In which the pious Aeneas, driven by destiny and the wrath of Juno, endures a harrowing storm at sea that scatters his fleet and brings him to the shores of Carthage, where the land is ruled by the noble Queen Dido. Here, beneath divinely orchestrated encounters, Aeneas begins to recount the hardships of his voyage and the fate that links his Trojan line to the future grandeur of Rome.