©Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia

©Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia


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©Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia 

PREFACE. 

of the lakr with which I have compared conflicting opinions, 

and, weighing each case upon its own mcrits, formed a judgment 

of my own. The result of hours of study is sometimes 

embodied in a single line, credited to some commentator. 

'rhe Arguments of the different Books have been taken 

from Bryce, with occasional additions from other sources. 

The Life of Virgil is in the main a compilation from Ladewig, 

iVagner, Thomp on, and Long. Madvig, Znmpt, and 

Wagner are my chief authorities for the Remarks appended 

to the Metrical Index. 

As in all similar editions designed for text-books, in Great 

Britain and America, the necessi ty has heen felt of retaining 

the orthography of the dictionaries and grammars. But even 

were the edition of such a kind as to justify my cntering into 

questions of antiquarian scholarship,-questions in which I 

conre' s a peculiarfnscination,-I shoulU he embarrassed by the 

unsettled state in which the true Virgilian orthography still 

remnins. The uniformity of Wagner is in many cases arbitrary, 

and some of his conclusions have already been shaken; 

the varying and inconsistent orthography of Ribbeck represents 

to be sure the condition of the manuscripts, but cannot 

be supposed to be the orthography of Virgil ; and the attempts 

of Paldamus and eonington to pursue a midille course, while 

not without commenuaLle features, can never be satisfactory 

to scholars. Careful study of inscriptions, manuscripts, and 

grammarians is still oeeucd, before we can be confident that 

we are writing words as Virgil wrote them. 

I congratulate those who shall study this volume upon their 

introduction to one of the most charming of poets, who will 

delight them in their youth, and still more, if possible, when 

they read him anew in after-days. Let them dwell long and 

luvingly upon his graceful verses, committing some of his 

conicest passages to memory, and they will find on every 

lJerusal old beauties that never pall, and new beauties contlOU'l.lIy 

presented from an exhauhtless store. 

'frrOMAS CHASE.


VERGILI AENEIS 1. 11 

Sceptl'a tenens, lllollitqne animos et temper;


VERGILI AENEIS I. 

Ostendunt; illic fas regna resmgere Tl'ojae. 

Durate, et yosmet rebus sel'vate secundis." 

'ralia voee refert; curisque ingentibus aeger 

Spern vultu Himulat, prernit altum cOl'de dolorem. 

Illi se praedae accingunt dapibusque futuris; 210 

'rei'gom deripiunt costis et viscera nudant ; 

Pars in frusta seeant veribusque trernentia figunt; 

Litore aena locant alii, flammasque ministrant. 

Tum victu revocant vires, fusique per herbam 

Implentur veteris Bacchi pingnisqne ferinae. 215 

Postquam exempt:1 f:1mes epulis, lllensaeque remotae, 

Amissos longo socios


16 VERGILI AENEIS 1. 

IIIyricos penctrare sinus atque intima, tutus 

Hegna Liburnorum, ct fontem superare Timavi, 

Unde per ora novem vasto cum murmure montis 245 

It mare proruptum et pel ago premit arva son anti. 

Hic tamen ille l1l'Lem Patavi sedesque locavit 

Teucrorum, et genti nomen dedit armaque fixit 

TrOIa; nunc placida compostus pace quiescit; 

Nos, tua progenies, caeli qui bus annuis al'(;elll, 250 

Navibus (infandum I) amissis, unius ob iram 

Proclilllur, atque Italis longe clisjungilllur oris. 

Hic pietatis honos? Sic nos in sceptra reponis ? " 

Olli subridens hominuLl1 satoi' atque deorum 

Vultu, qno eaelulll tempestatesque serenat, 255 

Oscula libavit natae, clehinc talia fatur: 

" Parce meLu, Oytherea: manent immota tuorum 

Fata tibi; cernes urbem et p1'omissa Laviui 

Moeuia, sublimemque feres ad sidora caeli 

MagnauimulU Aenean; neque mo senteutia vertit. 260 

Hic tibi (fabo1' cnim, quando haec tc cura remordet, 

Longius et volvens fatorum arcana movebo) 

Bellum ingcns gcret Itali:1, populosquc feroces 

Contundet, morcsque viris et moeuia ponet, 

Tertia dum LaLio regnantem viderit aestas, 265 

Ternaque t1'ansiel'int Rutulis hiberna f'ubactis. 

At puel' Ascallius, cui nunc cognomen Iulo 

Additur (Ilus erat, dum res stetit Ilia regno), 

Triginta magnos volvendis mem;ibug orbes 

Imperio explebit, regnumque ab sode Lavini 270 

Transferet, ct Longam multa vi muniet Albam. 

Hie jam ter centum totos regnabitur anuos 

Gente sub Hectorea, donee regina sacerdos 

Marte gravis geminam partu dabit Jlja prolem. 

lnde lupae fuhro nutricis tegmine laetus 275 

Romulu excipiet gentem, et :Mavortia condet 

Moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dieet. 

His ego nee metas rerum nee temp ora pono ; 

Imperium sine fine dedi. Quin aspcra Juno, 

Quae mare nunc terrasque mctn caelllmque faligat, 280



N am que humeris de more habilem suspenderat !l.l'eum 

Venatrix, dederatque eomam di[uudere ventis, 

Nuda genu, nodoque siuus eolleeta finentes. 320 

Ae prior" Heus" inquit " jnvenes, monstrate, mearum 

Vidi8tis 8i quam hie errantem forte sororum, 

Sueeinetam pharetra et maeulosae tegmine lynei8, 

Aut spumantis apri em· sum clamore prementem." 

Bic Veuus, et Veneris contra sic filius orsus: 325 

"Nulla tuarum audita mihi neque visa sororum, 

o -quam te memorem, virgo? namque hand tibi 

vllltus 

Mortalis, nce vox hominem souat; 0 dea certe, 

An Phoebi soror? an Nympharum sanguinis una? 

Sis felix, nostrumque leves, quaeeumque, I aborem , 330 

Et, quo uh caelo tandem, quibus orbis iu oris 

J aetemur, doeeas; ignari hominumque loeorumque 

Erramus, vento bue vastis et f1uctibus acti : 

Multa tibi ante aras nostra cadet bostia c1extra." 

