" In "Lavinia, " Ursula LeGuin invented the back story of Aeneas's wife in Virgil's "Aeneid.

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Ironically, the way in which Aeneas abandons Dido in favour of his preordained fate is characteristic of Carthaginian treachery.

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But instead, Neptune thinks better of his rant in order to get down to the business of saving the epic's hero, Aeneas.

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In addition to Bettis, four other players failed to get in on the final vote: Charles Haley, Andre Reed, Michael Strahan and Aeneas Williams.

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Even Aeneas might have balked at the challenge.

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