Allen Mandelbaum Quote

Euryalus, is it
the gods who put this fire in our minds,
or is it that each man's relentless longing
becomes a god to him?


The Aeneid of Virgil (1971), Book IX, lines 243–246


Euryalus, is it the gods who put this fire in our minds, or is it that each man's relentless longing becomes a god to him?

Euryalus, is it the gods who put this fire in our minds, or is it that each man's relentless longing becomes a god to him?

Euryalus, is it the gods who put this fire in our minds, or is it that each man's relentless longing becomes a god to him?

Euryalus, is it the gods who put this fire in our minds, or is it that each man's relentless longing becomes a god to him?