Aeneidos

The poem follows a refugee prince who, after his city's destruction, leads surviving companions on a divinely troubled voyage to a destined homeland. A jealous goddess obstructs him with storms and intrigues, while other deities and omens guide him through shipwreck, refuge on distant shores, a doomed love affair with a foreign queen, and a harrowing descent into the underworld to learn his people's future. Arriving in Italy, he confronts rival towns and wars until the groundwork for a new city is laid. Major themes include duty and pietas, fate versus human choice, the costs of empire, and the interplay between divine will and mortal suffering.