How Do Dido and Aeneas Fall in Love?

Aeneas sends for Ascanius, whom Venus, fearing that Juno will again cause trouble, replaces with her own son, Cupid, the god of love, in disguise. ... That night at the banquet, Dido unsuspectingly embraces Cupid, thinking that he is Ascanius, and she is filled with love for Aeneas.

Who makes Dido and Aeneas fall in love?

Aeneas for his part sends Achates to bring presents. 657-94 Venus intervenes by instructing Cupid to disguise himself as Ascanius and make Dido fall in love with A. She spirits Ascanius away.

What is the relationship between Aeneas and Dido in the Aeneid?

Aeneas helps Dido in Carthage and has sex with her but has no plans to stay with her forever. She, however, interprets their affair as a marriage. When Aeneas says he is leaving her, as Jupiter urges him to do, she is therefore devastated. Aeneas reminds her he never took any marriage vows to her.

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