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“Turnus, brought low, raised his eyes and an outstretched right hand in humble entreaty, and said: "This is my own desert; I make no appeal. Enjoy the fortune which falls to you. And if a poor father's sorrow can affect you - and you yourself had in Anchises such a father as mine - I beg of you, take pity on Daunus in his old age, and restore me, or, if you so prefer it, my dead body despoiled of life, to my own people. You have conquered; and Ausinian men have seen me hold forth hands uplifted in defeat. Lavinia is yours to wed. Stretch not your hatred further.”

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Book:The Aeneid
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“The Greeks shape bronze statues so real they seem to breathe, And carve cold marble until it almost comes to life. The Greeks compose great orations, and measure The heavens so well they can predict the rising of the stars. But you, Romans, remember your great arts; To govern the peoples with authority, To establish peace under the rule of law, To conquer the mighty, and show them mercy once they are conquered." -Virgil, Aeneid VI, 847-853”

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“Αυτά γιά τ'όργωμα της γης καί γιά τήν επιμέλεια Των ζωντανών εγώ έψαλλα, καί γιά τά δέντρα ακόμα, Όταν ο μέγας Καίσαρας τινάζει του πολέμου Τ'αστροπελέκι στό βαθύν Ευφράτη και χαρίζει Νόμους στούς πρόθυμους λαούς νικώντας, και το δρόμο Αρχίζει πρός τόν Όλυμπο. Καί τόν καιρόν εκείνον Εμένα τό Βεργίλιο, που εμέστωνα στές τέχνες Άδοξης σκόλης η γλυκειά μ'εθρεφε Παρθενόπη, Εμέ που παιγνιδίζοντας των πιστικών τραγούδια Είχα τονίσει μία φορά καί τολμηρό κοπέλλι, Τίτυρε, κάτου απ'της οξιάς τή στέγη εσέ είχα ψάλει.”

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Book:The Georgics
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“If there is any power of righteousness in Heaven, you will drink to the dregs the cup of punishment amid sea rocks and as you suffer cry "Dido" againa and again. Though far, yet I shall be near, haunting you with flames of blackest pitch. And when death's chill has parted my body from its breath, wherever you go my spectre will be there,. You will have your punishment, you villain. And I shall hear, the news will reach me deep in the world of death.”

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Book:The Aeneid
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