AENEID QUOTES

"To Romans I set no boundary in space or time. I have granted them dominion, and it has no end."

(Book I: Jupiter's Prophecy)

"To Romans I set no boundary in space or time. I have granted them dominion, and it has no end."

"Yes, even the furious Juno... shall amend her plans, and she and I will foster the nation which wears the toga, the Roman nation, masters of the world."

(Book I: Jupiter's Prophecy)

"Yes, even furious Juno... shall amend her plans, and she and I will foster the nation which wears the toga, the Roman nation, masters of the world."

"And then shall be born, of proud descent from Troy, one Caesar...a Julius, bearing a name inherited from Iulus his great ancestor."

(Book I: Jupiter's Prophecy)

"And then shall be born, of proud descent from Troy, one Caesar... a Julius, bearing a name inherited from Iulus his great ancestor."

"You shall welcome to Heaven with peace in your heart this Julius, coming weighted with the spoils of the Orient; and he also shall be invoked to listen to prayers. Then shall our furious centuries lay down their warring arms, and shall grow kind...the terrible iron-constricted Gates of War shall shut; and safe within them shall stay the godless and ghastly Lust of Blood."

(Book I: Jupiter's Prophecy)

"You shall welcome to Heaven with peace in your heart this Julius, coming weighted with the spoils of the Orient; and he also shall be invoked to listen to prayers. Then shall our furious centuries lay down their warring arms, and shall grow kind... the terrible iron-constricted Gates of War shall shut; and safe within them shall stay the godless and ghastly Lust of Blood."

"It is hard to believe Gods in Heaven capable of such rancour."

(Book I: Power of Gods)

"It is hard to believe Gods in Heaven capable of such rancour."

"You shall exalt to the stars of Heaven your son Aeneas, the great of heart... Aeneas shall fight a great war in Italy... shall establish for his warriors a way of life and walls for defence."

(Book I: Jupiter's Prophecy)

"You shall exalt to the stars in Heaven your son Aeneas, the great of heart... shall fight a great war in Italy...shall establish for his warriors a way of life and walls for defence."

"You must revive your spirits and dismiss unhappiness and fear...Hold hard, therefore. Preserve yourselves for better days."

(Book I: Aeneas Leadership)

"You must revive your spirits and dismiss unhappiness and fear...Hold hard, therefore. Preserve yourselves for better days."

"Such were the words he spoke, but he was sick at heart, for the cares which he bore were heavy indeed. Yet he concealed his sorrow deep within him, and his face looked confident and cheerful."

(Book I: Aeneas Leadership)

"Such were the words he spoke, but he was sick at heart, for the cares which he bore were heavy indeed. Yet he concealed his sorrow deep within him, and his face looked confident and cheerful."

"More than any other, Aeneas the True sighed within himself... thinking of each one... his valiant friends."

(Book I: Aeneas Leadership)

"More than any other, Aeneas the True sighed deep within himself...thinking of each one... his valiant friends."

"Aeneas found that his love for his son would not let his mind rest... the loving father's every thought was fixed on Ascanius."

(Book I: Pietas)

"Aeneas found that his love for his son would not let his mind rest... the loving father's every thought was fixed on Ascanius."

"Trojans, cast fear from your thoughts... Count as your own city which I am erecting."

(Book I: Dido)

"Trojans, cast fear from your thoughts...Count as your own city which I am erecting."

"Enflame her with a distraction of love, and entwine the fire about her very bones."

(Book I: Gods, Dido)

"Enflame her with a distraction of love, and entwine the fire about her very bones."

"Enclose the queen in such a girdle of flames that no act of divine power may divert her from submitting... breathe into her invisible fire, and poison."

(Book I: Gods, Dido)

"Enclose the queen in such a girdle of flames that no act of divine power may divert her from submitting... breathe into her invisible fire, and poison."

"She was already announcing new laws and statutes to her people and deciding by her own balanced judgement.."

(Book I: Dido)

"She was already announcing new laws and statutes, and deciding by her own balanced judgement."

"For the first time a wild horror gripped me...I pictured to myself my own dear father...I pictured Creusa, left forlorn, and the pillage of my home, and the fate of my little Iulus."

(Book II: Pietas)

"For the first time, a wild horror gripped me...I pictured to myself my own dear father...I pictured Creusa, left forlorn, and the pillage of my home, and the fate of my little Iulus."

"I will hold my shoulders ready for you; this labour of love will be no weight for me."

(Book II: Pietas)

"I will hold my shoulders ready for you; this labour of love will be no weight for me."

"I was mad with horror; I upbraided every deity, and cursed the whole human race. In all Troy's overthrow nothing was so heartrending to me as was this loss."

(Book II: Pietas)

"I was mad with horror; I upbraided every deity, and cursed the whole human race. In all Troy's overthrow, nothing was so heartrending to me as was this loss."

"Out of my senses, I grasped my arms; not that I had any plan for battle, but simply a burning desire to muster a band for fighting...Frantic in my fury I had no time for decisions; I only remembered that death in battle is glorious."

(Book II: Furor)

"Out of my senses, I grasped my arms; not that I had any plan for battle, only a burning desire to muster a band for fighting...Frantic in my fury I had no time for decisions; I only remembered that death in battle is glorious."

