Vergil's Aeneid Important Notes

male amicus = inimicum

hostile (litoties) Using a positive term with a negative to emphasize a point, negating the contrast shows irony

mihi trepide

fearful me

dative of separation + interlocked word order/synchysis: words are intentionally scattered to create bewilderment, to show confusion

omnibus, una defuit

the juxtaposition (omnibus, una) and enjambment (the delaying of defuit until the next line) all dramatize Aeneas’ sorrowful realization that, all of the refugees in his band, only his wife was lost

urbem repeto et cingor armis

hysteron proteron - places the emphasis on Aeneas returning to the city to look for his wife Creusa after realizing she is missing.