\paperw2700 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 \up2 \cf7 Despite the heartfelt protests of \b \cf15 \ATXht11204 Laoco÷n\b0 \cf0 \ATXht0 \cf7 and the unheeded predictions of \b \cf15 \ATXht10306 Cassandra\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , the Trojans had brought the trap hidden within the Wooden Horse inside the walls of \b \cf15 \ATXht12019 Troy\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , and proud \b \cf15 \ATXht10906 Ilium\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 was in flames. \b \cf15 \ATXht10112 Aeneas\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , warned by the shade of \b \cf15 \ATXht10807 Hector\b0 \ATXht0 \cf7 and protected by his mother \b \cf15 \ATXht2 Aphrodite\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , was able to reach safety with his father \b \cf15 \ATXht10126 Anchises\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 and son \b \cf15 \ATXht10138 Ascanius\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , also known as Julus, taking with him the sacred ornaments and the\b \cf15 \ATXht11613 Penates\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 . The ghost of his wife\b \cf15 \ATXht10331 Creusa\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 , who had perished
during the sack of the city, showed him the goal of his exile: the Land of the Sunset, where the tawny Tiber flows.\par
Beneath the peaks of Mount \b \cf15 \ATXht10903 Ida\b0 \cf7 \ATXht0 in Phrygia, Aeneas built a fleet of twenty ships, with which he
