P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 1.12–33

Juno, the queen of the gods and divine patron of Carthage, harbors an enduring hatred of the Trojans rooted in old grudges — among them the Judgment of Paris — and fears a prophecy that the Trojan race will one day destroy her beloved city. Despite the decrees of fate, she does all in her power to keep the Trojans from reaching Italy, where they are destined to found the Roman people.

 

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fuit urbs antīqua. nōmen urbis erat Karthāgō. Karthāgō erat contrā Ītaliam. urbs erat dīves et fortissima bellō. Iūnō hanc urbem maximē amāvit. in Karthāgine erant arma Iūnōnis et currus Iūnōnis. dea voluit Karthāginem regere tōtum mundum.

sed Iūnō audīvit: genus Trōiānum ōlim Karthāginem superābit. hic populus veniet et Libyam superābit.

Iūnō hoc timēbat. Iūnō erat fīlia Sāturnī. Iūnō memor erat veteris bellī ad Trōiam. adhūc īrāta erat. in mente manēbat iūdicium Paridis.

itaque Iūnō Trōiānōs longē ā Latiō arcēbat. fāta Trōiānōs per mare tōtum ēgerant. Trōiānī errābant per multōs annōs circum omnia maria. Rōmānī multōs labōrēs habēbant. sīc gentem Rōmānam condidērunt.

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