DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK IV

Meanwhile the goddess Juno, watching the course of events, also saw
the advantage, to her favorite city, of a union with the Trojan chief.
If he and his people, she thought, could be persuaded to settle in
Carthage, that city and not the long talked of Rome, would come to be
the center of power and the ruler of the world. She therefore proposed
to Venus a treaty of "eternal peace" on the condition of a marriage
between Aeneas and Dido.

"Your Trojan with my Tyrian let us join;
So Dido shall be yours, AEneas mine--
One common kingdom, one united line."
DRYDEN, _AEneid_, BOOK IV.

Venus was not at all deceived by this plausible speech. She well
understood the motive and purpose of Juno to secure future power and
glory for Carthage and divert from Rome the empire of the world,
nevertheless she answered in mild words saying, "Who could be so
foolish as to reject such an alliance, and prefer to be at war with
the queen of heaven? Yet there is a difficulty. I do not know whether
it is the pleasure of Jupiter that the Tyrians and Trojans should
dwell together in one city. Will he approve the union of the two
nations? Perhaps, however, you, who are his wife, may be able to
induce him to do so. It is for you, then, to lead the way, and where
you lead I shall follow."

But another obstacle stood in the way of Juno's proposed alliance.
There was at that time a certain African king named I-ar'bas, a very
important personage, for he was a son of Jupiter. It was from him that