81- Aeneid Part I: The Beginning (Kind Of)

We set off from the burning rubble of Troy again- but this time instead of Odysseus, it's everyone's favourite serial kidnap victim Aeneas we are following! Join us for Carthage, Dido, very fast mural painters with very up-to-date information and Neptune advocating beaurocracy.

Time period: 1192- 1185 BCE

Relevant individuals:

• Aeneas, Trojan refugee
• Ascanius, Trojan refugee
• Dido, Queen of Carthage
• Neptune (Poseidon), God of the Sea

Sources for this episode:

• Virgil (1976), The Aeneid. Translated by W. F. J. Knight. London: Penguin Books Ltd.