Turnus
mythical character King of the Rutuli
In Virgil's Aeneid, Turnus was the King of the Rutuli, and the chief antagonist of the hero Aeneas.
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Quotes about Turnus
edit- How anyone can feel a strong sympathy for Turnus in his weakness at the end of Book 12 escapes me. The man is a thug.
- Malcolm M. Willcock, "Battle Scenes in the Aeneid" (1983), as quoted in Richard Tarrant, ed., Virgil Aeneid Book XII (Cambridge University Press, 2012), p. 222
