Book one of the Aeneid starts out after Troy has been defeated, and tells of the rage of Juno, going into the backstory of how Juno was upset about Paris' unjust decision on the beauty of the goddesses, and how she led a campaign against Troy. We see also that Aeneas and his men are heading to Italy and fleeing Troy so as to start a new city. Juno is angry, and asks the god of the wind (Aeolus) to send a tempest on the sea to destroy them. however, when Aeolus sends this, Neptune god of the sea is outraged because the sea is his jurisdiction. Neptune calms the storm, and Aeneas and his mean reach the closest shore. Aeneas' goddess mother comes to earth in human form to talk to him, and tells him how to reach the queen's palace. Aeneas and his men arrive at the palace and bow before the queen, to which she extends hospitality. Meanwhile, Venus asks her son Cupid to shoot an arrow of love into queen Dido so as to stall her while Aeneas is at her palace.
The author uses a lot of narrative to show the plot. it is interesting because the story is told by a narrator (probably omniscient) but we do not see much more than what the narration tells us. We learn about the plot as the characters learn about it as well.
Although we do know the outcome of the story--Rome will eventually be founded. This is made clear by the prophecy of Zeus and through the omniscient narrator. We do also experience the narrative through the first person narration of Aeneas. Therefore as readers we experience the narrative from multiple perspectives.
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