Tum Venus:" Haurl cquidcm tali me dignor bonore; 335 

Virginibus Tyriis mos est gesture pbaretram, 

Purpureoque alte sura vincire cotburno. 

Punica regna vieles, Tyrios et Agenoris urbem ; 

Sed fines Libyci, genus intractnbile bello. 

Imperium Dido Tyria regit urbe profeeta, 340 

Germanum fugiens. Longa est injuria, lougae 

Ambages; sed summa equar fastigia rerum. 

Huic eonjunx Sychaeus erat, ditissimus agri 

Phoenicum, et magno miscrac dileelus amore, 

Cui puter intactam dederat, primisque jugarat 345 

Ominibus. eel regna 'ryri germanus habebat 

Pygmalion, scelere ante alios immnnior omncs. 

Quos inter medius yenit furor. Ille Sychaeum 

Impius ante aras atque ami eaeens amore 

Clum ferro ineautum superat, ecm·us amorum 350 

Germanae; fa?tumque diu celavit, et aegram, 

Multa malus slmulans, vana pe lusit amantem. 

Ipsa sed in 80111nis inbumati venit imago



Conjugis; ora modis attollens pallida miris, 

Crudeles aras tl'ajectaque pectora ferro 355 

Nudavit, caecumque domus scelus orone l'etexit; 

Tum celerare fugam pa,triaque excedere suadet, 

Auxiliumque viae veteres tel1ure l'ecludit 

Thesauros, ignotum [ll'genti pondus et aud. 

His commota fugam Dido sociosque parabat. 360 

Conveniunt, quibus aut oLlium crmlcle tyranni 

Aut metus acer emt; naves, quae fortE- paratae, 

Corripiunt, onemntque auro: portantur avari 

Pygmalionis opes pel ago ; dux rcmina facti. 

Devcnere locos, ubi nunc ingentia cerne;; 365 

Moenia surgentemque novae Cal'tbaginis arcem, 

[Mcrcatique solum, facti de nomine Byrsarn, 

Taurino quantum possent cirCllmdal'e tergo.] 

Sed vos qui tandem, quihus aut venistis ab oris, 

Quove tenetis iter?" Quaerenti talibus iIle 370 

Suspirans imoque trahens a pectore vocem: 

" 0 dea, si prima repetens ab origine pergam, 

Et vacet annales nostrol"U1U audire laborum, 

A nte diem clauso compo net Vesper 01ympo. 

NOB Troja antiqua, si vestras forte per aures 375 

Trojae nomen iit, diversa per aequoJ"a veetos 

Forte sua Libycis tempestas appulit oris. 

Sum pius Aeneas, raptos qui ex ho"te Penates 

Clai;se vebo mecum, fama super aethel"a notus. 

It?-Iiam quaero patriam et genus ab Jove summo. 380 

Bis denis Phl'ygium eonscentli navibus aequoI', 

Matre elea 1l10nstrame viam, data fata secutus; 

Yix o;eptem eonvulsae undis Euroque supersunt. 

Ipseignotus, egcns, Libyae deserta pel"agro, 

Europa atqne Asia pulsus." Nee plum querentem 385 

Passa V cnus medio sic interfata doloro est: 

" Qllisqllis es, baud, credo, invisus eael()stibus auras 

Vitales carpis, Tyriam qui adveneris urbem. 

Perge modo, atqlle binc te reginae ad limina perfer. 

N amque tibi reduces soeios classemque relata!U 390 

Nuntio et in tutum versis Aquilonihus aetam,



Ni frnstra auguriulll vani docuere parentes. 

Aspice bis scnos hetantcs agmine cycnos, 

Aetberia qnos lapsa plaga J ovis ales aperto 

Turbabat caelo i nUllc terras ordine longo 396 

Aut cap ere aut captas j£l,lll despectarc videutur: 

Ut reduces illi ludunt stridentibus alis, 

Et coetu cinxere polum, cantusque dedel'e, 

Haud aliter puppesquc tuae pubesque tuorum 

Aut portum tenct, aut plena subit ostia vela. 400 

Perge modo, et, qua te clucit via, clil'ige gressum." 

Dixit, et avertens rosea cervice refulsit, 

Ambrosiaeque comae clivinulll vertice odorem 

Spiravcre; pedes vestis de([uxit a(l i1110S ; 

:Et vera incessu patuit dea. l11e ubi matreID 406 

Agnovit, tali fugientem est voce sccutus : 

" Quid natulU loties, cruc1clis tu quoque, falsis 

Ludis imaginihus? Our dextrae jUllgore dextram 

_ on datu]', ao veras andil'e et reddcre voces?" 

Talibus incusat, gressumque ad moenia tendit; 410 

At Yenus obscuro gradicnte ' aere Rep it, 

Et multo nebulae circum dea fudit awictu, 

Oernere ne quis eos, neu quis contingere posset, 

Molirive moralTl, aut venicndi poseere causas. 

Ipsa Papbul11 sublimis auit, sedesquc revisit 416 

Laeta suas, ubi templum illi, centum que Sabaeo 

'1'ure calent arac sertisque recentiLus balaut. 

COl'l'ipuere via111 iutcl'ea, qua semita monstrat ; 

Jamque aseendebaot collern, qui plurimus urbi 

Imminet, adver a8que aspectat desllper arces. 420 

Miratur molem Aeneas, magalia quondam, 

Miratur portas strepitumque et strata vial'um. 

Instant ardentes TYl'ii, pars c111cere muros 

M:olil'ique areem et lllanibus lOubl'oh'ere Raxa, 

Pars opture locum tecto et con



Rupibus excidunt, scaenis decom alta futuris. 

Qualis apes aestate nova per Rorea rura 430 

Excrcet sub sole labor, quum gentis adultos 

Educunt feLus, aut quum liquentia mclla 

Stipant et dulci distcndunt nectare cellas, 

Aut onera accipiunt venicntum, aut agmine facto 

Ignavum fucos pecus a praesepibus arcent; 435 

Fervet opus, redolentque thymo fragrantia mella. 

" 0 fOl·tunati, quorum jam moeuia surgunt 1" 

Aeneas ait, et fastigia suspicit urbis. 

