Quārta · Unit 7 · Lesson 4
Aeneid 12.938–952: Pallās tē immolat
Aeneas hesitates, sees Pallas’s belt on Turnus’s shoulder, and kills him in fury. The poem ends.
You will be able to
- Read Aeneid 12.938–952
- Recognize a deliberative subjunctive, the vocabulary of sacrifice and the echo of Book 1
- Form a view of the ending
New words
- vīta, vītae, f. life
- ācer, ācris, ācre sharp, fierce, keen
- pectus, pectoris, n. chest, heart
- umbra, umbrae, f. shadow, shade (of the dead)