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  2. Aeneid - Wikipedia

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    Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598). Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy Map of Aeneas' fictional journey. The Aeneid (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ɪ d / ih-NEE-id; Latin: Aenēĭs [ae̯ˈneːɪs] or [ˈae̯neɪs]) is a Latin epic poem that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who fled the fall of Troy and travelled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans.

  3. Virgil - Wikipedia

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    P. Vergilius Maro at The Latin Library; Virgil's works – text, concordances, and frequency list. Virgil: The Major Texts: contemporary, line-by-line English translations of Eclogues, Georgics, and Aeneid. Virgil in the collection of Ferdinand, Duke of Calabria at Somni: Publii Vergilii Maronis Opera Naples and Milan, 1450.

  4. Beware of Greeks bearing gifts - Wikipedia

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    Timeō Danaōs et dōna ferentēs, paraphrased in English as "I fear the Greeks even when bearing gifts", is a Latin phrase from the Aeneid, a Latin epic poem written by Virgil between 29 and 19 BCE. The utterance, spoken by Trojan priest Laocoön, refers to the Trojan Horse constructed by the Greeks during the Trojan War.

  5. Lacrimae rerum - Wikipedia

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    Lacrimae rerum (Latin: [ˈlakrɪmae̯ ˈreːrũː] [1]) is the Latin phrase for "tears of things." It derives from Book I, line 462 of the Aeneid (c. 29–19 BC), by Roman poet Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) (70–19 BC).

  6. Vergilius Vaticanus - Wikipedia

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    The Vergilius Vaticanus, also known as Vatican Virgil [1] (Vatican, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3225), is a Late Antique illuminated manuscript containing fragments of Virgil's Aeneid and Georgics. It was made in Rome in around 400 CE, [2] and is one of the oldest surviving sources for the text of the Aeneid.

  7. Vergilius Romanus - Wikipedia

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    The Vergilius Romanus (Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica, Cod. Vat. lat. 3867), also known as the Roman Vergil, is a 5th-century illustrated manuscript of the works of Virgil. It contains the Aeneid, the Georgics, and some of the Eclogues. It is one of the oldest and most important Vergilian manuscripts.

  8. Hesperia (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    This becomes Latin Hesperia or Hesperius, [6] [7] the latter not a distinct nominal form, but simply an adjective used substantively, viz. Vergil's Aeneid VI, 6 [8] Hesperia, the Iberian Peninsula and Northwest Africa, further to the west, used in both Ancient Greek and Byzantine sources [ 4 ]

  9. Nisus and Euryalus - Wikipedia

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    Virgil introduces the characters anew, but they have already appeared in Book 5, [11] at the funeral games held for Aeneas's father, Anchises, during the "Odyssean" first half of the epic. [12] The games demonstrate behaviors that in the war to come will result in victory or defeat; in particular, the footrace in which Nisus and Euryalus ...