Problems during time and place of the Trojan War hinder Roman poet Vergilius Maro (Virgil) from writing his greatest work, the Aeneid. From the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, Myrina goes to sea with her ship-owner lover, Bullatius, on voyages to solve the problems for Vergilius until his death in 19 BC. The dangerous knowledge they discover threatens the hold of Augustus Caesar on the East-West unity of the Roman Empire. It could destroy the Greeks as a people. It could cost the lives of herself, the crew of their ship Ilica, and of her father, Parthenius...