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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > Roman gods and legends > the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid) > Aeneas reaches Africa (Virgil, Aeneid I) > the meeting of Aeneas and Achates with Venus, disguised as a huntress; she points out twelve swans in the sky > Venus covers Aeneas and Achates with a cloud

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96B221Venus covers Aeneas and Achates with a cloud  

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Subject

  • Achates
  • Aeneas
  • Africa
  • ancient history
  • Carthage
  • classical antiquity
  • cloud
  • covering
  • disguise
  • epic
  • history
  • huntress
  • legend
  • meeting
  • mythology
  • Roman legend
  • sailing
  • ship
  • swan
  • Trojans
  • twelve
  • Venus
  • Virgil, Aeneid
  • Virgil, Aeneid 01
  • wandering

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