The Aeneid Quotes

Book One Invocation of the Muse (inspired by The Iliad and The Odyssey)

"I sing of arms and of the man..."

Book One Introduction - Aeneas' fate

"fated to be an exile", "Great too were his sufferings in the war"

Book One - Juno's anger

"the fierce and unforgettable anger of Juno", "Juno brooded",

Book One - Aeneas' piety

"a man famous for his piety", "seven huge carcasses on the ground, one for each of the ships.", "as they mourned, he comforted them", "We have suffered worse before", "He showed them the face of hope and kept his misery deep in his heart", "dutiful Aeneas", "I am Aeneas, known for my devotion.", "following the destiny which had been given to me", "But a father's love allowed Aeneas' mind no rest"

Book One - Why does Juno hate Aeneas?

"Its name was Carthage, and Juno is said to have loved it more than any other place...", "from the blood of Troy a race of men... would overthrow this Tyrian citadel...", "judgement of Paris and the injustice of the slight of her beauty...", "her fury at the honours done to Ganymede..."

Minor Characters - Aeolus Key Quotes

Aeolia - "a place teeming with the raging winds of the south"
Aeolus - "he keeps in subjection the brawling winds and howling storms", "soothing their spirits and tempering their angry passions", "my duty is to carry out your orders"
Jupiter - not as powerful, "In fear of this, the All-powerful Father"
Juno - "Juno made supplication", "I shall make her yours" Deiopea, women treated like property

Book One - Aeneas' response to the storm

"A sudden chill went through Aeneas and his limbs grew weak", "Groaning", "Those whose fate it was to die beneath the high walls of Troy... were many, many times more fortunate than I", "O Diomede... why could I not have fallen to your right hand..."

Book One - Neptune's Virgillean Simile

Furor - "As when disorder arises among the people of a great city and the common mob runs riot", "wild passion"
Pietas - "a man who has some weight among them for his goodness and his services to the state", "his words command their passions and soothe their hearts"

Jupiter and Venus' Meeting - Venus' plea

"You who rule the affairs of gods and men", "O father, father, has some argument changed your mind?", "As for me, I used to console myself with this for the cruel fall and sack of Troy", "Is this our reward for piety and obedience?"

Jupiter and Venus' Meeting - Jupiter's prophecy

"the destiny of your descendants remains unchanged", "unrolling for you the secrets of the scroll of the Fates", "He will wage a great war in Italy and crush its fierce tribes", "the rule of the race of Hector will last three hundred long years", "Ilia the priestess queen, heavy with the seed of Mars, shall give birth to twin sons", "On them I impose no limits of time or place", "an empire that will know no end", "the rulers of the world, the race that wears the toga", "So it has been decreed", "Julius... you will receive him in the sky laden with the spoils of the East", "He too will be called upon in prayer."

Book One - Dido

"the queen took into her heart a feeling of quiet and kindness towards the Trojans", "a great crowd of warriors around her", "She was like Diana leading the dance on the banks of Eurotas", "she was giving laws and rules of conduct to her people", "Put every anxious thought out of your hearts.", "Through my own suffering, I am learning to help those who suffer."

Book One - Divine Intervention

"shut in on every side by trees and quivering shade", "Venus hedged them about with a thick mist", "a great veil of cloud over them so no one could see them or touch them"

Book One - Venus and Aeneas

Venus - "his mother came to him looking like a Spartan girl out hunting... or like Thracian Harpalyce", "Tyrian girls all carry the quiver and wear purple boots with this high ankle binding.", "I do not believe you are hated by the gods", "your comrades are restored and your fleet returned to you."
Aeneas - "Your face is not the face of a mortal... Surely you must be a goddess?" "Are you Diana... Are you one of the sister nymphs?", "Why do you so often mock your own son by taking on these disguises?", "You are too cruel".

Book One - Dido and Sychaeus

"Dido, who came from the city of Tyre to escape her brother", "Sychaeus, the wealthiest of the Phoenicians.", "great was the love the poor queen bore for him", "Tyre was ruled by her brother, Pygmalion, the vilest of criminals", "In blind lust for his gold the godless Pygmalion attacked him... ambushing him at the altar.", "Dido was sick with love", "The woman led the whole undertaking".

Book One - Carthage

"drawing up laws and electing magistrates and a senate", "excavating a harbour", "laying deep foundations for a theatre", "How fortunate they are!" - Aeneas, "Their walls are already rising!" - Aeneas, "a raised temple... the threshold was of bronze, the beams were jointed with bronze and the bronze doors..." - Juno's temple

Book One - Bee Virgillean Simile

"like bees at the beginning of summer, busy in the sunshine all through the flowery meadows, bringing out the young of the race... or treading the oozing honey and swelling the cells with nectar, or taking the loads as they come in or mounting the guard to keep the herds of idle drones out of their farmstead. The hive seethes with activity..."

Book One - Mural of the Trojan War

"Aeneas stopped, and wept...", "rivers of tears washed down his cheeks", "Diomede", "Troilus", "Achilles", "The women of Troy", "Hector", "Priam", "Memnon", "The Amazons", "Penthesilea"

Book One - The beginning of Dido's downfall

"to inflame the heart of the queen, driving her to madness", "you can then breathe fire and poison into her", "the unfortunate Dido, doomed to be victim of a plague that was yet to come", "She fixed her eyes and her whole heart on him", "marking her out to suffer", "the doomed Dido", "drinking long draughts of love"

Book One - Scholarship

Book Two