The Dido episode starts with Aeneas' love in Carthage being interrupted by divine command: Mercury orders him back to the Roman mission.
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Mercury
The Dido episode starts with Aeneas' love in Carthage being interrupted by divine command: Mercury orders him back to the Roman mission.
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"...Carthaginian Empire. He's supposed to go to Rome. So he sends Mercury, the messenger of the gods, down to Aeneas and tells him, hey..."
"This is not your duty. Do your duty. So this is where we are in the story. So let us read. Ivory, can you..."
"Mercury lashes out at once. You, so now you lay foundation stones for the soaring walls of Carthage, building her gorgeous city, doting on..."
"...again, the god, his phantom, the same features shining clear. Like mercury head to foot, the voice, the glow, the golden hair, the bloom..."
"...build up Carthage. And so Jupiter has to send a messenger, Mercury, to tell him, no, Aeneas, no. Go to Italy, okay? So each..."
"...chemistry at this point, it's very primitive. So he was thinking mercury, okay? He was convinced that mercury will lead to the colossal stone...."
"...in Carthage. They want him in Rome. Okay? So they sent Mercury, the messenger god, to tell him, hey, man, Aeneas, go to Rome...."
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