1To John Adams from James Lovell, 13 June 1779 (Adams Papers)
“I fear the Greeks even bearing gifts” (Virgil, Aeneid, II, 49). Lovell’s
2C. W. F. Dumas to John Adams: A Translation, 3 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
The Latin is Dumas’ adaptation of Virgil, aeneid 4. 180-187, and reads: on swift wings...
3To John Adams from C. W. F. Dumas, 18 April 1783 (Adams Papers)
Beware of Greeks bearing gifts (Virgil, Aeneid, Book II, line 49).
4To John Adams from C. W. F. Dumas, 22 September 1783 (Adams Papers)
It acquires strength by going (Virgil, Aeneid, Book IV, line 175).
5Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 27 June 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
...arms, long unused, on shoulders trembling with age” paraphrases Virgil, Aeneid, 2.509–10 (
6Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 22 August 1813 (Jefferson Papers)
) (Virgil, Aeneid, 8.485 [
7Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, 5 July 1814 (Jefferson Papers)
...calls not for such aid or such defenders,” in Virgil, Aeneid, 2.521 (