Quārta · Unit 5 · Lesson 5
Aeneid 6.450–476: Dido among the shades
In the Fields of Mourning Aeneas meets Dido, weeps, swears he left unwillingly, and gets no answer.
You will be able to
- Read Aeneid 6.450–476
- Recognize two similes and an echo of Book 4
- Explain the role reversal
New words
- vultus, vultūs, m. face, expression
- invītus, invīta, invītum unwilling
- dolor, dolōris, m. pain, grief
- nemus, nemoris, n. grove, wood