latintutorial | The Orator Simile: Aeneid 1.148-153 @latintutorial | Uploaded October 2017 | Updated October 2024, 10 hours ago.
The first simile in the Aeneid compares Neptune as he quells the seas to an orator calming an angry mob. This simile is very important in establishing the struggle between rage, furor, and piety, pietas.

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