Aeneid Quotes

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Heroism Virgil on Aeneas with Stags 1.196	With a hero's generosity
Heroism Aeneas in Troy 2.315	Mindlessly I put on my armour... frenzy and danger drove me on and suddenly it seemed a noble thing to die in arms
Heroism Aeneas on Pyrrhus 2.492	No bolts or guards could hold him
Heroism Aeneas compared to Apollo 4.149-151	The arrows sound on his shoulders... with no less vigour moved Aeneas and his face shone with equal radiance and grace
Heroism Aeneas with Deiphobe 6.264	Aeneas strode fearlessly along behind her
Heroism Virgil on Turnus 7.475-7	Turnus was filling the hearts of the Rutulians with boldness
Heroism Juno about Aeneas 10.65-66	Neither man nor god compelled Aeneas to choose the ways of war
Honour and Reputation Dido in her conflicted anguish 4.550-2	I was not allowed to live my life without marriage, in innocence, like a wild creature, and be untouched by such anguish as this
Honour and Reputation Deiphobe about Aeneas 6.403	Aeneas, famous for his devotion and feats of arms
Honour and Reputation Drances on Aeneas 11.123	O Trojan, great in fame, and greater still in arms, what words of mine could raise you to the skies? what shall I first praise? Your justice or your Labours in war?
Family Aeneas to his family in Troy 2.709	Come then, dear father, up on my back... Young Iulus can walk by my side and my wife can follow in my footsteps at a distance
Family Ascanius to Euryalus 9.297	The mother who gave birth to such a son will receive no ordinary gratitude
Family Turnus to his men 10.280	Each of you must now think of his home and remember the great deeds which brought glory to their fathers
Family Women of Laurentum protecting their city 11.891	Even the mothers strove their utmost - the true love of their native land showed them the way and Camilla was their example. Wildly they hurled missiles from the walls... longing to be the first to die in defence of the walls of their city
Women Aeneas searching for Creusa 2.770	Grief-stricken, I called her name 'Creusa! Creusa!' again and again, but there was no answer
Women On the prayers of lovestruck Dido 4.66-67	What use are prayers and shrines to a passionate woman?
Women Dido to Aeneas on her reputation 4.323-4	Because of you I have lost all conscience and self-respect and have thrown away the good name I once had
The role of the gods Juno "marries" Dido and Aeneas 4.167-168	The sign was given by Earth and by Juno as matron of honour
The role of the gods Nisus on his passion 9.185-6	Is it the gods who put this ardour into our minds, or does every man's irresistible desire become his god?
The role of the gods Jupiter to Juno on her pleas for Turnus 10.626-8	If there is some deeper thought of mercy underlying these appeals of yours, and if you believe that the whole course of the war can be affected or its outcome changed, the hopes you nourish are empty
The power of Fate Jupiter reassuring Venus 1.258	You can be sure that the destiny of your descendants remains unchanged
The power of Fate Dido when cursing Aeneas 4.613-4	If that is what the Fates of Jupiter demand
The power of Fate Dido sees her fate 4.450-1	She had seen her destiny and was afraid
The power of Fate Jupiter weighs the scales of Fate 12.727	Then Jupiter himself lifted up a pair of scales... and put the lives of the two men in them to decide who would be condemned in the ordeal of battle
The portrayal of war Aeneas describes the death of Polites 2.531	He fell and vomited his life's blood before their eyes
The portrayal of war Dido on Pygmalion 4.24-6	My own brother spilt his blood and polluted the gods of our home
The portrayal of war Aeneas sees Deiphobus 6.495-6	He saw Deiphobus son of Priam, His whole body mutilated and his face cruelly torn. The face and both hands were in shreds. the ears had been ripped from the head.
The portrayal of war Tiber advising Aeneas 8.41-42	Do not be intimidated by the threat of war
The portrayal of war Apollo to Ascanius on his first kill 9.642	You have become a man, young Iulus, and we salute you!
The portrayal of war Death of Pallas 10.486	In desperation, Pallas tore the warm blade out of the wound, and blood and life came out together after it... as he died his bleeding mouth bit the soil of his enemies.
The portrayal of war Alsus kills Podalirius 10.307	Struck him full in the middle of the forehead and split it to the chin, bathing all his armour in a shower of blood... An iron sleep bore down upon him and closed his eyes in everlasting night
Moral values Dido to Aeneas on her reputation 4.323-4	Because of you I have lost all conscience and self-respect and have thrown away the good name I once had
Moral values Dido on Aeneas 4.598	So much for his pledge
Moral values Virgil on Aeneas leaving Dido 4.441	God blocked his ears to all appeals... [he] felt the pain deep in his mighty heart but his mind remained unmoved and the tears rolled in vain
Moral values Virgil on Aeneas returning from Etruria 10.218	Duty allowed no rest to the limbs of Aeneas
Moral values Aeneas to Turnus as he kills him 12.949	It is Pallas who exacts the penalty in your guilty blood
The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Jupiter to Venus on the Romans 1.278	On them I impose no limits of time or place. I have given them and empire that will know no end
The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Jupiter to Venus on Augustus 1.287	From this noble stock there will be born a Trojan Caesar to bound his empire by Oceanus at the limits of the world, and his fame by the stars
The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Virgil on Aeneas after talking to his father 6,889	Anchises had shown each and every sight to his son and kindled in his mind a love for the glory that was to come
The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Tiber to Aeneas 8,39	This is the home decreed for the gods of your household

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