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In this lecture, we consider (a) Aeneas' journey from fallen Troy through Thrace, Delos, Crete, the Strophades, Buthrotum, and finally to Sicily/"Drepanum's Unhappy Coast"; (b) Aeneas' several attempts at founding a city against fate, reception of helpful and confusing prophecies and ultimately (c) the unexpected death of his father, Anchises.