Episode 1: The city of
Troy is in ruins after the
Trojan War. One of the survivors is the
demigod Aeneas, who escaped with a Trojan fleet. He arrives at
Carthage in North Africa, where the queen
Dido asks him to tell his story. He begins by telling her about the
Trojan Horse.
Episode 2: Aeneas tells Dido how he travelled on the Mediterranean Sea and visited
Delos, where an
oracle told him to find the "ancient mother". He decided to travel west.
Episode 3: After having heard Aeneas' story, Dido dismisses him. She is however fascinated by his search for the earth mother and cannot sleep. She tells him to go and find her in the land
Hesperia, located in the north.
Episode 4: Aeneas finds a community of Trojan survivors on an island.
Juno instigates the Trojan women to set fire to the fleet, but it is saved by rainfall.
Episode 5: Aeneas' mother
Venus guides him to the underworld to receive strength from his father's shadow. The Trojans arrive at the
Tiber in
Latium, where a prophecy says that
Lavinia, the daughter of the king
Latinus, will marry a foreigner. Aeneas develops a bond with
Turnus, king of the
Rutuli.
Episode 6: After advice from Latinus, Aeneas visits the inland, where an old Greek man tells him legends. Intrigues involving Lavinia and Turnus stir up conflict between the Trojans and the Latins.
Episode 7: To solve the conflict, Aeneas challenges Turnus in single combat to the death. He wins and marries Lavinia. On his deathbed, Latinus bequeaths his land to Aeneas. ==Cast==