Metabus was the father of Camilla. Fleeing exile from Privernum, he bound infant Camilla to a spear and hurled her across the river Amasenus, consecrating her to Diana.
Acca was Camilla's closest companion and attendant. With her dying breath, Camilla entrusted Acca to carry the message to Turnus that she had fallen and he must take command.
Camilla led her Volscian cavalry alongside Turnus against the Trojans. The warrior-maiden's devastating charges were a crucial part of Turnus's Italian coalition until her death in battle.
Diana was Camilla's patron goddess from infancy, after Metabus vowed his daughter to the goddess's service. Diana sent her nymph Opis to avenge Camilla's death in Aeneid Book 11.
Arruns stalked Camilla during the cavalry battle in Aeneid Book 11 and killed her with a javelin throw while she was distracted pursuing the Trojan priest Chloreus.
Camilla pursued Chloreus across the battlefield in Aeneid Book 11, drawn by his ornate golden armor. This distraction left her fatally exposed to Arruns's javelin.
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