Note 18 — JOHN SOBIESKI.
Reading edition
It was part of Dido’s dying speech:
“Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor.”
Theophila is said to have shown her sons the hero’s shield while repeating the Spartan injunction “with it or upon it.”
Reading edition
It was part of Dido’s dying speech:
“Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibus ultor.”
Theophila is said to have shown her sons the hero’s shield while repeating the Spartan injunction “with it or upon it.”