Aeneas and Dido

Presented by David Lummus

View more in A Hell of a City: Danteā€™s Inferno on the Road to Rome | Paolo and Francesca: Words of Desire (Inferno 5)

The lovers punished in this circle are literary characters from both the classical and vernacular traditions. Among them, Dido, the queen of Carthage who had met her tragic destiny in Aeneas’s arms, stands out.

6 minutes

Speaker:
David Lummus
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