Aeneid Book 1- Essential Passages

Passages from the Aeneid (line numbers) matched with a brief summary of its contents. Passages are drawn from past AP questions.

Aeneid 1, lines 562-578

Dido welcomes the Trojans into her city, declaring them equal to Tyrians and allowing them to beach their ships.

Aeneid 1, lines 65-69

Juno tells Aeolus of the Trojans sailing the Tyrrhenian sea and asks him to “sink their wrecked boats”.

Aeneid 1, lines 198-207

Aeneas talks to his men telling them that they’ve faced worse, and that they should endure for better days.

Aeneid 1, lines 206-218

Aeneas and his men prepare food because they’ve just landed.

Aeneid 1, lines 544-548

Aeneas’ men talk about him in a positive light, saying that if he is not dead, he would be there soon

Aeneid 1, lines 521-529

The Trojans are telling Dido how unlucky they’ve been, and begin to plead with her

Aeneid 1, lines 430-437

Virgil compares the workers in Carthage to bees

Aeneid 1, lines 87-91

Virgil describes a storm that the Trojans faced

Aeneid 1, lines 184-188

Aeneas and Achates go hunting and see three stags