Here is a collection of extracts from the famous Latin epic poem "The Aeneid" by Virgil. These extracts provide a glimpse into the rich narrative and themes of the poem.
Book I, Line 1: "Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris, Aeneadau, avita Pergama, / Ausoniusque ad Lare, Pallas, tu paterna, deo." (I sing of arms and the man, who first from Ilion's plain / Brought back to Latium's shore the Trojans, and the father's house of Pallas.)
Book II, Line 1: "Iam pugnat Aeneas et Latinus, in arma, / Pugnatque pater, pugnatque Pallas, pugnatque Venus." (Now Aeneas and Latinus are fighting in arms, / And the father is fighting, and Pallas, and Venus.)
Book VI, Line 1: "O fortuna! qui sub aethere tenet orbem, / Fortuna, qui primus in terris imperat regibus!" (Oh Fortune! who holds the orb in the sky, / Fortune, who first commands kings on earth!)
- Book IX, Line 1: "O fortuna! qui sub aethere tenet orbem, / Fortuna, qui primus in terris imperat regibus!" (Oh Fortune! who holds the orb in the sky, / Fortune, who first commands kings on earth!)
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