Infert se septus nebula (mirabiJe dictu) 

Per medios, miscetque viris, neque cernitur ulli. 440 

Lucus in urue fuit media, laetissimus umbrae, 

Quo primum, jactati undis et turbine, Poeni 

Effodere loco signum, quod regia Juno 

Monstrarat, caput acris equi: sic nam fore bello 

Egregiam et facilem victu per saecula gentem. 445 

Hic templum Junoni ingcns Sidonia Dido 

Condebat, donis opulentum et numine divae, 

AerefL cui gradibus sl1l'gebant limina, nexaeque 

Aere trabes, foribus cardo stridebat aenis. 

Hoc primuro in luco nova res oblata timorem 450 

Leniit, hic primum Aeneas speral'c salutem 

Au us, et affiictis melius confidere rebus : 

N amque sub ingenti lustrat dum singula tllmplo, 

Reginam oppel'lcns, dum, quae fortuna sit urbi, 

Artificumque mallus inter se operumque laborem 455 

Miratur, videt Iliacas ex orcline pugnas 

Bcllaque jam fama to tum vulgata pel' orhem, 

Atridas, Pl'iamumque, ct saevum ambobus Achillem. 

Oonstitit, ct lacl'imans "Quis jam locus" inquit 

" Achate, 

Quae regio in tenis nostl'i non plena laboris ? 460 

En Priamus! Sunt hic etiam StUt pl'aemia laudi ; 

Sunt IfLcl'imue rerum, ct mcnteru mortalia tangunt. 

S?Jve metus; fel'et haec aliquam tibi fama salutem." 

R IC ait, atque animum pictura pascit i11alli, 

Mlllta gemens, largoque humectat fiumine vultum. 465



Baccatum, ej, duplicem gemmis auroque coronam. 655 

Haec celerans iter ad naves tendebat Achates. 

At Cytherea novas artes, nova pectore versat 

Consilio., ut faeiem mutatus et ora Cupido 

Pro dulci Ascanio veniat, donisque furentem 

Ineendat reginam, atque ossibus implicet ignem. 660 

Quippe domum timet ambiguam Tyriosque bilingues; 

Urit atrox Juno, et sub noctem cura recurs at. 

Ergo his aligeru1l1 dictis affatur A1l1ore1l1; 

"Nate, meae vires, mea magna potentia sol us, 

Nate, patris summi qui tela Typhoea temnis, 665 

Ad te confugio, et supplex tua numina posco. 

Frater ut Aeneas pel ago tuus omnia circum 

Litora jactetur odiis J unonis acerbae, 

Nota tibi, et nostro doluisti saepe dolore. 

Nune Phoenissa tenet Dido blandisque moratur 670 

Vocibus; et vereor, quo se Junonia vertant 

Hospitia: haud tanto cessabit cardine rerum. 

Quocirca capere ante dolis et cingere flamma 

Reginam meditor, ne quo se numine mutet, 

Sed magno Aeneae mecum teneatur amore. 675 

Qua facere id possis, nostram nunc accipe mentem: 

Regius accitu cari genitoris ad mbem 

Sidoniam puer ire parat, mea maxima cura, 

Dona ferens pel ago et fiammis restantia Trojae; 

Hunc ego sopitum somno super alta Cythera 680 

Aut super Idalium sacrata sede recondam, 

Ne qua scire dolos mediusve OCCUl'l'ere possit. 

Tu faciem illius noctem non amplius unam 

Faile dolo, et notos pueri puer indue vultus, 

Ut, quum te gremio accipiet laetissima Dido 685 

Regales inter meusas laticemque Lyaeum, 

Quum dabit amplexus atque oscula dulcia figet, 

Occultu1l1 inspires ignem fallasque veneno." 

Paret Arnor dictis carae genetrlp,is, et alas 

Exuit, et gressu gaudens incedit luli. 690 

At Venus Ascanio placida.m pel' membra quietem 

Irrigat, et fotum gremio dea tollit in altos



Idaliae lucos, ubi mollis amaracus illum 

Floribus et dulci adspil'ans complectitul' umbra. 

Jamque ibat, dicto parens, et dona Cupido 695 

Regia portabat Tyriis, cluce laetus Achate. 

Quum venit, aulaeis jam se regina superbis 

Aurea composuit sponda mediamque locavit; 

Jam patel' Aeneas et jam Trojana juventus 

Conveniunt, stratoque super discumbitur ostro. 700 

Dant manibus fa.muli lymphas, Cerel'emque canistris 

Expediunt, tonsisque ferunt mantelia villis. 

Quinquaginta intus famulae, quibus ordine longam 

Cura penum struere, et fiammis adolere Penates; 

Centum aliae totidemque pares aetate ministri, 705 

Qui dapibus mensas onerent et pocula ponant. 

N ec non et 'l'yrii per limina laeta frequentes 

Convenere, toris jussi discumbere pictis. 

Mirantur dona Aeneae, mirantur Iulurn, 

Flagrantesque dei vultus simulataque verba 710 

[Pallarnque et pictum croceo velamen acantho.] 

Praecipue infelix, pesti devota futnrae, 

Expleri rnentern nequit ardescitque tuendo 

Phoenissa, et pariter puero donisque rnovetur. 

IIIe ubi complexu Aeneae colloque pependit, 'Tl5 

Et magnum falsi implevit g'enitoris amorem, 

Reginam petit, Haec oculis, haec pectore toto 

Haeret, et inteTdum gremio fovet, inscia Dido, 

Insidat quantus miserae deus. At 111e11101' ilIe 

Matris Acidaliae, paulatim abolere Sychaeum 720 

Incipit, et vivo tentat praevertel'e amore 

Jam pridem resides animos desuetaque corda. 

Postquam prima quies epulis, mensaeque remotae, 

Crateras magnos statuunt et vina coronant. 

It strepitus tectis, vocemque per ampla volutant 725 

Atria; dependent lychni laquearibus aureis 

Incensi, et noctem flarnmis funalia vin.cunt. 

Ilic regina gravem gemmis aUl'oque poposrit 

Implevitque mora pateram, quam Belus et omne!! 

A Belo soliti; tum facta silentia tectis: 730


VERGI LI AENEIS 1. 

