Aeneid. Book XII

ablative accusative adjective Aeneas Aeneid XII alliteration arma armis atque auis battle beginning caesura called clause closely consonant construction containing contrast dactylic dative death derived describes Edited editors effect ending English epic equos example expression final followed foot genus Georg gives Greek haec hexameter Homer Iliad illi implacabilis important indicative inter Introduction ipse Italy Juno Juturna later Latin Loeb manu means metre metrical mihi noun nunc object occurs passage perfect person phrase plural poet poetic poetry position preceding present proelia quae quis quod reading reason refers rendering repetition rhetorical Rieu Roman Rome seems sense Servius short simile simul sound subjunctive suggests syllable taken thing tion translation Trojan Turne Turno Turnus Venus verb verse Virgil vowel word wounded