Reading notes

• The Aeneid §1.124 Neptune

  God of the sea and of horses; in the proem he strikes the earth to bring forth the first horse, and his herds and seals are pastured by Proteus.

• The Aeneid §2.201 Neptune

  God of the sea and (with Apollo) builder of Troy's walls; Laocoön is his priest, and Neptune himself topples the walls in the sack.

• The Aeneid §3.3 Neptune's

  God of the sea who, with Apollo, built Troy's walls; here Troy is called 'Neptunian.'

• The Aeneid §8.695 fields of Neptune

  Neptune, god of the sea, whose 'fields' (the waves) redden with slaughter at Actium.

• The Aeneid §9.145 Neptune's hand

  Neptune, who built Troy's walls—yet saw them burn, says Turnus.

• The Georgics §1.14 Neptune

  God of the sea and horses; struck by his trident, the earth brought forth the first horse.