Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? Quam diu etiam furor iste tuus nos eludet? Quern ad fincm sese effrenata jactabit audacia? Nihilne te nocturnum praesidium Palatl, nihil urbis vigiliae, nihil timor popull, nihil concursus bonorum omnium, nihil hie munitissimus habendl senatus locus, 5 nihil horum ora vultusque moverunt? Patere tua consilia non sentls? Constrictam jam horum …
Love and tragedy dominate book four of Virgil's most powerful work, building on the violent emotions invoked by the storms, battles, warring gods, and monster-plagued wanderings of the epic's opening. Destined to be the founder of Roman culture, Aeneas, nudged by the gods, decides to leave his beloved Dido, causing her suicide in pursuit of his historical destiny. A dark plot, in which erotic …