This epic poem by Virgil begins when a Trojan hero & his followers are shipwrecked near Carthage
He begins the tale shortly after the war described in the Iliad: .... of 
the most studied books of that epic poem, Dido, queen of Carthage,... [DOC] [TLE] VIRGIL, AENEID BOOK 1 - Theoi Classical Texts Library [PAR] His works include the Aeneid, an twelve book epic describing the founding of ... 
by the Trojan hero Aeneas, and two pastoral poems--Eclogues and Georgics.