Aeneas takes delight
in the goddess' gifts and the honor of it all
as he runs his eyes across them piece by piece.
He cannot get enough of them, filled with wonder,
turning them over, now with his hands, now his arms...
• Virgil, Aeneid, Book VIII, lines 617–619 (tr. Robert Fagles)
in the goddess' gifts and the honor of it all
as he runs his eyes across them piece by piece.
He cannot get enough of them, filled with wonder,
turning them over, now with his hands, now his arms...
• Virgil, Aeneid, Book VIII, lines 617–619 (tr. Robert Fagles)
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Ille deae donis et tanto laetus honore expleri nequit atque oculos per singula voluit, miraturque interque manus et bracchia versat...
— Aeneas on Argonautica
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ille deae donis et tanto laetus honore expleri nequit atque oculos per singula voluit, miraturque interque manus et bracchia versat..." in the context of "Aeneas takes delight
in the goddess' gifts and the honor of it all
as he runs his eyes across them piece by piece.
He cannot get enough of them, filled with wonder,
turning them over, now with his hands, now his arms...
• Virgil, Aeneid, Book VIII, lines 617–619 (tr. Robert Fagles)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Argonautica" (Quotations: Quotations in English are taken from The Voyage of Argo, trans. E. V. Rieu (1959), unless otherwise noted. The Argonautica (Penguin Classics, 2nd edition, 1971), .
See also Francis Fawkes's translation of the Argonautica (1780)., Book IV. Homeward Bound: )
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About Aeneas
Aeneas, legendary character from Greek and Roman mythology and literature.
About Aeneas
Aeneas, legendary character from Greek and Roman mythology and literature.
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