who has some weight among them for his goodness and his services…
• My friends, this is not the first trouble we have known
• We have suffered worse before, and this too will pass
• These were his words, but he was sick with all his cares
• He showed them the face of hope and kept his misery deep in his heart
• Aeneas, who loved his men
• ’What crimes have the Trojans committed that they should suffer all this loss of life?’ (Venus)
• ‘You can be sure that the destiny of your descendants remains unchanged‘ (Jupiter)
• ‘I have given them an empire that will know no end‘ (Jupiter)
• ‘There will be born a Trojan Caesar‘ (Jupiter)
• ‘The dread Gates of War with their tight fastenings of steel will then be closed’ (Jupiter)
• Dutiful Aeneas
• Dido was sick with love [for Sychaeus]
• This moved Dido to plan her escape and gather followers
• ‘I am Aeneas, known for my devotion’
• ‘I carry with me on my ships the gods of my home, the Penates’ (Aeneas)
• Venus hedged them in a thick mist
• They were like bees at the beginning of summer
• Dido was like Diana, and like Diana she bore herself joyfully among her people, urging on their work for the kingdom that was to be
• She [Dido] was giving laws and rules of conduct
• ‘You will leave here safe under my protection’ (Dido)
• ‘Or do you wish to settle with me on an equal footing?‘ (Dido)
• The inside of her palace was being prepared with all royal luxury and splendour
• A father’s love allowed Aeneas’ mind no rest
• All his thoughts were on his dear son Ascanius
• Venus meanwhile was turning over new schemes in her mind
• Unfortunate Dido
• Marking her [Dido] out to suffer
• The fire within her [Dido] grew
• Doomed Dido