Quārta · Unit 3 · Lesson 1
Aeneid 1.1–7: arma virumque
Seven lines that set out the whole poem: a man driven by fate, a goddess’s anger, and at the end of it all, the walls of Rome.
You will be able to
- Read Aeneid 1.1–7
- Recognize an accusative of place without a preposition, interlocked word order and dum with the subjunctive
- Scan the first line
New words
- arma, armōrum, n. pl. arms, weapons; war
- ōra, ōrae, f. shore, coast
- īra, īrae, f. anger
- memor, memoris mindful, remembering