I sing of arms and a man, who, exiled by fate, came first from the shores of Troy to Italy and Lavinian shores;
That man, much tossed about on land and sea by the power of the gods above, due to the unrelenting anger of cruel Juno.
He also endured much in war, until he could found a city and bring his gods to Latium, from which came the Latin race, the Alban fathers, and the walls of high Rome.
Muse, tell me the reasons, by what divine will injured, or grieving at what, the queen of the gods drove a man of such distinguished piety to endure so many misfortunes, to encounter so many labors. Can there be such anger in heavenly minds?