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  • Aeneid Main Characters
    • Aeneas
      • 'constitit' 'corripuit' 'miscet'
        • Frequent verbs at start of lines- man of action
      • 'nullam' and 'navem'
        • Enclosing order - emphasise disappoint
      • 'dividit, et dictis'
        • 'di' assonance emphasises division
      • 'animos maestumque timorem mittite'
        • 'm' alliteration - soothing
      • magnanimum Aenean
        • Epic epithet
      • 'ternaque transierint subactis'
        • Alliteration 't' emphasises three years
      • 'o fortunati, quorum iam moenda surgunt'
        • Spondaic line and 'm' alliteration - sighing
    • Dido
      • 'talis...talem'
        • Polyptoton emphasises epic simile
      • 'dum...dum'
        • Anaphora emphasises slow lines, as if time has stopped
      • 'partibus'
        • Virgil frequently compares to Aeneas, who 'partitur' vension
      • 'iura legesque'
        • Hendiadys - emphasises fairness of her rule
    • Jupiter
      • 'constitit et Libyae defixit lumina regnis'
        • Grand, majestic image
      • 'imperium'
        • Power only consuls and dictator had to execute without trial
          • He has ultimate power
      • 'vultu quo caelum tempestatesque serenat'
        • Spondaic line emphasises calmness and stability
      • 'manent immota tuorum'
        • Soothing 'm' alliteration
    • Venus
      • 'quid...quid'
        • Anaphora emphasises anger - searching for answers
      • 'adloquitor ... aeternis'
        • 'a' alliteration may resemble sobbing
      • 'certe... pollictus'
        • 'pollictus' left until end of sentence for emphasis
      • 'fatis contraria fata'
        • Alliteration of 't' could suggest that she is spitting
        • polyptoton emphasises Aeneas's destiny

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