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Aeolus

King of the Winds and a god who stirs up a storm against the Trojan fleet.

Ceres (Demeter)

Goddess of agriculture; Aeneas meets at her altar while fleeing Troy.

Cupid

God of desire and half-brother of Aeneas; sent by Venus to make Dido fall in love with Aeneas.

The Fates

Divine beings who have destined Aeneas to establish a new homeland in Italy.

Juno (Hera)

Queen of the gods, wife of Jupiter; opposes the Trojans and supports Carthage.

Jupiter (Zeus)

Leader of the gods; acts as an agent of the will of the Fates.

Mercury (Hermes)

The messenger god sent by Jupiter to communicate with mortals.

Minerva (Athena)

Goddess of wisdom; supports the Greeks against Troy and rejects the Trojans.

Neptune (Poseidon)

God of the sea; traditionally supports the Greeks and betrays Troy.

Venus (Aphrodite)

Goddess of love; mother of Aeneas and Cupid; helps Aeneas reach Carthage.

Aeneas

Leader of the Trojan refugees who have been wandering for seven years.

Achates

Aeneas’ second-in-command who travels with him to Carthage.

Anchises

Aeneas' father who is unable to walk well after being struck by Jupiter.

Anna

Queen Dido's best friend and main serving woman.

Ascanius (Iulus)

Aeneas' young son, whose appearance Cupid takes on to manipulate Dido.

Cassandra

A prophetess whose warnings about Troy are ignored due to her curse.

Creusa

Aeneas’ wife who is killed during the fall of Troy and later appears as a ghost.

Dido

Queen of Carthage who falls in love with Aeneas after fleeing Phoenicia.

Hector

Ghost of the dead Trojan prince who warns Aeneas about Troy's destruction.

Helen

Wife of Menelaus and Paris; Aeneas considers killing her during the fall of Troy.

Ilioneus

A Trojan warrior and the first to introduce the Trojans to Dido.

Laocoon

Trojan priest who warns against bringing the Horse into Troy; killed by sea serpents.

Pygmalion

Dido’s brother who killed her husband and sought to kill her.

Pyrrhus (Neoptolemus)

Son of Achilles who murders King Priam during Troy's destruction.

Sychaeus

Dido's deceased husband who warns her to leave Phoenicia.

Sinon

Cunning Greek who tricks the Trojans into accepting the wooden horse.

Ulysses (Odysseus)

Cunning Greek mastermind behind the Trojan Horse.

Carthage

City in Libya destined to be Rome's archenemy.

Tyre

City in Phoenicia where Dido originally fled from before reaching Carthage.

Hesperia

Greek term meaning 'western land,' referring to Italy.

Latium

City in central Italy where Aeneas is destined to establish a new civilization.

Tenedos

Island where the Greek fleet hides before attacking Troy.

Pietas

Word meaning 'duty' or 'reverence,' referring to an ancient Roman's obligations.

Virgil

Roman poet hired by Octavian Augustus to write The Aeneid, describing Rome's founding.

Book 1

Aeneas' fleet lands in Libya; he learns of Dido and meets her.

Book 2

Aeneas recounts the fall of Troy, including the deception of the Trojan Horse.