Reading notes

• The Aeneid §1.286 Caesar

  Julius Caesar; the comet seen after his murder in 44 BC is here the 'star of Caesar, son of Dione', a sign of plenty in Eclogue 9.

• The Aeneid §6.789 Caesar

  The Julian line and Julius Caesar, ancestral stock destined for the heavens.

• The Aeneid §6.831 son-in-law

  Julius Caesar, arrayed from the East against Pompey; Anchises begs the pair to lay down their arms.

• The Aeneid §8.681 father's star

  The Julian comet (sidus Iulium) seen after Julius Caesar's death, taken as his deification; it shines over Augustus.

• The Eclogues §9.47 Caesar

  Julius Caesar; the comet seen after his murder in 44 BC is here the 'star of Caesar, son of Dione', a sign of plenty in Eclogue 9.

• The Georgics §1.466 Caesar

  Julius Caesar, at whose murder in 44 BC the sun veiled itself and Rome feared eternal night.