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The Aeneid of Virgil

BOOK SEVEN
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The Trojans eat their tables (127-171).

An embassage is sent to the Latin capital, and after conference Latinus offers peace to the Trojans and to AEneas his daughter's hand (172-342).

Juno, the evil genius of Troy, again intervenes and summons to her aid the demon Alecto (341-410), who excites first Amata then Turnus against the proposed peace, and finally (411-576) provokes a pitched battle between Trojans and Latins (577-648).
Alecto is scornfully dismissed by Juno, who causes war to be formally declared (649-747).

The war-fever in Italy.

Catalogue of the leaders and nations that gather to destroy AEneas, chief among them being Turnus and Camilla (748-981).
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