Quārta · Unit 3 · Lesson 4

Aeneid 1.88–101: Ō terque quaterque beātī

Juno’s storm hits. Darkness, thunder and lightning, and the hero’s first words in the poem: a wish that he had died at Troy.

You will be able to

  • Read Aeneid 1.88–101
  • Recognize polysyndeton, an exclamatory infinitive and quīs = quibus
  • Describe the hero’s first appearance

New words

  • membrum, membrī, n. limb
  • sīdus, sīderis, n. star; the sky
  • palma, palmae, f. palm of the hand; hand
  • vōx, vōcis, f. voice; word
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