She despatches courtiers to seek Æneas. Æneas and Achates, meantime, are greatly agitated by her words.
Achates, to Æneas, aside (582-585):
Æneas, what thy purpose now?
Thou seest all is well. Thy fleet and captains all,
Save one, are rescued. One we saw ourselves o’erwhelmed
Within the deep. All else thy mother’s prophecy
Upholds.
At this, Æneas suddenly reveals himself, to the great surprise of both Trojans and Carthaginians.
Æneas, to Dido (595-609):
O Queen, before thee, whom thou wouldst behold, am I,