"Jupiter, hospitibus nam te dare jura loquuutur, 

Hune laetum Tyriisque diem Trojaque profeetis 

Esse velis, nostrosque hujus memiuisse l11inores I 

Adsit laetitiae Bacchus dator, et bona Juno! 

Et vos, 0, coetum, 'ryrii, celebrate faventes !" 735 

Dixit, et in mensam laticum libavit honorem, 

Pl'imaque, libato, summo tonus attigit ore; 

'fum Bitiae dedit increpitans; ille impiger hausit 

Spumantem patcl'alU, et pleno se prolllit auro; 

Post alii proceres. Oithara erinitus Iopas '140 

Personat aurata, doeuit quem maximus Atlas. 

Hic cauit errantem lunam solisque lahores, 

U nde bominllm genus et pecuues, unde imber et ignes, 

Areturum pluviasque Hyadas geminosque Triones, 

Quid tantul11 oceano properent se tinguere soles '145 

Hibemi, vel quae tardis mora noctibus obstet. 

Ingeminant plausu Tyrii, Tl'oesque sequuntur. 

Nee non et vario noetem sermone trahebat 

Infelix Dido, longumque bibebat amorem, 

Multa super Priamo rogitans, super Heetore multa j 750 

Nunc, quibus Aurorae veni, set filius armis, 

Nunc, quales Diomedis equL nUlle, quantus.Aebilles. 

" I11I1110 age, et a p1'ima, die, bospes, origine nobis 

Insidias" inquit " Danallm, easusque tuorum, 

Erroresque tuos; nam te jam septima portat '155 

Omnibus errantem terris et fluetibus aestas." 

29


P. VERGILI MARONIS 

AENEIDOS 

LIBER SECUNDUS. 

Contieuere omnes, intentique ora tenebant. 

Inde toro pater Aeneas sic orsus ab alto: 

"Infandum, regina, jUbes renovare dolorem. 

Tl'ojanas ut opes et lamentabile regnum 

Eruerint Danai, quaeque ipse misel'1'ima vidi, 5 

Et quorum pars magna fui, guis talia fando 

Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut duri miles Ulixi 

Temperet a laerimis? et jam nox bumida eaelo 

Praeeipitat, suac1entque cadentia sidera omnos. 

Sed si tantus amor casus eognoscere nostros 10 

Et breviter Trojae supremum audire laiJol'em, 

Quamquam animus meminisse horret luctuquerefugit, 

Incipiam. 

Fracti bello fatisque repulsi 

Dnetores Danaum, tot jam labentibus annis, 

Instal' montis equum divina Pallac1is arte 15 

Aedificant, sectaque intexunt abicte costas: 

Votum pro rcditu simulant, ea fama vagatut. 

Hue delecta virllm sortiti corpOI'a furtim 

Includunt caeco lated, penitusque cayernas 

Ingentes uterumque armata milite com]11ent. 20 

Est in eonspectu 'l'enedos, noti sima Fama 

Insula, dives opum, Priami dum regna manebant, 

(30 )


VERGILI AENEIS II. 31 

Nunc tantulll sinus et statio male fida carinis : 

Huc se provecti deserto in Jitore condunt. 

Nos abiisse rati et vento petiisse Mycenas. 25 

Ergo omnis longo solvit se Teucria luctu. 

Panduntur portae; juvnt ire et Dorica cash'a 

Desertosque videre locos litusque relictum. 

'Hic Dolopum manus, hic sacvus tendebat Achilles, 

Classibus hic locus, bic acie cOl'tare solebant.' 30 

Pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervne, 

Et molem mirantur equi. Primusque Thymoetes 

Duei intra muros hortatur et arce loeari, 

Sive dolo, seu jam 'l'rojae sic fata ferebant. 

At Capys, et quorum melior sententia menti, 35 

Aut pel ago Danai'nn insidias suspeetaque dona 

Praeeipitare jubent, subjectisque urere flammis, 

Aut tcrebrare cavas uleri ct tentare latebras. 

Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus. 

Primus ibi ante omnes, magna comitante caterva,40 

Laocoon ardens SUlllma decurrit ab aree, 

Et procul: "0 miseri, quae tanta insania, cives? 

Creditis aveetos hostes, aut ulIa putfltis 

Dona carere dolis Danalllll? sic notus Ulixes? 

Aut hoc inclusi ligno oceultantur Aehivi, 45 

Ant haec in nostros fabricata est Ultlchina muros, 

Inspeetura domos venturaque desuper urhi, 

Aut aliquis latet errol'. Equo ne eredite, Teueri. 

QUidquid id cst, timeD Dnnaos et dona ferontes." 

Sic fatus, validis ingentem viribus hastam 50 

In latus inque feri curvam compagihus alvum 

Contorsit. Stctit ilb tremens, uteroque reeusso 

lnsonuere cavae gemitumque dedere cavernae; 

Et, si rata deiim, si mens non laeva fui;:;set, 

Impulerat ferro Argolieas foedare latebl'as, 55 

Trojaque nunc staret, Priamique arx alta maneres ! 

Ecce, manus juvenem interea post terga revinctulli 

Pastores magno ad regem elamore trahebant 

Dardanidae, qui se ignotum venientibus ultro.


32 VERGILI AENEIS II. 

Hoc ipsum ut strueret Trojamque aperiret Achivis, 60 

Obtulerat, fic1ens animi, atque in uLl'Umque paratus, 

Seu versare dol os, seu certae occurubere morti. 

U ndique visendi studio Trojana ju ventus 

Circumfusa ruit, ccrtantque illudere capto. 

Aeeipe nunc Danaum insidias, et crimine ab uno 65 

Disee onmes. 

N amque ut eonspectn in medio turbatus, inermis, 

Constitit atqlle oeulis l")hrygia agmina cireumspexit, 

"Heu, quae nunc tellus," illquit, "quae rue aequora 

possunt 

Aeeipere, aut quid jam misero mihi denique restat, 70 

Cui neque apud Danaos usquam locus, et super ipsi 

Dardanidae infensi poenas cum sanguine poscunt?" 

