Book 2.796-804
The group of exiles outside the city has grown. As dawn arrives, Aeneas leads the band of Trojans into the mountains.
Atque hic ingentem comitum adfluxisse novorum
796
invenio admirans numerum, matresque virosque,
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collectam exsilio pubem, miserabile volgus.
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Undique convenere, animis opibusque parati,
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in quascumque velim pelago deducere terras.
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Iamque iugis summae surgebat Lucifer Idae
801
ducebatque diem, Danaique obsessa tenebant
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limina portarum, nec spes opis ulla dabatur;
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cessi, et sublato montes genitore petivi.
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