Book 8.370-380
Venus speaks to her husband Vulcan. She tells him that she didn't ask for weapons while Aeneas was still at Troy.
At Venus haud animo nequiquam exterrita mater
370
Laurentumque minis et duro mota tumultu
371
Volcanum adloquitur thalamoque haec coniugis aureo
372
incipit et dictis divinum adspirat amorem:
373
“Dum bello Argolici vastabant Pergama reges
374
debita casurasque inimicis ignibus arces,
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non ullum auxilium miseris, non arma rogavi
376
artis opisque tuae nec te, carissime coniunx,
377
incassumve tuos volui exercere labores,
378
quamvis et Priami deberem plurima natis
379
et durum Aeneae flevissem saepe laborem.
380