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Prayer to Diana

Diana
Diana, skillful in arms, leader in battle and guardian of soldiers, with Your hand, Tritonian Virgin, shatter the spear of this Phrygian pirate; throw him to the ground and stretch him out prostrate beneath our high gate.
Fons · Source
AuthorVirgil
WorkAeneid
Section11.583-585
PeriodAugustan
Classificatio · Taxonomy
Cultureroman
Formliterary
DeitiesDiana
Functionspetition · protection
Spheremilitary