Aeneis

also The Aeneid, Aeneid, Eneide, Énéide

epic · 19 BC

by Virgil

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