The Aeneid Key Quotes

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the gods on war Book 10
'pitied the futile anger of the two armies and grieved that men had so much suffering'
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Amata's suicide Book 12
'in the frenzy of grief'
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Aeneas' lack of clementia Book 12
'burning with rage, he buried his sword deep'
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Turnus' death Book 12
'his life fled, with a moan, angrily'
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Juno Book 1
'bitter Juno's malignity'
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Jupiter on Rome Book 1
'an empire that knows no end'
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Carthage simile Book 1
'just as bees in early summer carry out their tasks'
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Dido simile Book 4
'like a wounded doe'
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fire imagery Book 4
'she inflamed the queen's burning heart with love'
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Aeneas' reaction to Jupiter Book 4
'stupefied... struck dumb'
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the setting of Dido's suicide Book 4
'raging flames were rolling over the roofs of men and gods'
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Anchises prophecies Augustus Book 6
'will make a Golden Age again'
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Turnus simile Book 9
'like a wolf in the dead of night, lying in wait'
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Euryalus death simile Book 9
'like a bright flower scythed by the plough, bowing its head as it dies'
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Nisus death Book 9
'found peace at last in the calm of death'
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Virgil on war Book 11
'a huge pile of jumbled corpses... burned, uncounted and unhonoured'
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Camilla's death Book 11
'her life left her with a groan and fled in anger'
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Aeneas' furor Book 12
'he awoke dreadful, savage, indiscriminate slaughter, and gave full rein to his wrath'
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Aeneas and Turnus in battle, repeated verbs Book 12
'hurled... churned... trampled... charged'
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Amata's suicide Book 12

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'in the frenzy of grief'

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Aeneas' lack of clementia Book 12

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Turnus' death Book 12

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Juno Book 1

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