Book 7 (Aeneid) Quotes

• "Hail to the land owed to me by the Fates, and hail to the household gods of Troy who have kept faith with me"


  Aeneas
• "This was the man whose descendants would excel in valour and whose power would win the whole world"


  Virgil
• "If I cannot prevail upon the gods above, I shall move hell"


  Juno
• "Venus, too, has a son, a second Paris, and torches will again be fatal for this second Troy"


  Juno
• "It is old age and decay that cause you all this futile agitation and distress and make you barren of truth, taking a prophetess among warring kings and making a fool of her with false fears. Your duty is to guard the statues of the gods and their temples. Leave peace and war to men. War is the business of men"


  Turnus