Both Uses of
bane
in
The Aeneid
Uses with a very rare meaning:
- Thus, wand'ring in my way, without a guide, The graceless Helen in the porch I spied Of Vesta's temple; there she lurk'd alone; Muffled she sate, and, what she could, unknown: But, by the flames that cast their blaze around, That common bane of Greece and Troy I found.†
Book 2
- Who can omit the Gracchi? who declare The Scipios' worth, those thunderbolts of war, The double bane of Carthage?†
Book 6 *
Definition:
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely and archaically, "bane" references a poison -- often in combination with a plant name such as Wolfsbane.