Quote of the day by Roman poet Virgil: 'If I cannot move Heaven, I will raise Hell', and a celebration of determination

Roman poet Virgil wrote 'If I cannot move Heaven, I will raise Hell' in his epic The Aeneid.

The original Latin is 'Flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo,' literally meaning 'If I cannot bend the powers above, I shall move Acheron'.

The speaker is Juno, queen of the gods, who utters the line out of hatred for the Trojans and frustration with fate.

Virgil wrote The Aeneid between 29 and 19 BCE to provide Rome with a national epic.

Juno's hostility stems from the Judgment of Paris and a prophecy that Trojan descendants would destroy Carthage.