In these lines, Mercury appears before Aeneas and tells him to leave Carthage and get back to his journey. The visit is short and harsh, and it leaves Aeneas speechless; nevertheless, he does follow through with orders and prepare to leave his wife and her city.
Vocab:
- ardebat
- umeris
- munera
- oblite
- tali
- fuga
- tellus
- heu
- ardet
Grammar:
- oblite - vocative of the participle
- regni rerumque - gen. with a verb of forgetting
- Ili - either possessive gen. or objective gen.
fuga - abl. ofmanner
- agat, audeat, sumat - deliberate subjunctives
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