AENEID QUOTES

Aeneas’ introduction

If only I’d gone down under your right hand- and poured out my life on the battlegrounds of Troy!

Aeneas’ suffering by Dido

he takes the full force of love and suffering deep in his great heart.

Aeneas kills Turnus

blazing with wrath he plants his iron sword hilt-deep in his enemy’s heart.

Dido’s death

 death not fated or deserved

Carthages’ stasis

The towers of Carthage, half built, rise no more, and the young men quit their combat drills in arms.

Dido’s poisoning

tragic Dido, doomed to a plague about to strike,

Hector tells Aeneas to flee

Escape, son of the goddess- The enemy holds our walls. Troy is toppling from her heights. You have paid your debt to our king and native land.

Aeneas’ piety

Spurred by Panthus’ words and the gods’ will,

Aeneas’ character

a prototype of the Roman character- [with] the kind of qualities which had made Rome great and would make her greater still. -Deryck Williams

Aeneas leaves the Underworld

then sets a course straight to Caieta’s harbour.

Virgil and suffering

Virgil’s sympathy for the defeated- often seems to conflict with the triumph of Rome’s achievement -Deryck Williams

The Victims

The progress toward Rome, in human terms, is not a happy one. -David Ross

Roman Ruling Virtues

to put your stamp on the works and ways of peace, to spare the defeated, break the proud in war.