Aeneas had come, sprung from the blood of Troy, the man to whom beautiful Dido was deemed worthy to join herself; now (how) they cherished the winter between.

Book 4 of Virgil's Aeneid is a delight to work through closely, with a careful eye to the poet's literary and artistic antecedents.

AENEID BOOK 4, TRANSLATED BY H. R. FAIRCLOUGH. [1] But the queen, long since smitten with a grievous love-pang, feeds the wound with her lifeblood, and is ...

VIRGIL: AENEID. 61. BOOK IV. BkIV:1-53 Dido and Anna Discuss Aeneas. But the queen, wounded long since by intense love, feeds the hurt with her life-blood ...

Now felt the Queen the sharp, slow-gathering pangs of love; and out of every pulsing vein nourished the wound and fed its viewless fire.

Virgil: The Aeneid, Book IV: a new downloadable English translation.

BOOK IV: THE PASSION OF DIDO ... 1-4 Death of Aeneas' nurse, Caieta. 5-24 The Trojans sail past the island of Circe. 25-36 The Trojans reach the mouth ...

Aeneid 4 - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This summary provides an overview of key events and characters in ...

Virgil compares her to a female deer that has been shot with a hunter's arrow. This simile is meant to illustrate that Dido has been shot by Cupid's arrow. As ...

In his introduction to Book 4, about bee-keeping, Virgil assures Maecenas that he will describe . . . a world in miniature,. Gallant commanders and the ...