Psappo's poetry was the model by which ancient cultures defined love. His views on love influenced many literary works, including Virgil's Aeneid. Love is an uncontrollable force that hits an individual from the outside and can come suddenly or unexpectedly. Love is often described as a positive emotion that makes people happy, but this can easily turn into fury; fury is the aspect of love associated with violence and madness. Dido's love for Aeneas illustrates the inner turmoil that afflicts individuals when they are deprived of the love for which they so ardently crave. Virgil achieves this through the incorporation of the symbol of fire and through the platonic metaphor of the war between reason and appetite in his work. Virgil uses the dual nature of fire to describe the change in the disposition of Dido's relationship with Aeneas. Fire is still a common literary symbol for the erotic and passionate attribute of love; it can also be an extremely destructive force in nature. The text confirms that Dido is completely in love with Aeneas when it says: “The queen is caught between pain and the pressure of love. She nourishes the wound in her veins; she is eaten by a secret flame. The great name of Aeneas, all that he has done, once again returns like a flood. His face, his words hold his chest. (page 79, lines 1 to 6). In this quote, fire is used to illustrate the intensity of his feelings for Aeneas. His desire to have her is so fervent that his body and mind are figuratively consumed by fire. Virgil describes Dido's realization of her love for Aeneas when he writes: “Aeneas is the only man to move my feelings, to overwhelm my changing heart. I know the signs of the old flame too well. (page 80, l...... middle of paper...... Aeneas, we can see that this also attracts the destructive forces that are rooted in the human soul. This then brings the higher and lower soul of an individual to engage in a platonic battle until the individual's internal suffering is so great that he can no longer cope with it. All these traits transformed Dido's love into fury. His madness did not allow him to understand that Aeneas was not leaving his free will, and was only leaving to fulfill his predetermined destiny. His emotional instability did not allow him to successfully manage the internal war that was raging in. It was because of her inability to deal with these emotions that she turned against herself and violently killed her life when she realized that her lover would no longer be with her forever. Dido's love started in flames, her love and life also ended..