Aeneas had to abruptly leave Dido upon the urging of Zeus because living in Carthage forever was not to be his destiny. In the Aeniad, Hermes is quoted as having relaye

d Zeus' message to Aeneas thus, "What means thy ling'ring in the Libyan land? If glory cannot move a mind so mean, Nor future praise from flitting pleasure wean, Regard the fortunes of thy rising heir: The promis'd crown let young Ascanius wear, To whom th' Ausonian scepter, and the state Of Rome's imperial name is ow'd by fate" (Virgil). Thus, he had to undertake this action despite his obvious fondness for her.

Aeneas' eventual marriage to Lavinia was not as a result of stealing her affections away fr

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