... doing so she delays the illustrious founder of Rome from his destined path. Although her relationship with Aeneas spans only this one book of the Aeneid, Dido has become a literary icon for the tragic lover, like Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Aeneas" most heinous act in the Aeneid is his abandonment of Dido as not only does he abandon her, he drives her ... to simply keep Aeneas near her, even if he is unwilling to have her as his wife. When Aeneas says good-bye to Dido, we see two sides to the hero. Aeneas's statement that he is forced to sail to Italy and Virgil's remark that Aeneas...

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