She loved Dido.
Venus makes Aeneas fall in love with Dido. She sends her son Cupid to take the shape of Ascanius. While on Dido's lap, Cupid makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas. Later on, Jupiter sends Mercury to visit Aeneas and tells him that he must move on to Italy.
Aeneas, the hero of Virgil's Aeneid, falls in love with Dido while taking refuge in her kingdom. Venus makes Aeneas fall in love with Dido and vice versa.
Dido and Aeneas fell in love due to the intervention of the goddess Venus, who sought to protect Aeneas on his journey. During a storm sent by Jupiter, Venus arranged for Aeneas and Dido to meet in a cave, where they sought refuge and ended up sharing intimate moments. Their love was further fueled by divine influence and Dido's emotional vulnerability following her past traumas. Ultimately, their relationship is portrayed as tragic, reflecting the conflicts between duty and desire in the epic.
Aeneas told Dido of the fall of Troy, when he landed on Carthage. In fact, she asked him to tell her the story repeatedly.
they gave him honey and a drugged meal that made him fall asleep
Venus makes Aeneas fall in love with Dido. She sends her son Cupid to take the shape of Ascanius. While on Dido's lap, Cupid makes Dido fall in love with Aeneas. Later on, Jupiter sends Mercury to visit Aeneas and tells him that he must move on to Italy.
Aeneas, the hero of Virgil's Aeneid, falls in love with Dido while taking refuge in her kingdom. Venus makes Aeneas fall in love with Dido and vice versa.
Aeneas is the son of the Trojan Anchises and the Goddess of Love, Venus.
Troy was on fire.
Aeneas told Dido of the fall of Troy, when he landed on Carthage. In fact, she asked him to tell her the story repeatedly.
Some of the key characters in the adventures of Aeneas include Aeneas himself, a Trojan hero and the son of Anchises and Venus; Dido, the queen of Carthage who falls in love with Aeneas; Juno, the queen of the gods who opposes Aeneas's destiny; and Turnus, the Rutulian king who becomes Aeneas's main antagonist in the epic.
Dido was Queen of Carthage (at least according to Virgil) and never visited Troy she did however fall in love with Aeneas an exiled Trojan Prince.
Dido was in love with Aeneas, and after the death of her husband Sychaeus, she thought she would never find love again, until by Venus's influences, she became enamored of Aeneas's bravery and strength. Anna encouraged her to love Aeneas, telling Dido that she should not waste her youth alone and grieving, that she should find love in Aeneas and end her mourning. Also, Anna brought up to Dido that combining her and Aeneas's forces could perhaps strengthen and fortify the kingdom. Anna believed that having the Trojans as allies would make the glory of Carthage infinite. She believed that Dido should not deprive herself of the pleasures of love, and that Aeneas was blessed by Juno and had been fated to come here for Dido.
they gave him honey and a drugged meal that made him fall asleep
Dido of Carthage
The story of Dido and Aeneas is based on Book 4 of Virgil's epic poem, the "Aeneid." In this book, Dido is the queen of Carthage and falls in love with Aeneas, a Trojan hero. Their tragic love story ends with Dido's despair and eventual suicide.
The myth of Aeneas centers on a Trojan hero and son of the prince Anchises and the goddess Aphrodite. After the fall of Troy, Aeneas embarks on a perilous journey to find a new homeland, guided by fate to Italy. He ultimately becomes a key figure in the establishment of Rome, symbolizing the virtues of duty, piety, and resilience. His story is famously recounted in Virgil's epic poem, the "Aeneid," which intertwines themes of love, loss, and destiny.