day destroy her favorite city of Carthage. Because of this, she means to stop Aeneas from fulfilling his destiny. She begins her tirade against Aeneas from the beginning by calling on the god of winds, Aeolus, to create a storm to stop him as he sails:
             At these words he struck the side of the hollow mountain with the butt of his spear and the winds seemed to form a column and pour out through an open gate to blow a hurricane over the whole earth. The east wind and the south and the south-west with its squalls all fell upon the sea at once, whipping it up from its bottom-most depts. And rolling huge waves towards it shores. Men shouted, ropes screamed, clouds suddenly blotted out the light of the sky from the eyes of the Trojans and black night brooded over the sea as the heavens thundered and lighting flashed again and again across the sky. (Virgil 6)
             After seeing what Juno has done, Venus, the goddess of love and Aeneas's mother, berates Jupiter, the king of the gods. She is fearful for Aeneas and questions Jupiter why he is allowing her son to be persecuted by Juno, who harbors such resentment toward him. Jupiter immediately reiterates the fate of Aeneas and reassures Venus that his destiny remains unchanged. He also tells her of further accomplishments the Fates have in store for Aeneas:
             Spare yourself these fears, my lady from Cythera. The destiny of you descendants remains unchanged. You will see the city of Lavinium and its promised walls. You will take great-hearted Aeneas to the stars of heaven. No argument changes my mind. But now, since you are tormented by this anxiet
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