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 BCERelevant individuals:Aeneas, Trojan refugeeAscanius, Trojan refugeeDido, Queen of CarthageNeptune (Poseidon), God of the SeaSources for this episode:Virgil (1976), The Aeneid. Translated by W. F. J. Knight. London: Penguin Books Ltd.