P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid 1.494–504

Aeneas stands transfixed as Dido arrives at the temple with her people. Vergil compares her to Diana leading her dancing nymphs along the Eurotas, towering above her companions while her mother Latona rejoices in silent pride.

 

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Aenēās videt haec mīra. Aenēās stupet et stat. Aenēās haeret in ūnō aspectū.

 

Dīdō est rēgīna. Dīdō est pulcherrima. Dīdō ad templum venit cum magnā catervā iuvenum.

 

Dīāna est dea pulchra. Dīāna ambulat in rīpīs flūminis Eurōtae. Dīāna etiam ambulat in iugīs montis Cynthī. mīlle nymphae sequuntur Dīānam. Dīāna portat pharetram in umerō suō. Dīāna est altior quam omnēs aliae deae. māter Dīānae est Lātōna. Lātōna gaudet et tacet.

 

Dīdō est sicut Dīāna. Dīdō est laeta. Dīdō ambulat per medium populum. Dīdō labōrat. Dīdō parat futūrum regnum.

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