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Vergil, Aeneid 1.607–9 and Midas’ Epitaph

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2009

R. Janko
R. Janko
Affiliation:
University of California, Los Angeles
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Extract

Aeneas ends his first speech to Dido as follows:

quae te tam laeta tulerunt

saecula? qui tanti talem genuere parentes?

in freta dum fluuii current, dum montibus umbrae

lustrabunt conuexa, polus dum sidera pascet,

semper honos nomenque tuum laudesque manebunt,

quae me cumque uocant terrae.

A number of parallels have been cited for 607–9, notably Eel. 1.59f. (an adynaton) and the positive statement (about Daphnis) at Eel. 5.76ff., which even ends with the same line:

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Shorter Notes
Information
The Classical Quarterly , Volume 38 , Issue 1 , January 1988 , pp. 259 - 260
Copyright
Copyright © The Classical Association 1988

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