The section we read was an introduction to the epic. It gave a history of the founding of Rome and predicted some the struggles Aeneas and his men would go through. Furthermore, it questions the wrath of the gods, especially Juno's, which could be argued as the main question throughout the epic. The passage also shows why Juno will feel such a strong hatred towards Rome, seeing as they will destroy her dearest city. Some vocabulary I found difficult in this section was:
- numine
- vi
- fertur
- arces
- alta
and
- acti
I didn't have much trouble with grammar in this section.
Overall, the passage was not too bad to read, and I think it's really cool to read the English and now have the Latin to compare to it.
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