Latin Haiku

Subridens, Jovis
aperiet arcana
placare Venum




Smiling, Jupiter
reveals the secrets
to calm Venus

Page 63 Question

The great man in verse 151 reminds me of Aeneas because of the way he has power over the feelings of his men. When Aeneas and his men are stranded in Africa he makes a speech to console them after all the things that they had in the past and just recently gone through. He eases their minds, just like the great man (and the girl in the purple shirt) eased the minds of the rioters. He his his own grief to make them feel better, which shows that he is really the great man.