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Dido's Involvement In The Punic Wars

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Dido's role in justifying Rome's involvement in the Punic Wars is derived from book four in the Aeneid. Dido was married to Sychaeus but he died. In, addition Dido made a vow that she will not fall in love with or marry again when Dido fell in love with Aeneas she doubted about her vow of virginity. However, Anna her sister, encouraged her to have a relationship with Aeneas and to forget about her vow. Dido's and Aeneas' relationship is made known to the goddesses Juno and Venus; they try to bring them together.
But these goddesses aren't the only ones that know about Dido and Aeneas' relationship. King Iarbas, Dido's rejected suitor, vents his anger in a prayer to Jupiter, who sends Hermes to Aeneas to remind him that he is not fulfilling

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