Fortune favors the brave. — Virgil

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Poem · Epic poem

Fortune favors the brave.

In the original Latin

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

Virgil

Aeneid · 19 BC

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Topic

Fortune favors the bold Bravery Courage

Genre

Epic poem

Medium

Poem

Time

19 BC Classical antiquity

Person

Virgil

Provenance

Current citation

Virgil. The Aeneid, translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2010, bk. 10.

Original citation

Virgil. Aenē̆is [Aeneid]. 19 BC, bk. 10.

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