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Aeneid Flashcards

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“A great pounding…

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… he took by land a sea at the hands of the heavenly gods.” (1)

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“Overwhelm their…

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… ships and sink them.” (1)

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Simile- waves are compared to …

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a “common mob” rioting (1)

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“He succeeded…

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… in stretching 7 huge carcasses on the ground, one for each of the ships.” (1)

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Venus- “Is this our…

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… reward for piety and obedience?” (1)

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A- “Your face…

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… is not the face of a mortal.” (1)

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V- “Go on from…

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… here to the Queen’s door.” (1)

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A “You are…

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… too cruel.” (1)

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Simile for workers in Carthage

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“They were like bees at the beginning of summer.” (1)

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“Queen Dido in…

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… all her beauty.” (1)

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Ilioneus refers to Aeneas as:

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“He had no equal for his piety and his care for justice.” (1)

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A. when cloud is lifted from him…

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“with head a shoulders of a god.” (1)

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“But a Father’s love…

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… allowed Aeneas’ mind no rest.” (1)

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“Dido, doomed to be…

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… the victim of a plague that was yet to come.” (1)

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Laocoon: “If divine fate, if…

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… the minds of the gods had not been set against us… Troy would still be standing.” (2)

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Priam accepting Sinon: “You…

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… will be one of us.” (2)

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Laocoon’s death, simile: “Like the…

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… bellowing of a wounded bull.” (2) Ironic HE’S the one now being sacrificed. He was doing the sacrificing before.

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Hector to A: “You…

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… must escape.” (2) (dream)

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A: “Suddenly it seemed…

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… the noble thing to die in arms.” (2)

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“Let us…

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… die.” (2)

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Pyrrhus=

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Neoptolimus. A Greek. Son of Achilles.

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Simile for Pyrrhus: “He was like…

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… a snake which had fed on poisonous herbs.” (sly/ravenous/tactile/violent.) (2)

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Polites’ death…

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… “He fell and vomited his life’s blood before their eyes.” (2)

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“This is not how Achilles…

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… treated his enemy Priam.” (2)

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Priam “A corpse…

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… with no name.” (2)

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Aeneas: “I longed in my anger…

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… to avenge my country.” (2)

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“Such a victory…

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… wins no praise.” (to kill a woman i.e. Helen) (2)

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“It is the gods…

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… the cruelty of the gods.” (2)

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“My first wish was…

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… to find my Father.” (2)

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“So anxious…

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… was I.” (2)

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“Things do not happen…

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… without the approval of the gods.” (2)

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“Dido was on fire…

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… with love.” (4)

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33
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“This day was the…

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… beginning of her death.” (4)

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Jupiter- Mercury: “Speak to the Trojan…

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… leader who now linger in Tyrian Carthage without a thought for the cities granted him by the Fates.” (4)

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“You owe him…

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… the land of Rome.” (4)

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“This warning, the command…

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… from the gods, had struck him like a thunder bolt.” (4)

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“You traitor, did you…

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… imagine you could do this and keep it a secret?” (4)

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“Pity my house…

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… that is falling around me.” (4)

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He struggles: “to fight…

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… down the anguish in his heart.” (4)

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40
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“My first concern…

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… would be to tend the city of Troy.” (4)

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41
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“The wrong I am doing him…

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… cheating him of his kingdom in Hesperia.” (4)

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“It is not by my…

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… own will that I search for Italy.” (4)

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“You are a…

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… traitor.” (4)

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“But Aeneas was…

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… faithful to his duty.” (4)

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Simile for Trojans getting ready to set sail out of Carthage:

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“Pouring out of every part of the city like ants.” (4)

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Simile for the effect that Dido’s words have on A:

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Like a tree which is blowing in the wind, “But it holds on to the rocks with roots.” (4)

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“Unhappy Dido…

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… prayed for death.” (4)

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D’s plan: “to set…

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… me free from him.” (double meaning) (4)

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D: “That monster…

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… of wickedness.” (4)

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D: “Let there be war…

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… between the nations and between their sons forever.”

