Aeneid 11.110–111

Aeneas to the Latins asking to bury their dead

Pacem me exanimis et Martis sorte peremptis

oratis? Equidem et vivis concedere vellem.

Do you ask me for peace for the lifeless, those struck down by Mars' lot?

For my part, I would gladly grant it to the living too.

Read it in context

Ask your own question