1. He will rule Italy for three summers. Lines 327-328- Only three summers will see him govern Latium.
2. Aeneus will be succeeded by his son Ilus. Ilus will rule for thirty sovereign years. Line 322- (Ilus) will fill out with his own reign thirty sovereign years.
3. Romulus will eventually lead Rome into a time of peace. Lines 348-350- Then will the violent centuries, battles set aside, grow gentle, kind. Vesta and silver-haired Good Faith and Romulus flanked by brother Remus will make the laws.
4. Sychaeus, the richest man in Tyre. Line 417- Dido was married to Sychaeus, the richest man in Tyre.
5. Sychaeus was killed by Dido's brother Pygmalion. A murderous feud broke out between the the two men. Pygmalion caught Sychaeus off guard at the altar, and Pygmalion killed Sychaeus. Lines 423-425- A murderous feud broke out between both men. Pygmalion, catching Sychaeus off guard at the altar, slaughtered him in blood.
6. Dido had a dream, and in her dream, Sychaeus told her to flee from Tyre. Line 434- He urged her on: Take flight from our homeland, quick!"
7. Seven ships left Troy with Aeneus. Aeneus started with only twenty ships. Lines 463-464- A mere seven, battered by wind and wave, survived the worst.
8. Her stride, her hair gave off an ambrosial fragance, and her neck shone with a rosy glow. Lines 488-489- as she turned away her neck shone with a rosy glow, her mane of hair gave off an ambrosial fragrance. Line 491- and her stirde alone revealed her as a goddess.
9. A gown stiff with figures stitched in gold, and a woven veil with yellow sprays of aacanthus round the border. The scepter Ilione used to bear, the eldest daughter of Priam; a necklace strung with pearls, and a crown of double bands, one studded with gems, the other with gold. Lines 771-780.
10. Sometimes rivers dry up and when it is cloudy, one cannot see the stars or shadows. This means that her honor, name, and her praise may not live forever.
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