This paper discusses how Virgil intends the reader to understand the apparant
suicide of Dido, the lover of Aeneas, the main
character in Virgil's "Aeneid" as infact
murder at the hands of Aeneas. It examines how the death of Dido can actually be viewed as a murder, through the account that Virgil gives of Aeneas' actions and his psychological murder of Dido before she takes her own life and more so by how he portrays the underworld where Dido and Aeneas eventually meet again. It shows how through these theatrics, Virgil wants to demonstrate a lesson to his readers about the value of passion and love.