Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Reflection on lines 847-874

In these lines, Aeneas talks to his father in the underworld. He sees future Roman heroes, Marcellus is mentioned here. Anchises explains a little about future life in Rome and life in the underworld while they talk.
Vocab:
- excudent
- caelique
- melius
- debellare
- opimius
- tumultu
- sistet
- parum
- instar
- circumvolat
- obortis
- quaere
- propago
- gemitus
- praeterlabere
Grammar:
- dicunt=vocabunt
- pacis - gen. Not dat.
-862 - abl. Of description
- gnate=nate
- 871 - contrary to fact condition
- mavortis- modifies urbem, and campus

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