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- 1Heroism Virgil on Aeneas with Stags 1.196With a hero's generosity
- 2Heroism Aeneas in Troy 2.315Mindlessly I put on my armour... frenzy and danger drove me on and suddenly it seemed a noble thing to die in arms
- 3Heroism Aeneas on Pyrrhus 2.492No bolts or guards could hold him
- 4Heroism Aeneas compared to Apollo 4.149-151The arrows sound on his shoulders... with no less vigour moved Aeneas and his face shone with equal radiance and grace
- 5Heroism Aeneas with Deiphobe 6.264Aeneas strode fearlessly along behind her
- 6Heroism Virgil on Turnus 7.475-7Turnus was filling the hearts of the Rutulians with boldness
- 7Heroism Juno about Aeneas 10.65-66Neither man nor god compelled Aeneas to choose the ways of war
- 8Honour and Reputation Dido in her conflicted anguish 4.550-2I was not allowed to live my life without marriage, in innocence, like a wild creature, and be untouched by such anguish as this
- 9Honour and Reputation Deiphobe about Aeneas 6.403Aeneas, famous for his devotion and feats of arms
- 10Honour and Reputation Drances on Aeneas 11.123O 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?
- 11Family Aeneas to his family in Troy 2.709Come 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
- 12Family Ascanius to Euryalus 9.297The mother who gave birth to such a son will receive no ordinary gratitude
- 13Family Turnus to his men 10.280Each of you must now think of his home and remember the great deeds which brought glory to their fathers
- 14Family Women of Laurentum protecting their city 11.891Even 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
- 15Women Aeneas searching for Creusa 2.770Grief-stricken, I called her name 'Creusa! Creusa!' again and again, but there was no answer
- 16Women On the prayers of lovestruck Dido 4.66-67What use are prayers and shrines to a passionate woman?
- 17Women Dido to Aeneas on her reputation 4.323-4Because of you I have lost all conscience and self-respect and have thrown away the good name I once had
- 18The role of the gods Juno "marries" Dido and Aeneas 4.167-168The sign was given by Earth and by Juno as matron of honour
- 19The role of the gods Nisus on his passion 9.185-6Is it the gods who put this ardour into our minds, or does every man's irresistible desire become his god?
- 20The role of the gods Jupiter to Juno on her pleas for Turnus 10.626-8If 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
- 21The power of Fate Jupiter reassuring Venus 1.258You can be sure that the destiny of your descendants remains unchanged
- 22The power of Fate Dido when cursing Aeneas 4.613-4If that is what the Fates of Jupiter demand
- 23The power of Fate Dido sees her fate 4.450-1She had seen her destiny and was afraid
- 24The power of Fate Jupiter weighs the scales of Fate 12.727Then 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
- 25The portrayal of war Aeneas describes the death of Polites 2.531He fell and vomited his life's blood before their eyes
- 26The portrayal of war Dido on Pygmalion 4.24-6My own brother spilt his blood and polluted the gods of our home
- 27The portrayal of war Aeneas sees Deiphobus 6.495-6He 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.
- 28The portrayal of war Tiber advising Aeneas 8.41-42Do not be intimidated by the threat of war
- 29The portrayal of war Apollo to Ascanius on his first kill 9.642You have become a man, young Iulus, and we salute you!
- 30The portrayal of war Death of Pallas 10.486In 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.
- 31The portrayal of war Alsus kills Podalirius 10.307Struck 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
- 32Moral values Dido to Aeneas on her reputation 4.323-4Because of you I have lost all conscience and self-respect and have thrown away the good name I once had
- 33Moral values Dido on Aeneas 4.598So much for his pledge
- 34Moral values Virgil on Aeneas leaving Dido 4.441God 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
- 35Moral values Virgil on Aeneas returning from Etruria 10.218Duty allowed no rest to the limbs of Aeneas
- 36Moral values Aeneas to Turnus as he kills him 12.949It is Pallas who exacts the penalty in your guilty blood
- 37The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Jupiter to Venus on the Romans 1.278On them I impose no limits of time or place. I have given them and empire that will know no end
- 38The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Jupiter to Venus on Augustus 1.287From 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
- 39The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Virgil on Aeneas after talking to his father 6,889Anchises had shown each and every sight to his son and kindled in his mind a love for the glory that was to come
- 40The role of Aeneas in Rome's imperial Destiny Tiber to Aeneas 8,39This is the home decreed for the gods of your household
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