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* The whole love story between Aeneas and Dido, showing the founder of Carthage and the progenitor of Rome in love... And and then being forcibly separated by the gods, with her DyingCurse at Aeneas being stated as the cause for the UsefulNotes/PunicWars and the destruction of Carthage at the hands of the Romans.
Romans. Made worse if one realizes that both were drawn together because of circumstances beyond their control: Dido vowed to remain faithful to Sychaeus, but Cupid caused her to be lovesick for Aeneas as he tells her his story, and Aeneas did not intend to stay nor be pulled into the affair, but he was not happy about leaving Dido, either.
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* In the Underworld, Aeneas meets the not-yet-incarnated souls of future Romans, including Marcellus, the beloved nephew of Augustus who died young before the poem was written. Aeneas recognises his short life: "If you could break free of your harsh fate, you would be Marcellus." Sad in itself, but leads to an even stronger meta-tearjerker: according to a story, when Virgil was reading part of his work to Augustus' court, Marcellus' mother Octavia passed out from grief upon hearing that scene.
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* In the Underworld, Aeneas meets the not-yet-incarnated souls of future Romans, including Marcellus, the beloved nephew of Augustus who died young before the poem was written. Aeneas recognises his short life: "If you could break free of your harsh fate, you would be Marcellus." Sad in itself, but leads to an even stronger meta-tearjerker: according to a story, when Virgil was reading part of his work to Augustus' court, Marcellus' mother Octavia passed out from grief upon hearing that scene."
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* In the Underworld, Aeneas meets the not-yet-incarnated souls of future Romans, including Marcellus, the beloved nephew of Augustus who died young before the poem was written. Aeneas recognises his short life: "If you could break free of your harsh fate, you would be Marcellus." Sad in itself, but leads to an even stronger meta-tearjerker: according to a story, when Vergil Virgil was reading part of his work to Augustus' court, Marcellus' mother Octavia passed out from grief upon hearing that scene.
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* As Troy burns, Creusa (Aeneas's wife) is lost and killed. When he does meet her again, she appears as a ghost who prophesies his fate before disappearing as he desperately tries to embrace her.
-->''And thrice about her neck my arms I flung,''
-->''And, thrice deceiv'd, on vain embraces hung.''
-->''Light as an empty dream at break of day,''
-->''Or as a blast of wind, she rush'd away.''
-->''And thrice about her neck my arms I flung,''
-->''And, thrice deceiv'd, on vain embraces hung.''
-->''Light as an empty dream at break of day,''
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** How about the [[HopelessWar final]] [[LastStand hours]] [[DespairEventHorizon of]] [[WatchingTroyBurn Troy]]?
** How about the [[HopelessWar final]] [[LastStand hours]] [[DespairEventHorizon of]] [[WatchingTroyBurn Troy]]?
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* Most deaths, with the deaths of Pallas, Mezentius and his son (Lausus) (Lausus), and Camilla being standouts.
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** How about the [[HopelessWar final]] [[LastStand hours]] [[DespairEventHorizon of]] [[WatchingTroyBurn Troy]]?