Quo gemitu conversi animi, compressus et omnis 

Impetus. Hortamur fari , quo 'anguine cretus, 

Quidve ferat; memoret, quae sit fiducia capto. 75 

[Ille baec, deposita tandcm formidine, fatur:] 

"Cuncta equidem tibi, rex, fUel'it quodcumque, fatebor 

Vera,' in quit, "neque me Argolica de genle negabo: 

Hoc primum; nec, si miserum FOl'Luna Sinon em 

Finxit, vanum ctiam mendacemquc improba finget. 80 

Fando aliquod si forte tuns pOl'venit ad aures 

Belidae nomen Palamcdis et incluta fama 

Gloria, quem falsa sub proditione Pelasgi 

Insontem infando indicio, quia bella vetabnt, 

Demisere neci, nunc cassum luminc lugent: 85 

Illi me comitem et con::;anguinita,te propinquum 

Pauper in arma pater primis hue misit ab annis. 

Dum stabat regno ineolull1is regumque vigeuat 

Conciliis, et nos aliquod nOl11cnqnc decusque 

Gessimus. Invidia postquam pellaei::; Ulixi 90 

(Haud ignota loquor) supcris coneessit ab oris, 

Affiietus vitam in tenebri" llletuque trahebam, 

Et casum insonti: meCUlll illdignabar amici. 

Nec tacui de mens, et 111e, fUI'" si qua tulisset, 

8i patrioE umquam remeas;;em vielor ad Argos, 95 

Promisi ultorem, et verbis udia a pera movi. 

Hinc mibi prima mali labes; hinc semper Ulixes

38 


VERGILI .A.ENEIS II. 

Sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, 

" Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his" ait " eripe flammis. 

Hostis habet muros; ruit alta a cuI mine Troja. 290 

Sat patri:.te Priamoque datum. Si Perg:.tma dextra 

Defendi possent, etiam hac defens:.t fuissent. 

Sacra suosque tibi commendat rrroj:.t Penates: 

Hos cape fatorum comites, his moenia quaere, 

Magna pererrato statues quae denique ponto." 295 

Sic ait, et manibus vittas Vestamque potentem 

Aeternumque adytis effert ponetralibus ignem. 

Diverso intereu. miscentur moenia luctu, 

Et magis atque magis, quamquam secreta parentis 

Anchisae domns arboribusque obtecta recess it, 300 

Clarescunt sonitns, armorumque ingruit horror. 

Excutior somno, et summi fn,stigia tecti 

Asccnsu supero, atque arrectis auribu. adsto: 

In segetem veluti quum flamma furcntibus Austris 

Incidit, aut rapidus montano flumine torrens 305 

Stemit agros, sternit sata laeta boumque labores, 

Praccipitesque trabit silva ; stl1pet inscius alto 

.A.ccipiens sonitum saxi de verlicc pastor. 

Tum vero manifesta fides, Danallmque patescunt 

Insidiae' jam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam 310 

Vulcanc superante domus, jam proximus ardet 

Ucalegon, Sigea igni freta lata relucent. 

Exoritur clamorque virlllU clangorque tllb:.trum. 

Arma amens capio; nec sat rationis in armis, 

Sed glomeraTe manum bello et concurrere in arcem 315 

Cum sociis ardent a,nimi; furor iraque mentem 

Praecipitant, pulcbrumque mori succurrit in armis. 

Ecce autem telis Pnnthns elapsus Acbivum, 

Pant.hus Othryades, arcis Phoebique sacerdos, 

Sacra manu victosque deos parvumque nepotem 320 

Ipse trahit, cursuque amens ad lim ina tendit. 

"Quo res summa loco, Panthu? quam prendimns 

arcem ?" 

Vix en fatus eram, gemitu quum talia redrlit:


VERGILI AENEIS II. 39 

" Venit summa dies et ineluetabile tempus 

Dardaniae. Fuimus Troes, fuit Ilium et ingens 325 

Gloria 'l'euerorum; ferus omnia Jupiter Argos 

'l'l'allstulit, incensa Danai dominantur in llrbe, 

A.rduus armatos mediis in moenibus adstans 

Pundit equus, victorque Sinon incendia miscet 

Insultans. Portis alii bipatentibus adsunt, 330 

Milia quot magnis umquam venere Mycenis; 

Obsedere alii telis angusta viarum 

Oppositi j stnt ferri acies mucrone corusco 

Stricta, parata neci; vix primi pl'oelia tentant 

Portarum vigiles, et caeco Marte resistunt." 335 

Talibus Othryadae dictis et numine diVllln 

In Hammas ct in arma feror, quo tl'istis Erinys, 

Quo fremitus voeat et sublatus ad aethera clamor. 

A.ddunt se soeios Ripheus et maximus armis 

Epytus,.oblati per lunam, IIypanisque Dymasque, 340 

Et laten. agglomerant nostro, juvellisque Ooroebus, 

Mygdomdcs: illis ad Trojam forte dicbus 

Vellerat, insano Oassandl:ae incensus amore, 

Et gener auxilium Priamo Phrygibusque ferebat, 

Infelix, qui non sponsae praecepta furcntis 345 

.A. ud ieri t. 

Quos ubi confcrtos n.uclcre in proelia vidi, 

Incipio Supcr his: "Juvenes, fOl'tis .. ima frustra 

Pectora, si vobis aUllentcm cxtremn. cupido 

Oerta scqui, quac sit rebns fortuna, videtis. 350 

Excesserc omnes, adytis arisque relictis, 

Di, qui bus imperium hoc stetemt; succurritis ul'bi 

Incensac: mOl'iamul', et in media arma l'uamus. 

U.na salus victis, nullam spel'are salutem." 

SIC animis juvenum furor additus. Inde, Iupi ceu 355 

Raptol'CS atl'a in nebula, qnos improba ventris 

Exegit caecos rabies, catulique relicti 

Faucibus exspectant siccis, per tela, pel' hostes 

Vadimus haud dubiam in mortem, mediaeque tenemus 

Urbis iter; nOK :ltra cava circumvolat umbra. 360 

QUis clade'lll i1lius l1oetis, quis funem fando

40 


VERGILI AENEIS II. 

Explicet, aut possit lacrimis aequare labores? 

