All 12 Uses
valor
in
The Aeneid
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- Who has not heard the story of your woes, The name and fortune of your native place, The fame and valor of the Phrygian race?†
Book 1 *
- Your foe himself the Dardan valor prais'd, And his own ancestry from Trojans rais'd.†
Book 1
- Ripheus and Iph'itus by my side engage, For valor one renown'd, and one for age.†
Book 2
- what use of valor can be made, When heav'n's propitious pow'rs refuse their aid!†
Book 2
- BOOK IV But anxious cares already seiz'd the queen: She fed within her veins a flame unseen; The hero's valor, acts, and birth inspire Her soul with love, and fan the secret fire.†
Book 4
- He claims the bull with awless insolence, And having seiz'd his horns, accosts the prince: "If none my matchless valor dares oppose, How long shall Dares wait his dastard foes?†
Book 5
- Go now, vain boaster, and true valor scorn!†
Book 9
- for, when the chief assail'd, Nor valor nor Herculean arms avail'd, Nor their fam'd father, wont in war to go With great Alcides, while he toil'd below.†
Book 10
- Meantime the King of Gods and Mortal Man Held conference with his queen, and thus began: "My sister goddess, and well-pleasing wife, Still think you Venus' aid supports the strife Sustains her Trojans —or themselves, alone, With inborn valor force their fortune on?†
Book 10
- She came; but brought not thee along, to bless My longing eyes, and share in my success: She grudg'd thy safe return, the triumphs due To prosp'rous valor, in the public view.†
Book 11
- To whom the king sedately thus replied: "Brave youth, the more your valor has been tried, The more becomes it us, with due respect, To weigh the chance of war, which you neglect.†
Book 12
- Aeneas first Rutulian Sucro found, Whose valor made the Trojans quit their ground; Betwixt his ribs the jav'lin drove so just, It reach'd his heart, nor needs a second thrust.†
Book 12
Definitions:
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(1)
(valor) exceptional or heroic courage when facing danger -- especially in battle
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)