Victory lies in Aeneas' future but it is not without painful consequence. He suffers greatly over the death of Pallas, his "beloved foster son" (Virgil XI
The Fury Allecto takes on the form of Calybe, the elderly priestess of Juno, and appears to Turnus in his sleep and tell him to burn the Trojan ships anchored in the Tiber, so as to persuade King Latinus to give him Lavinia as a bride (Butler pp). As Aeneas watches his city burn, he encounters Helen, who he holds responsible for the threat to everything he holds dear, his gods, his city, and his family (Bond pp)
Dido in spite of her philosophic tutor, certainly pious Adeneas, and ultimately even Jupiter himself are subject to the furor of these passions" (Royal pp). The Fury Allecto takes on the form of Calybe, the elderly priestess of Juno, and appears to Turnus in his sleep and tell him to burn the Trojan ships anchored in the Tiber, so as to persuade King Latinus to give him Lavinia as a bride (Butler pp)
had a long and close history with the future emperor, Caesar Augustus, and according to legend, Augustus wanted a heroic poem to justify his rule over the Roman Empire, thus, Virgil wrote the "Aeneid," 19 B.C. (Royal pp)
It is his mother, Venus, who stops him, telling him that the disaster is not Helen's fault and that he has other duties and priorities, reminding him to his senses and helping him to pass his first test of placing duty before feeling (Bond pp). Andrew Wilson writes that from the beginning of the tale, it has been prophesied that Aeneas will establish a race that is destined to rule the world in peace and prosperity (Wilson pp)