Reading notes

• The Aeneid §7.648 Mezentius

  Exiled Etruscan tyrant of Agylla and 'despiser of the gods,' first to arm for Turnus; father of Lausus.

• The Aeneid §8.7 Mezentius

  The exiled Etruscan tyrant, 'scorner of the gods,' now allied to Turnus; his cruelties roused Etruria against him.

• The Aeneid §9.522 Mezentius

  The Etruscan tyrant, fighting with Turnus, who brings fire against the rampart.

• The Aeneid §10.151 Mezentius

  The exiled Etruscan tyrant, fighting with Turnus; his cruelties roused Etruria.

• The Aeneid §11.8 Mezentius

  The slain Etruscan tyrant, whose stripped arms become Aeneas' trophy.