In Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas leaves Dido, causing her to commit suicide, because

a. he has a wife to whom he must return.
b. as queen of Carthage, she is forbidden to marry a foreigner.
c. he owes a duty to the gods to continue on his journey.
d. she tells him to leave because the goddess Juno decreed so.

Answer: c

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