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CONTENTS
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BOOK XI. Æneas sends home the dead Pallas. The funeral array. The Latins ask a truce. Latinus calls a council. Drances and Turnus contend. The burial of the slain. Diomed refuses aid. Latinus proposes terms of peace. Drances demands that Turnus meet Æneas in single combat. The war proceeds. Diana tells the story of Camilla. The exploits of Camilla and her death. The Latins are routed. 371
BOOK XII. Turnus challenges Æneas. Juno and Juturna. Æneas and Latinus swear the Truce; Tolumnius breaks it. Æneas struck by an arrow. Turnus slays man after man. Venus brings balm for her son’s wound. He returns to the field. Juturna, guiding her brother’s chariot, removes him from Æneas. Amata hangs herself. The champions meet. Turnus loses his sword; Æneas, his lance. Venus and Juturna interfere. Juno appeals to Jove. Jove establishes the Latin name. The final struggle. Turnus’ death. 413
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