Aeneis
also The Aeneid, Aeneid, Eneide, Énéide
Book IV, the Carthage episode, is what the operas take: Dido's love for Aeneas, his departure at the gods' command, and her death. Virgil left the poem unrevised at his death and it was published posthumously; the year given is that death.
Operas drawn from this source
- Dido and Aeneas — Book IV