36. Q. Who was Æneas? A. The son of Venus by the Trojan shepherd Anchises.
37. Q. Seven years after the fall of Troy for what purpose did Æneas and his companions embark from Sicily? A. To found a new Troy in the west.
38. Q. In the first book of the “Æneid,” where was the fleet conveying Æneas and his companions driven? A. To the coast of Carthage.
39. Q. By whom were the Trojans received with generous hospitality? A. Dido, the Carthaginian queen.
40. Q. With what are the third and fourth books of the “Æneid” principally occupied? A. With the relation by Æneas to Queen Dido of his previous adventures and wanderings, including an account of the siege and fall of Troy.
41. Q. To what is the fourth book devoted? A. To the sad tale of Dido and her fatal passion for her guest.
42. Q. What is the course of Æneas in this affair? A. He ruins Dido, and under the cover of night deserts Carthage with his ships.
43. Q. What is the fate of Dido? A. She commits suicide, ending her sorrow on the funeral pyre.
44. Q. With what is the fifth book largely occupied? A. With an elaborate account of games celebrated by the Trojans on the hospitable shores of Sicily, in honor of the anniversary of the death of Anchises, the father of Æneas.
45. Q. What is the principal matter of the sixth book? A. An account of Æneas’s descent into Hades.