Book 11.477-485
Queen Amata and Lavinia bring gifts to Minerva's temple. The Italian women offer prayers to Minerva to vanquish Aeneas.
Nec non ad templum summasque ad Palladis arces
477
subvehitur magna matrum regina caterva
478
dona ferens, iuxtaque comes Lavinia virgo,
479
causa mali tanti, oculos deiecta decoros.
480
Succedunt matres et templum ture vaporant
481
et maestas alto fundunt de limine voces:
482
“Armipotens, praeses belli, Tritonia virgo,
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frange manu telum Phrygii praedonis et ipsum
484
pronum sterne solo portisque effunde sub altis.”
485