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At some point, part of the group, including Vicki and Troilus, separated from Aeneas' group. Vicki surmised that Aeneas had settled somewhere. She thought that he went on to found [[Rome]] or something. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]'') Young [[William Shakespeare]] told Vicki that some of Aeneas' relatives settled in ancient [[Britain]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'') | At some point, part of the group, including Vicki and Troilus, separated from Aeneas' group. Vicki surmised that Aeneas had settled somewhere. She thought that he went on to found [[Rome]] or something. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Frostfire (audio story)|Frostfire]]'') Young [[William Shakespeare]] told Vicki that some of Aeneas' relatives settled in ancient [[Britain]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Apocrypha Bipedium (short story)|Apocrypha Bipedium]]'') | ||
Later poetic tradition told the story of how, when Aeneas came to | Aeneas later came to [[Carthage]], where at one point he was rescued by harm by the [[First Doctor]]. [[Homer]] was there when this happened. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (novelisation)|The Myth Makers]]'') | ||
Later poetic tradition told the story of how, when Aeneas came to Carthage, Queen Dido fell in love with him and wanted him to stay as her husband. However, he refused in obedience to his fate as the founder of Rome and went away, causing her to commit suicide. However, as the First Doctor pointed out, this was impossible, since Aeneas lived three centuries earlier than [[Elissa|Princess Elissa of Tyre]], the founder of Carthage. It turned out that the man really involved in the affair was [[Ian Chesterton]], whose name could be pronounced in a similar way to Aeneas. In the true events which inspired the stories, Elissa (Dido) did not, however, commit suicide. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Phoenicians (audio story)|The Phoenicians]]'') | |||
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