Night came down, and enfolded the earth in her dusky wings.

Nox ruit et fuscit tellurem amplectitur alis.

Virgil

Aeneid

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Topic

Night

Author

Virgil

Source

Aeneid

Medium

Poem

Genre

Epic poem

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

Latin

Time

19 BC 10s BC 1st century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

Italy Europe

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Original Citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 8.

Current Citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 8.

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Citation

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Author

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Source
Sententiae
Medium
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Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile Advice
Language
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Time
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Era
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Citation

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Author

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Source
Ode: Intimations of Immortality from Recollection of Early Childhood
Medium
Poem
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1807 1800s 19th century
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Original Citation

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