Book 12 Quotes

• "I shall never live to be a captive and see Aeneas married to Lavinia"

  Amata
• "From the other side, advancing from the camp came Father Aeneas, the founder of the Roman race, with his divine armour blazing and his shield like a star"

  Virgil
• "I charge you (Iulus), when in due course your years ripen and you become a man, do not forget, but as you go over in your mind the examples of your kinsmen, let your spirit rise at the thought of your father Aeneas and your uncle Hector"


  Aeneas
• "The Italians had shown themselves to be his (Aeneas's) enemies; this was not the first treaty they had violated"

  Virgil
• "The Fates are too strong. You must not delay them any longer"

  Turnus
• "Aeneas is a god of this land, that he has a right to heaven, and is fated to be raised to the stars"

  Jupiter
• "The day shall not come when men of Italy shall violate this treaty or break this peace, whatever chance may bring."

  Latinus
• "I alone have the right of conflict"

  Aeneas