... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > Roman gods and legends > the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid) > Aeneas reaches Africa (Virgil, Aeneid I) > the meeting of Aeneas and Dido; when he approaches her throne, the cloud enveloping him and Achates vanishes > Dido leads Aeneas and his companions to her palace