# Quote — Virgil, The Aeneid

> All these images on Vulcan's shield
>
> His mother's gift, were wonders to Aeneas
>
> Knowing nothing of the events themselves
>
> He felt joy in their pictures, taking up
>
> Upon his shoulder all the destined acts
>
> And fame of his descendants.

- Author: [Virgil](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil.md)
- Book: [The Aeneid](https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid.md)
- Original (la): Talia per clipeum Volcani, dona parentis, / Miratur rerumque ignarus imagine gaudet / Attollens umero famamque et fata nepotum.
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Aeneid#Book_VIII) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/virgil/the-aeneid/all-these-images

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