"This day- unless they yield,
accept our rule, submit to us-
I shall annihilate that city"
-Dido
(foreshadowing the Punic Wars
between Rome & Carthage)
-Aeneid

The Meeting of Dido & Aeneas,
by Nathaniel Dance-Holland

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Mercury, from Mercury Exhorting Aeneas to Leave Carthage, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, 1757 https://t.co/vErtvJVII5

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aenea&roley request

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Here’s a sweet sneak peek of a piece from cyraenea! Thank you dear for creating such a beauty.

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love Aenea!
this is some really good change thank you

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ℝ𝕦𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕤: '𝔸𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕤 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕌𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣𝕨𝕠𝕣𝕝𝕕'

In Virgil’s Aeneid, Aeneas travels to the underworld where he finds himself surrounded by phantoms. To escape, he must pass through the Gate of Ivory – the gate of false dreams

More: https://t.co/BbJoZZ7618

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ℝ𝕦𝕓𝕖𝕟𝕤: '𝔸𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕒𝕤 𝕪𝕟 𝕪𝕣 𝕀𝕤𝕗𝕪𝕕'

Yn Aeneid gan Virgil, mae Aeneas yn teithio i’r isfyd ac yn cael ei amgylchynu gan ysbrydion. Er mwyn dianc, rhaid iddo basio trwy'r Porth Ifori - porth y breuddwydion ffug

Mwy: https://t.co/BbJoZZ7618

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to
・・・
Micco Spadaro, Rendimento di Grazie dopo la peste.

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i can't stop thinking about "dido, abandoned by aeneas, dies of grief" as akeshu

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"There was no King more just for his piety or greater for his warrior exploits, than Aeneas."
-Virgilio.Aeneid (I, 544)

"Piety, this is wisdom, and running away from evil, this is intelligence."
-Job, 28.28.



Father's grave. Georg Osterwald (1803-1884)

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Raphael, 'Young Man Carrying an Old Man on His Back' (red chalk, c. 1514), preparatory drawing for a fresco, 'The Fire in the Borgo'; the drawing also brings instantly to mind the subject of Aeneas carrying his father Anchises as they escape burning Troy. Coll.

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to the at the with this amazing painting of Aeneas, wounded, being treated by the surgeon Lapix, from the House of Siricus at & design of the painted wall from the triclinium it decorated (Nicolini 1854, t.II)

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The Apotheosis of Aeneas (detail) by Jacob de Wit, c. 1720-1725

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Jean Raoux (1677-1734)-'Dido and Aeneas'-oil on canvas-ca 1730 Canberra-National Gallery of Australia

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🎧Henry Purcell:
Dido and Aeneas
End of Act III:
Dido´s Lament When I am laid in earth, soprano
Chorus With Drooping Wings
Simone Kermes, soprano
https://t.co/hdFqnj6vJU

🎨Dido and Aeneas
Set design by Bibiena, 1712

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Venus Receiving the Arms from Vulcan for Aeneas, and Venere e Adone morto - Gaetano Gandolfi (Italian, 1734–1802)

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Detail of Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the thigh of Aeneas as recounted in Virgil’s Aeneid. Aeneas’ son Ascanius weeps at his side and I love the soldiers muttering in the background.

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late night doodle from last night, my and 's ocs Lucille and Aeneas, in modern look clothes. Lucille's taller hehe I wanna draw our other dudes for the height comparison, maybe later

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