"Out flashed all the fire in me and I was filled with a rage to avenge my home, and wreak punishment, crime for crime...there may be no great honour in killing a woman...madness had mastered my judgement."

(Book II: Furor)

"Out flashed all the fire in me and I was filled with a rage to avenge my home, and wreak punishment, crime for crime... there may be no great honour in killing a woman... madness had mastered my judgement."

"Let me return to the battle once more."

(Book II: Furor)

"Let me return to the battle once more."

"Why this blind anger? And how can your love for us have passed so far from your thoughts?"

(Book II: Gods)

"Why this blind anger? And how can your love for us have passed so far from your thoughts?"

"Son, make your escape and flee...I will be near you everywhere, and set you safe at your father's door."

(Book II: Gods)

"Son, make your escape and flee...I will be near you everywhere, and set you safe at your father's door."

"How can Aeneas, my dear son, and the other Trojans have given so offence so grave?"

(Book I: Gods)

"How can Aeneas, my dear son, and the other Trojans have given so offence so grave?"

"Spending all the long winter together in comfort and self-indulgence, caught in the snare of shameful passion, with never a thought of their royal duty."

(Book IV: Failure to adhere to pietas)

"Spending all the long winter together in comfort and self-indulgence, caught in the snare of shameful passion, with never a thought of their royal duty."

"He had a sword starred with golden-brown jasper, and wore a cloak of bright Tyrian purple."

(Book IV: Antony comparison)

"He had a sword starred with a golden-brown jasper, and wore a cloak of bright Tyrian purple."

"For shame! You forget your destiny and that other kingdom which is to be yours."

(Book IV: Gods)

"For shame! You forget your destiny and that other kingdom which is to be yours."

"Already he was ardently wishing to flee from the land of his love and be gone; so violent had been the shock of this peremptory warning from the gods."

(Book IV: Pietas)

"Already he was ardently wishing to flee from the land of his love and be gone; so violent had been the shock of this peremptory warning from the gods."

"It is not by own choice that I voyage forward to Italy."

(Book IV: Destiny)

"It is not by own choice that I voyage forward to Italy."

"Aeneas the True longed to allay her grief and dispel her sufferings with kind words. Yet he remained obedient to the divine command, and with many a sigh, for he shaken to the depths by the strength of his love, returned to his ships."

(Book IV: Pietas)

"Aeneas the True longed to allay her griefs and dispel her sufferings with kind words. Yet he remained obedient to the divine command, and with many a sigh, for he was shaken to depths by the strength of his love, returned to his ships."

"He was deaf to every plea...He stood firm like a strong oak tree... like that tree, he was battered this side and that by their insistent pleas, and deeply his brave heart grieved. But his will remained unshaken."

(Book IV: Pietas)

"He was deaf to every plea...He stood firm like a strong oak tree...like that tree, he was battered this side and that by their insistent pleas, and deeply his brave heart grieved. But his will remained unshaken."

"Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?"

(Book IV: Furor)

"Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?"

"Aeneas' eyes drank in the sight of the spoils which revived the memory of his own vengeful bitterness. His fury rekindled, and terrible in his rage, he said... It is Pallas, only Pallas, who by this wound which I now deal makes sacrifice of you; he exacts this retribution."

(Book XII: Furor, criticising AG)

"Aeneas' eyes drank in the sight of the spoils which revived the memory of his own vengeful bitterness. His fury rekindled, and terrible in his rage, he said... It is Pallas, only Pallas, who by this wound which I now deal makes sacrifice of you; he exacts this retribution."

"Stretch not your hatred further."

(Book XII: Furor, criticising AG)

"Stretch not your hatred further."

"Even trust in Heaven is forbidden when Heaven itself declines the trust. For there before us, Priam's own daughter Cassandra was being dragged from the very shrine of Minerva's temple."

(Book II: Gods, human suffering)

"Even trust in Heaven is forbidden when Heaven itself declines the trust. For there before us, Priam's own daughter Cassandra was being dragged from the very shrine of Minerva's temple."

"Ripheus fell also, he, the most just of all Trojans, who never wavered from the right; yet the Gods regarded not his righteousness... Apollo's own emblem on your brow could not save you in your falling."

(Book II: Gods, human suffering)

"Ripheus fell also, he, the most just of all Trojans, who never wavered from the right; yet the Gods regarded not his righteousness...Apollo's own emblem on your brow could not save you in your falling."

"Juno who has all power took pity on the long anguish of her difficult death, and sent Iris down from Olympus to release the wrestling spirit from the twined limbs."

(Book III: Gods, human suffering)

"Juno who has all power took pity on the long anguish of her difficult death, and sent Iris down from Olympus to release the wrestling spirit from the twined limbs."

"For there is Caesar, and all the line of Iulus, who are destined to reach the brilliant height of Heaven."

(Book VI- AG)

"For there is Caesar, and all the line of Iulus, who are destined to reach the brilliant height of Heaven."

"He whom you have often heard prophesied, Augustus Caesar, son of the Deified, and founder of golden centuries once more in Latium...shall extend our dominion...Yes, not even Hercules ever traversed so much of the earth."

(Book VI- AG)

"He whom you have often heard prophesied, Augustus Caesar, son of the Deified, and founder of golden centuries once more in Latium...shall extend our dominion...Yes, not even Hercules ever traversed so much of the earth."