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CONTENTS
| INTRODUCTION. | xi |
| BOOK I. The Hero’s destiny. Juno’s wrath. The wind-god; storm and shipwreck. Æneas lands near Carthage. Venus and Jove. Jove unfolds the destiny of Rome. Venus tells Æneas the story of Dido’s exile. Feast in Dido’s palace. Cupid betrays her. She asks to hear Æneas’ story. | 1 |
| BOOK II. Æneas tells the fall of Troy. The Wooden Horse. Sinon’s lying story. Laocoön and the serpents. The Horse enters the citadel. The Ghost of Hector. Æneas wakes in the burning city. Death of Priam. Æneas’ vision of the gods destroying Troy. The Rescue of Anchises. Loss of Creüsa. Flight to the hills. | 38 |
| BOOK III. The Trojan wanderings. Thrace. Polydorus and the Curse of Gold. Delos, its oracle. Crete, the pestilence. Æneas’ dream. The Island of the Harpies and their curse. Actium. Epirus. Helenus and Andromache. Helenus foretells Scylla, Charybdis, and the Sibyl. Sicily and Ætna. Polyphemus. Sicilian shores. Anchises’ death. | 75 |
| BOOK IV. Dido discloses to Anna her passion for Æneas. Juno and Venus plot her fall. The hunt. The cavern in the rain. Rumor, the monster of many tongues and eyes. Iarbas, the scorned suitor. Jupiter sends Mercury to Æneas. Æneas prepares his flight. Dido entreats in vain. The curse of Carthage. Dido builds her funeral pyre, pretending sorcery. Her death by Æneas’ sword. Iris is sent from heaven to set her free. | 109 |
| BOOK V. Æneas storm-driven to Sicily. The serpent at Anchises’ tomb. The Funeral Games. The Ship-race. The Foot-race, Nisus and Euryalus. The Boxing Bout. Dares and Entellus. The Archers. Ascanius leads the youthful cavalry. Juno sends Iris to the Trojan women, who fire the ships. Æneas obtains rain of Jove. Anchises’ ghost. The City Acesta. Venus sues to Neptune. The God of Sleep and Palinurus. | 143 |