“There are four main characters — There are Dido and Aeneas, both mythological-historical characters from the Greek-Roman mythology. There is also Belinda, Dido’s first lady and the sorceres ...

Romans also believed that many of their gods had played an active part in the foundation of Rome. Venus was believed to be the mother of Aeneas, who according to legend had founded Rome ...

Rooted in classical mythology, referencing two epics (a minor character in Homer’s Iliad, Aeneas plays protagonist in Virgil’s Aeneid) and populated by gods masquerading as mortals (Aeneas is ...