Book 2 Quotes

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A2 Classics (Aeneid Book 2) Flashcards on Book 2 Quotes, created by susannahjeffery on 26/03/2015.
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'No man can speak of such things and not weep.'
'Laocoon came running down in a blaze of fury,'
'This was all part of his scheme.'
Cunning and false tears had overcome the men who had not been subdued by Diomede... nor by ten years of siege nor a thousand ships.'
'His priestly ribbons befouled by gore and black venom.'
'Look for a great city to establish for them after long wanderings across the sea.'
'A furious south wind is carrying fire into a field of grain.'
'A mountain river whirls along in spate, flattening all the fields.'
'Mindlessly I put on my armour, for reason has little use for armour.'
'Frenzy and anger drove me on and suddenly it seemed a noble thing to die in arms.'
'Rushing to defend a burning city. Let us die. Let us rush into the thick of the fighting.'
'Bitter grief was everywhere.'
'I saw Priam's blood all over the alter, polluting the flame.'
'As soon as he reached his father and mother, he fell and vomited his life's blood before their eyes.'
'There came into my mind an image of my own father.'
'The passion flared in my heart and I longed in anger to avenge my country even as it fell.'
'Will you not first go and see where you have left your father... and your son Ascanius?'
'My first wish was to find my father.'
'I rushed to take up arms again in complete despair.'
'Murders the son before the face of the father.'
'A light began to stream... and the flame seemed to lick his soft hair... without harming him.'
'A star fell from the sky, trailing a great torch of light.'
'Come then, dear father, up on my back.'
'So afraid for both the man I carried and for the child at my side.'
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