Troy is burning to the ground. The hero Aeneas has tried his best to slay as many of the Greek invaders as he could, in a last desperate attempt to protect his king and save his city. But it cannot be done, and now, instructed by the goddess Venus — who happens to be his mother — he returns to his house, to gather up his wife, his little boy, and his …
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