Characters and Epithets: A Study in Vergil's Aeneid

acer Achilles Aeneas Aeneid Alba allowed Anchises antonomasia Apollo armis Ascanius Augustus beginning Caesar called Camilla character claims comes coniunx connection considered continued descendants deum deus Dido diva divine early epithets especially Evander example explain fact father follows frater Genetrix genitor given gives goddess gods Greek hero Homer idea important infelix Iovis Italy Iulus Iuno Iuppiter Julius Caesar Juno Jupiter later Latinus Lavinia magnus Mars mater maximus meaning mentioned natus occurs omnipotens once Pallas parens passage pater pietate piety pius pius Aeneas plot poem poet proles puer reader reasons reference regina repeated repetition Roman Rome sacerdos sanguis Saturnia says seems Servius shown shows Sibylla Silvius sources suggest takes Thybris tradition Troianus Trojans Troy Turnus vates Veneris Venus Vergil VIII virgo