Why does venus send cupid (as Ascanius) to spart Dido's lust in Book 1 of the Aeneid??
2006-10-24 08:28:48 · 3 answers · asked by Mrs.Wright 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Because she is afraid that Juno will incite that wrath of the Phoenicians against Aeneas. Remember, she is mad at Aeneas because of the prophacy that one day the Trojans will destroy her favorite city Carthage. So she sends down Cupid in the form of Aeneas' son to make Dido fall in love with Aeneas-so she (Queen of the Phoenicians) can't be mad at him.
2006-10-24 08:50:12 · answer #1 · answered by Logos24 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Virgil. The Aeneid.
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Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
2006-10-24 15:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you mean spark? i believe it was to prevent him from going on to start rome. she did not want him to get there. dido was meant to distract him.
i thought dido was the queen of what was to be carthage....
isnt aeneas on his way to start a new country with some of those left of the trojan war?
2006-10-24 16:32:00 · answer #3 · answered by afterflakes 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