Venus (the mother of Aeneas) and Thetis (the mother of Achilles) both ask a god to forge arms for their sons. The same god with different names (Hephaestus in Greek and Vulcan in Rome) forged the shields of the two heroes. ... "There the Lord of Fire [Vulcan], / knowing the prophets, knowing the age to come, / had wrought the future story of Italy, / the triumphs of the Romans." ...

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