Introducing Virgil’s Aeneid 2 A brief summary of the Aeneid The poem opens with the Trojan fleet sailing towards Italy, when they are shipwrecked by a storm on the coast of north Africa, caused by Juno, queen of the gods, who hates them and is trying to prevent them reaching Italy and fulfilling their destiny. divine support - this is the positive message of the Aeneid. 1 All translations are by David West (ed.), Virgil: The Aeneid: a New Prose Translation (London 1991). An anonymous referee of this paper made me aware of these problems. This content downloaded from 132.239.1.231 on Mon, 2 Dec 2013 20:29:15 PM All use subject to JSTOR Terms and
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