Urbs antiqua mit, multos dominata per annos; 

Plurima perque vias stel'llun1.ur inertia passim 

Corpora, perque domos et religiosa deorum 365 

Limina. N ec soli poellas dant sanguine 'reucri; 

Quondam etiam victis redit in praecordia vil'tus, 

Victoresque cadunt Danai. Cruc1elis ubique 

Luctus, ubique pavor, et pllll'ima mortis imago. 

Primus se D anaum, magna comitante caterva, 310 

Anc1rogeos olfert nohis, socia agmina creClcns, 

lnscius, atque ultro verbis compellat amicis: 

" Festinate, viri! N am quae tam sera moratur 

Segnities? Alii rapiunt incenRa feruntque 

Pergama; vos celsis nunc primum a urn-ibus itis?" 315 

Dixit, et extemplo (neque enim responsa dabantur 

Fida satis) scnsit med iOR deJapsus in hostes. 

Obstupuit, retroque pedem CUill voce repressit. 

Improvisum aspris veluti qui sentihu angnem 

Pressit hUilli nitens, trepitlu que repente refugit 380 

Attollentem iras et caerula colla tumentem ; 

Haud secus Androgeos visu tremefactus abibat. 

Irruimus, densis et circumfundimur armis, 

Ignarosque loci pa 'sim et formidine eaptos 

Sternimus: adspirat primo Fortuna labori. 385 

Atque hic succes u exsultans animiRque Coroebus 

" 0 socii, qua prima" inquit "fortuna salutis 

Monstrat iter, quaque ostenc1it se dextra, sequamur : 

Mutemus c1i])eos, Danai\.mque insignia nobis 

Aptemus. Dolus, an virtus, qnis in hoste requirat? 390 

Arma clabunt i])8i." Sic falus, deinCle comautem 

A nrlrogei galeam clipeique insigne decorum 

Induitur, laterique Argivum aecommodat ensem. 

Roc Ripheus, hoc ipse Dymas omni. que juventus 

Laeta. facit; sJloliis se quisque recentibus annat. 395 

Vadimus immixti Danais haud numine noslro, 

Multaque per caecam congressi proelia. noctem 

Conseril11us, multos Danaill11 demittimus Orco. 

Diffugiunt alii ad DIl.VeS, et litora cursu



Hic vero ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam 

Bella forent, nulli tota morerentur in urbe, 

Sic Martem indomitum Danaosque ad tecta ruentes 440 

Oernimus, obsessumque acta testudine limen. 

Haerent parietibus scalae, postesque sub ipsos 

Nituntur gradibus, clipeosque ad tela sinistris 

Protecti objiciunt, prensant fastigia dextris. 

Dardanidae contra turres ac tOtIL domol'um 445 

Oulmina convellunt, (his se, quando ultima cernunt, 

Extrema jam in morte parant defendere telis,) 

Auratasque trabes, veterum decora alta parentum, 

Devolvunt; alii strictis mucronibus imas 

Obsedere fores, has servant agmine denso. 450 

Instaurati animi, regis succurrere tectis, 

Auxilioque lev are viros, vimque ILddere victis. 

Limen erat caecaeque fores et pervius usus 

Tectorum inter se Priami, postesquc relicti 

A tergo, infelix qua se, dum regna manebant, 455 

Saepius Andromache ferre incomitata solebat 

Ad soceros, et avo puerum Astyanacta trahebat. 

Evado ad summi fll,stigia culminis, unde 

Tela manu miseri jactabant irrita Teucri. 

Turrim, in praecipiti stantem summisque sub astra 460 

Eductam tectis, unde omnis Troja videri 

Et DanILllm solitae naves et Achaica castra, 

Aggressi ferro circum, qua summa labantes 

J uncturas tabulata dabant, convellimus altis 

Sedibus, impulimnsque; elL laps[\, repentc rninam 465 

Cum sonitu trahit et DILnatun super agmina late 

Incidit. Ast alii subeunt, nec saxa nec ullum 

Telorum interea cessat genus. 

Vestibulum ante ipsum primoque in limine Pyrrbus 

Exsultat, telis et luce coruscus aena; 4'10 

Qualis ubi in lucem coluber mala gramina pastus, 

Frigida sub terra tumidum quem bruma tegebat, 

Nunc positis novus exuviis nitidusque juventa, 

Lubrica convolvit subln-to pectore terga,



Teque tuosque jnvat, patet isti janua leto, 

J amque aderit multo Priami de sanguine Pyrrhus, 

Guatum ante ora patris, patl'cm qui obtruneat ad aras. 

Hoc erat, alma parens, quod me pcr tela, per ignes 

Eripis, ut mecliis hostem in penetralibus, utque 665 

Ascanium patremque meum juxtaque Creiisam, 

Alterum in alterius mactatos sanguine cernam? 

Arma, viri, ferte arma; vocat lux ultima victos! 

Reddite me Danais I sinite instaurata revisall1 

Proelia I NUll1quam omnes hodie ll10riemur inulti." 670 

Hinc ferro aceingor rl1rsus, clipeoque sinistram 

Insertabam aptans meque extra teeLa ferebam; 

Ecce autem eomplexa pedes in limine conjunx 

Haerebat, parvumque patri tendebat Iulum : 

"Si periturus abis, et nos rape in omnia tecum; 675 

Sin aliquam expertus sumptis spem ponis in armis, 

Hane primum tutare domum. Cui parvus Iulus, 

Oui pater et eonjunx quondam tua dicta relinquor?" 

Talia voeiferans gemitu tectum omne repleba,t, 

Quum subitum dietuque oritur mira bile monstrum. 680 

N amqne manus inter maestorumque ora parentum 

Ecce levis summo de vertice visus luli 

Fundere lumen apex, tactuque innoxia molles 

Lambere flamma comas et circum tempora pasei. 

Nos pavidi trepidare metu, criuemquc Uagrantem 685 

Excutere et sanctos restinguere fontibus ignes. 

At pater Ancbises oeulos ad sidera laetus 

Extulit, et caelo palmas cum voce tetendit: 

" Jupiter omnipotens. precibus si flecteris ullis, 

Aspice nos hoc tantl1m ; et, 5i pietate merernur, 690 

Da deinde auxilium, pater. atque haec omina firma." 

Vix ea fatus erat senior, subitoque fragore 

Intonuit laevum, et de caelo lapsa per ur •• bras 

Stella facem ducens multa cum luee cucurrit. 

