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The Aeneid Quotes

“Ah, merciless Love, is there any length to which you cannot force the human heart to go?”

Love Heartbreak Paintings Dido The Aeneid Classical Texts

Book:The Aeneid

Source: The Aeneid

“But the queen--too long she has suffered the pain of love, hour by hour nursing the wound with her lifeblood, consumed by the fire buried in her heart. [...] His looks, his words, they pierce her heart and cling-- no peace, no rest for her body, love will give her none.”

Myth Mythology Greek Troy Virgil Aeneas Trojan The Aeneid

Book:The Aeneid

Source: The Aeneid

“the dank night is sweeping down from the sky and the setting stars incline our heads to sleep.”

Myth Mythology Greek Troy Virgil Aeneas Trojan The Aeneid

Author:Virgil

“I dragged on my ruined life in darkness and grief, wrathful in my heart...”

Grief Greek Mythology Virgil The Aeneid

Book:The Aeneid

Source: The Aeneid

“Then, like ravening wolves in a black mist, when the belly's lawless rage has driven them blindly forth, and their whelps at home await them with thirsty jaws, through swords, through foes we pass to certain death, and hold our way to the city's heart; black night hovers around with sheltering shade.”

Greek Mythology Trojan War Virgil The Aeneid

Book:The Aeneid

Source: The Aeneid

“Though far away, I will chase you with murky brands and, when chill death has severed soul and body, everywhere my shade shall haunt you.”

Death Betrayal Broken Heart Virgil Dido The Aeneid Jilted Bride

Book:The Aeneid

Source: The Aeneid

“Death's brother, sleep.”

Death Sleep Unrest Aeneid Virgil The Aeneid Michelle Harrison

Book:The Aeneid

Source: The Aeneid