Aeneid

thumb|300px|Aeneas Flees Burning Troy, by Federico Barocci (1598). [[Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy]] right|thumb|300px|Map of Aeneas' fictional journey

tale from Trojan War, a wooden horse used by the Greeks during the Trojan war

late 4th/early 5th century Roman grammarian

in Greek mythology cult image of Athena on which the safety of Troy and later Rome was said to depend

Latin phrase

early illustrated copy of Virgil

5th century illustrated manuscript

5th-century Roman writer and grammarian

mythical object in Virgil's epic poem "Aeneid"

Latin phrase meaning "to the stars"

manuscript

nymph in Roman mythology

daughter of Pallas in Greek mythology

way of consulting the pages of Virgil to ascertain one's fortune, by opening the book at random, putting the finger on a passage and taking that for the oracle of fate one is in quest of