Myths about Aeneid

After years of wandering the Mediterranean, the Trojan hero Aeneas arrives at Cumae to seek the counsel of the famous Sibyl. The priestess provides a terrifying prophecy of future wars and guides Aeneas through the Underworld to speak with his deceased father, Anchises. To earn this journey, Aeneas must perform sacred tasks, including the retrieval of the mythical Golden Bough.

After the Greeks infiltrate Troy using a giant wooden horse, the city is set ablaze and its people are slaughtered. Aeneas, a Trojan prince, is warned by the ghost of Hector to flee and preserve the future of his people. Carrying his elderly father on his back and leading his young son by the hand, Aeneas escapes the inferno, though he tragically loses his wife Creusa in the chaos, setting...