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“Devout…

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… Aeneas.” (6)

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Sybil: “A second…

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… Achilles is already born in Latium.” (6)

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“I pray to be allowed…

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… to go and look upon the face of my dear father.” (6)

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“Aeneas knew they were…

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… his mother’s birds and he was glad.” (6)

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Dido’s ignoring A like a…

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“block of flint.” (6)

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“Learn to be…

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… just and not slight the gods.” (6)

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“I counted…

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… the hours knowing you would come.” (6)

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Anchises: “Your task, Roman… will…

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… be to govern the people’s of the world in your empire.” (6)

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2 omens. book 7. 1) a new leader is coming 2) there is a great war to come

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1) bees. “a could of bees, buzzing loudly.” 2) Lavinia’s hair. “the princess’s hair was blazing.”

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“The all-powerful Father…

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… thundered clear three times from the heights of the sky” (7)

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“This Aeneas is the…

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… man the Fates demand.” (7)

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Juno (7): “They must think…

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… my powers are exhausted and discredited.”

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(Amata) “A horror driving her…

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… to frenzy and bringing down her whole house in ruin.” (7)

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(Amata) “Like a…

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… spinning top.” (7)

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(Turnus) “The lust…

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… for battle raged within him.” (7)

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“Turnus was filling…

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… the hearts of the Rutulians with boldness.” (7)

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(Juno) “There is enough…

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… terror and lying.” (7)

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Simile: “King Latinus who stood…

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… unmoved like a rock in the ocean.” (7)

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Turnus= “Fairest….

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… of them all.” (7)

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A to Evander: “I should…

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… come to you as a suppliant.” (8)

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Evander: “Come into my…

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… poor home.” (8)

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Vulcan: “Armour has to…

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… be made for a brave hero.” (8)

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Thunder and trumpets in book 8: “This is…

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… heaven asking for me.” (8)

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Evander about Pallas: “O my dear…

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… son, my only source of joy.” (8)

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Aeneas: “He was like…

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… the morning star.” (8)

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Zeus: “I had forbidden…

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… Italy to clash with the Trojans.” (10)

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Z: “Let each man…

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… face his own fortune.” (10)

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Ascanius in the fighting: “He was like…

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… a gem sparkling in its gold setting.” (10)

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“Duty allowed…

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… no rest for the limbs of Aeneas.” (10)

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“On the head…

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… of Aeneas there blazed a tongue of fire.” (10)

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“But the bold…

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… confidence of Turnus never wavered.” (10)

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Trojans and Latins facing each other simile: “Like…

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… opposing winds.” (10)

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Turnus killing Pallas: “I wish…

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… his Father were here to see it.” (10)

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Turnus (after chasing the apparition of A. away from the battle): “If only the…

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… earth could open deep enough to swallow me.” (10)

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Mezentius: “My trophy…

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… over Aeneas will be my own son!” (10)

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Aeneas before killing Lausus simile: “Just as when…

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… the clouds descend in a sudden storm of hail.” (10)

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Aeneas after L’s death: “He groaned…

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… from his heart in pity.” (10)

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M after L’s death: “fouling his…

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… grey hair with dust.” (10)

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M to A: “You are…

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… my bitter enemy.” (10)

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Latinus’ words: “These words…

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… had no effect on Turnus.” (12)

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Lavinia’s reaction, simile: “As when Indian…

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… ivory has been stained with blood-red dye.” (12)

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(Turnus) “He is confronting…

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… a destiny to which he is not equal.” (12)

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“Father Aeneas…

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… the founder of the Roman race, with his divine armour blazing and his shield like a star.” (12)

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“I shall not order…

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… Italians to obey Trojans.” (12)

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Turnus= “Downcast…

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… eyes.” (12)

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“unhelmetmed, stretched…

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… out his weaponless right hand.” (12)

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“From me, my son…

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… you can learn hard toil.” (12)

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A. coming back to battle simile, like when: “a cloud…

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… blots out the sun.” (12)

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Juturna- like: “a…

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… black swallow.” (12)

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A= “roused…

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… himself to savage slaughter.” (12)

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Way Trojans push into city: “Just as when…

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… a shepard tracks some bees to their home.” (12)

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Turnus: “Just as a boulder…

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… comes crashing down from the top of a mountain.” (12)

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“Just as when two enemy bulls…

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… bring their horns to bear and charge into battle.” (12)

104
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A: “Like a…

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… hunting dog.” (12)

105
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“What they were competing…

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… for was the lifeblood of Turnus.” (12)

106
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“You are fierce, Aeneas…

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… but wild words do not frighten me.” (12)

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A throwing his final spear: “Like a…

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… dark whirlwind it flew.” (12) (carrying death and destruction with it, simile and metaphor)

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“Burning with a mad…

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… passion and terrible in his wrath.” (12)

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