Vergil, Aeneid, Book 2

It disrupts the narrative flow to highlight an important event.

It indicates closure and resolution at the conclusion of a scene.

It emphasizes a pause for reflective thought on past events.

It creates a seamless flow that mirrors swift action or speech.

'Emerge' signifies hope for peace between their peoples over time.

'Rise up' connotes a call for active vengeance from her descendants against Aeneas’ lineage.

'Emerge' implies Dido foresees inevitable retribution without invoking action.

'Rise up' indicates Dido seeks reconciliation through shared suffering with future generations.

Hesitation displayed by Pyrrhus reiterates that rulers should be decisive during warfare.

Pyrrhus' mercilessness exemplifies perverse or corrupted leadership qualities.

The valor shown by Pyrrhus serves as a model for Roman bravery.

Compassion shown by Pyrrhus emphasizes that even enemies deserve dignity.

It criticizes Augustus’s leadership and military strategies.

It highlights Rome's policy of diplomatic transparency.

It underscores the importance of divine intervention in war.

It justifies the Trojans' initial trust and subsequent destruction.

Citizens engaging in athletic games.

The city under attack from Greeks.

The city flourishing with trade and commerce.

Priests offering sacrifices to gods for victory.

Extended series' of dactyls quicken pace mirroring escalating tensions.

Use of predominantly spondees slows narration enhancing solemnity throughout conflicts.

Regular meter provides calm contrast to chaos depicted in narrative.

Frequent pauses underscore uncertainty among characters involved in strife.

It creates an unbiased narrative similar to Livy’s historical account but set in a mythic past.

It imbues a sense of destiny and foreshadows Rome’s imperial future within an epic framework.

These allusions downplay Rome's history, focusing mainly on personal character development.

They serve solely as entertainment without furthering any thematic or moral message.

The role of fatum, underscoring that destiny cannot be escaped by any individual effort.

The concept of fortuna, highlighting Rome's dependence on luck and chance.

The virtue of pietas, reflecting duty over individual emotion.

The emphasis on gravitas, indicating deep moral seriousness about war consequences.

They indicate transitions between different narrators within Aeneas’s story.

The shifts suggest digressions into less important or tangential subject matter.

The interruptions reflect moments of heightened emotional tension or significance.

These disruptions serve primarily to exemplify Aeneas's forgetfulness or confusion.

It illustrates Roman skepticism about religious prophecy by depicting omens as misleading and destructive.

It underscores the virtue of personal sacrifice, honoring Laocoön as a martyr for attempting to save Troy.

It criticizes priestly hubris, showing consequences for those who claim to understand the gods' intentions.

It emphasizes the importance of submission to divine will, punishing Laocoön for attempting to thwart fate.