All 3 Uses of
plunder
in
The Aeneid
- Thus, in battalia, march embodied ants, Fearful of winter, and of future wants, T' invade the corn, and to their cells convey The plunder'd forage of their yellow prey.†
Book 4 *
- Allur'd with hope of plunder, and intent By force to rob, by fraud to circumvent, The brutal Cacus, as by chance they stray'd, Four oxen thence, and four fair kine convey'd; And, lest the printed footsteps might be seen, He dragg'd 'em backwards to his rocky den.†
Book 8
- Our helms defend the young, disguise the gray: We live by plunder, and delight in prey.†
Book 9
Definition:
to steal -- often after conquering the location with the goods
or:
the goods stolen
or:
the goods stolen