Aeneid Book 4 Summary

       Book 4 of the Aeneid starts with Dido telling her sister Anna about her love for Aeneas. She then sacrifice to the gods, and she calls for the banquet to come again so that Aeneas can tell more of his story. Juno and Venus then make a plan to send a storm while Aeneas and Dido are out hunting, so that they are forced to seek shelter together. Dido and Aeneas go hunting, and the storm hits, then they are forced into a cave where they get married by the gods. When they get back to the city, Aeneas sees Mercury who tells him that his destiny is not with Dido, and that he needs to leave and found Rom, so Aeneas begins to prepare. Dido then confronts him about this, and he says that he wants to stay but he has to leave. Dido then spirals into madness, and asks her sister to build a pyre so that she can burn all the memories of Aeneas. She spirals deeper into madness, and kills herself, much to the dismay of Anna.