Aeneas
Trojan hero of Virgil's Aeneid. Virgil's songs on his misfortunes are listed among great secular poetry, but set below the psalms and prophets.
Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Virgil's songs on the misfortunes of Aeneas; "when Aeneas lost the shores of his homeland"
"those of Virgil on the misfortunes of Aeneas"
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ON THE WORSHIP OF JESUS CHRIST IN THE SCRIPTURES.
— Aeneas losing the shores of his homeland
"when Aeneas lost the shores of his homeland"