Illam, summa super labentem culmina tecti, 695 

Cernimus Idnea claram se condere sil va, 

Signantemque vias j tum Iongo limite sulcus 

Dat lucem, et late circum Ioca sulful'e fumant.

50 


VEHGILI AENEIS II. 

Confusam eripuit mentem: namque avia cursu 

Dum sequor et nota excedo regione viarum, 

Heu, misero conjunx fato mi erepta Creiisa. 

Substitit, erravitne via, seu lassa l'esedit, 

Incertum: nee post oculis est reddita nostris. 740 

Nee prius amissam respexi animumve l'efiexi, 

Quam tumulum antiquae Cereris sedemque saeratam 

Vonimus; hie demum collectis omnibus una 

Defuit, et comites natumque virumque fefellit. 

Quem non incusavi amens hominumquc deorurnque, 745 

Aut quid in eversa vidi crudelius urbe ? 

Ascanium Anchisenque patrern Teucrosque Penates 

Commendo sociis, et curva valle recondo ; 

[Ipse urbem repeto, et cingor fulgentibus armis:] 

Stat casus I'enovare omnes, omnemque reverti 750 

Per r1'l'ojam, et rursus caput objectal'e periclis. 

Principio mures obscuraque limina portl1e, 

Qua gressum extllleram, repeto, et vestigia retro 

Observata sequor pel' noctem et lumine lustro. 

Horror ubique animo, simul ipsa silentia terrent. 755 

Inde domum, si forte pedem - si forte I - tulisset, 

Me refero. IrrueranL Danai, et tectum omne tenebant. 

Ilicet ignis edax summa ad fastigia vento 

Volvitnr; exsuperant fiammae, furit aestus ad auras. 

Procedo et Priami sedes arceruque reviso. 760 

Et jam porticibus vacuis J unonis asylo 

Custodes lecti Phoenix et dirus Ulixes 

Praedam asservabant : buc undiqlle '1'ro1a gaza 

Incensis el'epta adytis, mensaeque deorum: 

Crateresque auro ,;olicE, captivaque vestis 765 

Congel'itur; pueri et pavidae longo ordine matres 

Stant circum. 

Ausus quin ctiam voces jactare pel' umbram, 

Inplevi clamore vias, maestusque Creiisam 

:N equidquam ingeminansiterumque itcrllmque vocavi. 770 

Qu aerenti ct tectis urbis sine fine rucnti, 

Infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creiisae 

Visa mibi ante oculos et nota major imago. 

Obstupui, stetel'llntque comae et vox faucibus haesit.


VERGILI AENEIS III. 

Vil'gulta et densis hastilibus horrida myrtus. 

Accessi, vil'idemque ab bumo convellere silvam 

Conatus, ramis tegel'em ut frondentibus aras, 

Horrendum et dictu video mirabile monstrum. 

N am quae prima solo ruptis radicibus arbos 

Vellitur, buic atro liquuntur sanguine guttae, 

25 

Et ten'am tabo maculant. Mihi frigidus borror 

Membra quatit, gelidusque coit formidine sanguis. 

Rursus et alterius lentum convellere vimen 

Insequor, et causas penitus tentare btentes ; 

Ater et alterius sequitur de cOl'tice sanguis. 

Multa movens animo, Nympbas venerabar agrestes 

30 

Gradivumque patrem, Geticis qui praesidet arvis, 

Rite secundarent visus omenque levarent. 

Tertia sed postquam majore hastilia nisu 

Aggl'edior genibusque adversae obluctor arenae, 

(Eloquar, an sileam?) gemitus lacrimabilis imo 

35 

Auditur tumulo, et vox reddita fertur ad aures: 40 

" Quid miserum, Aenea, laceras? Jam parce sepulto, 

Parce pias scelerare manus: non me tihi Troja 

Externum tulit, aut cruor hic de stipite manat. 

lIeu fuge crudeles terras, fuge litus avarum: 

N am Polydorus ego. Hic confixum ferrea tcxit 45 

Telorum seges et jaculis increvit acutis." 

Tum vero ancipiti mentem formidine press us 

Obstupui, steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit. 

Rune Polydorum auri quondam cum pondere magno 

Infelix Priamus furLim mandarat alendum 50 

Threlcio regi, quUUl jam diffideret armis 

Dardaniae, cingique urbem obsidione videret. 

IIle, ut opes fractae 'l'eucnim, et Fortuna receRsit, 

Res Agamenmonias victriciaque arma secutus, 

Fas omne abrulllpit, Polydorum obtruncat, et auro 55 

Vi potitur. Quid non mortulia pectora cogis, 

Auri sacra fames! Postquam pa\Tor ossa reliquit, 

Delectos populi ad proceres primumque parentem 

Monstra deulll refero, et quae sit sententia poseo. 

Omnibus idem animus, scelerata excedere terra, 60 

53

54 



Linqui pollutum hospitium, et dare classibus austros. 

Ergo instauramus Polydoro funus, et ingens 

Aggeritur tumulo tell us ; stant Manibus arae, 

Caeruleis maestae vittis atraque cupresso, 

Et circum Iliades crinem de more solutae ; 65 

lnferimus tepido spumantia cymbia lacte 

Sanguinis et sacri pateras, animamque sepulchro 

Condimus, et magna supremum voce ciemus. 

lnde, ubi prima fides pelago, placataque venti 

Dant maria, et Icnis crepitans vocat auster in altum, 70 

Deducunt socii naves et litora complent. 

Provehimur portu, tel'J'aeque urbesque recedunt. 

Sacra rnari colitur medio gratissima tellus 

Nereldum matri et Neptuno Acgaeo, 

Quam pius Arcitenens, oras et litora circum 75 

Errantem, Mycono e celsa Gyaroque revinxit, 

Immotamque coli dedit et contcmnere ventos: 

Huc feror; haec fessos tuto placidissima portu 

Accipit. Egressi veneramur Apollinis urbem. 

Rex Anius, rex idem hom inurn Phoebique sacerdos, 80 

Vittis et sacra redimitns tempora lauro, 

Occurrit; veterem Anchisen agnovit amicum. 

Jungimus hospitio dextras, et tecta subimus. 

