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has inter voces , media inter talia verba , ecce , viro stridens alis adlapsa sagitta est , incertum , qua pulsa manu , quo turbine adacta , quis tantam Rutulis laudem , casusne deusne , attulerit ; pressa est insignis gloria facti ...
has inter voces , media inter talia verba , ecce , viro stridens alis adlapsa sagitta est , incertum , qua pulsa manu , quo turbine adacta , quis tantam Rutulis laudem , casusne deusne , attulerit ; pressa est insignis gloria facti ...
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Aeneas alliteration animi arma armis arms atque attack battle belli BOOKS bring called carry clearly close combat comes common Conington contrast death describes Dict emphatic explain expresses face father fire followed force fortuna gives gods Greek haec hand haud head heaven heroes Homer host inter ipse Italy Juno king Latinus light litotes manu marks meaning merely Mezentius mihi multa natural notes Notice nunc omnes once Pallas pater person phrase probably pugnae quae quam quid quod reference regard Roman seek seems sense Servius shield side simul spear suggests super thou thought tibi Trojans turned Turnus urbem usually Venus Virgil wound
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Page 2 - Tu quoque litoribus nostris, Aeneia nutrix, aeternam moriens famam, Caieta, dedisti; et nunc servat honos sedem tuus ossaque nomen Hesperia in magna, si qua est ea gloria, signat.