Turnus

In Virgil's Aeneid, Turnus was the King of the Rutuli, and the chief antagonist of the hero Aeneas.

Quotes about Turnus

 * 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