AEQVOR: THE SEA OF PROPHECIES IN VIRGIL'SAENEID

What is it about?

After a lexical-stylistic analysis of its frequencies, it can be affirmed that the term aequor is used in Vergil's Aeneid almost exclusively in prophetic passages to denote a sea that unlike other seas enjoys the protection of the gods, in reference to both the voyage from Troy as the mare nostrum that unites the domains of Augustus.

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