254-272

Jovi Venus it.

Temptant fati Aeneai.

Is narrat facta eam.

Venus goes to Jupiter.

She worries for Aeneas' fate.

He tells her facts.

Quaestio

The poet's characterization of the great man in verse 151 prompts us to compare him to Aeneas himself because the man describe has the characteristics of Aeneas. Line 151 is translated as "...a man of great authority and does good duties...". The phrase "pietate meritis" and the word "gravem" are the two aspects of this line that truly describe Aeneas. They describe Aeneas because he is a man of great authority and a man of great deeds. For example, Aeneas,"multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio-genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae." This shows he is a man of great deeds because he founded Latium and bring people to it. Next, Aeneas says in a speech to his people,"Have we not known hard hours before this? My men, who have endured still greater dangers, God will grant us an end....through so many challenges, we hold our course for Latium....Troy's kingdom there shall rise again. Be patient: save yourselves for more auspicious days." This speech shows that he has a true authority over his people which is like the man who has great authority. Through these two actions and many more Aeneas has done and accomplished, makes the reader see the poet has compared the man in line 151 to Aeneas.