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... > Classical Mythology and Ancient History > Roman gods and legends > the story of Aeneas' wanderings to Italy (Virgil, Aeneid) > second stay of Aeneas in Sicily (Virgil, Aeneid V) > Iris, in the guise of Beroe, an old woman, incites the Trojan women to rebellion; they set the ships on fire > a rain-storm extinguishes the fire lighted by the Trojan women

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96B431a rain-storm extinguishes the fire lighted by the Trojan women  

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Subject

  • Aeneas
  • ancient history
  • Beroe
  • classical antiquity
  • disguise
  • epic
  • exhorting
  • extinguishing
  • fire
  • history
  • Iris
  • legend
  • mythology
  • old woman
  • rain
  • rebellion
  • Roman legend
  • sailing
  • setting on fire
  • ship
  • Sicily
  • storm
  • Trojans
  • Trojan women
  • Virgil, Aeneid
  • Virgil, Aeneid 05
  • wandering
  • woman

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  • 96B431

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