Templa dei saxo venerabar structa vetusto ; 

"Da propl'iam, Thyrnbraee, domum ! Da moeniafessis 85 

Et genus et mansuram urbem! Serva altera Trojae 

Pergn,ma, reliquias Danaum atque immitis Achilli. 

Quem sequimur? quove ire jubes, ubi ponere sedes ? 

Da, patel', augurium, atque animis illabere nostris !" 

Vix ea fatu eram; tremere omnia visa repente, 90 

Liminaque laurusque dei, totusque moveri 

Mons circum, et mugire ac1ytis cortina reclusis. 

Summissi petimus terram, et vox fertur ad aUl'es: 

" Dardanidae duri, quae vos a stirpe parentum 

Prima tulit telIus, eadem vos uhere laeto 95 

Accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem. 

Hic domus Aeneae cunctis rlominabitur oris,


VERGILI AENEIS III. 55 

Et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis." 

Haec Phoebus; mixtoque ingens exorta tumultu 

Laetitia, et cuncti quae sint eo, moenia quaerunt, 100 

Quo Phoebus vocet en'antes jubeatque reverti. 

'l'um genitor, veterum volvens monumenta virorum, 

"Audite, 0 proceres," ait " et spes discite vestras. 

Creta Jovis magni medio jacet insula ponto, 

Mons Idaeus ubi, et gentis eunabula nostrae ; 105 

Centum urbes habitant magnas, uberrima regna: 

Maximus unde pater, si rite audita record or, 

TeuCl'us Rhoeteas primum est advectus ad oras, 

Optavitque locum regno. N ondum TIium et arces 

Pergameae steterant; habitabant vallibus imis. 110 

Hine mater cultrix Cybeli, Corybantiaque aera, 

Idaeumque nemus; hine Hda silentia sacris, 

Et juncti currum dominae subiere leones. 

Ergo agite, et, divum dueunt qua jussa, sequamul', 

Placemus ventos, et Gnosia regna petamus I 115 

Nec longo distant cursu: modo Jupiter adsit, 

Tertia lux classem Cretaeis sistet in oris." 

Sic fatus, meritos aris mactavit bonores, 

rraurum N eptuno, taurum tibi, pulcher Apollo, 

Nigram Hiemi pecudem, Zephyris felicibus albam. 120 

F ama volat, pulsum regnis cessisse paternis 

Idomenea ducem, desertaque litora Cretae, 

Hoste vacare domum, sedesque adstare relictas. 

Linquimus Ortygiae portus, pelagoque volamus, 

Baeehatamque jugis Naxon, viridemque Donusam, 125 

Olearon, niveamque Paron, spal'Sasqllc per aequot" 

Cycladas, et erebris legimus freta cOlleita tertis. 

Nautieus exoritur vario eertamine clamor; 

Hortantur socii, Cretam proavosque petamus ; 

Prosequitur surgens a puppi vcntus ellutcs, 130 

Et tandem antiquis Cllretum allabinlUl' oris, 

Ergo aviclus muros optatlLe molior urbis, 

Pergameamque voco, et laetam cognomine gcntem 

Hortor amare focos arcemque n,ttollcrc teetis. 

Jamque fere [siceo subductae litore puppes i] 135


56 VERGILI AENEIS III. 

Connubiis arvisquc novis operata juventus ; 

Jura domosque dabam: sub ito quum tabida membris, 

Corrupto caeli tractu, miserandaque venit 

Arboribusque satisque lues et letifer annus. 

Liuquebant du1ces animas, aut aegra trahebant 140 

Corpora; tum steriles exurere Sirius agros ; 

Arebant herbae, et vic tum seges aegra negabat. 

Rursus ad oraclum Ortygiae Phoebumque remenso 

Hortatur patcr ire mari, veniamque precari, 

Quam fessis finem rebus ferat, unde laborum 145 

Tentare auxilium jubeat, quo vertere cursus. 

Nox erat, et tenis animalia somnus habebat: 

Effigicr:; sacrae divum Phrygiique Penates, 

Quos mecum ab rrroja mediisque ex igllibus urbis 

Extuleram, visi ante oculos adstare jacentis 150 

In somnis, multo mallifesti lumine, qua se 

Plena per insert as fundebat luna fenestras ; 

Tum sic affari et curas his de mere dictis: 

"Quod tibi delato Ortygiam dicturus Apollo est, 

Hic canit, et tua nos en ultro ad limina mittit. 155 

Nos te, Dardania incensa, tuaque arma secuti, 

Nos tumidum sub te permensi classibus aequor, 

Idem venturos tollemus in astra nepotes, 

Imperiumque urbi dabimus: tu moenia magnis 

Magna para, longumque fugae ne linque laborem. 160 

Mutandae sedes: non haec tibi litora snasit 

Delius, aut Oretae jussit considere, Apollo. 

Est locus, Hesperiam Graii cognomine dicunt, 

Terra antiqua, potens armis atque ubere glebae, 

(Oenotri coluere viri; nunc fama, min ores 165 

HaJiam dixisse ducis de nomine gentem :) 

Hae nobis propriae sedes, hinc Dardanus ortus 

I asiusque pater, genus a quo principe nostrum. 

Surge age, et haec laetus longaevo dicta parenti 

Haud dubitunda refer: Oorytbum terrasque requirat 170 

Ausonias: Dictaea negat tibi Jupiter arva." 

'l'al ibm; attonitus visis ac voce deorum, 

(Ncc sopor ilIud erat, sed coram agnoscere vnltus


58 VERGILI AENEIS Ill. 

Harpyiaeque cotimt aliae, Phinela postquam 

Clausa domus, mensasque metu liquere priores, 

Tristius ha,ud ilIis monstrum, nec saevior ulla 

Pestis et ira deilm Stygiis sese extulit undis. 215 

Virginei volucrum vuitus, foedissima ventris 

Proluvies, uncaeque manus, et pallida semper 

Ora fame. 

Huc ubi delati portus intravimus, ecce 

Laeta boum passim campis armenta videmus 220 

Caprigenumque pecus, nullo custode, per herbas. 

Irruimus ferro, et divos ipsumque voeamus , 

In partem praedamque Jovem ; tum litore curvo 

Exstruimusque toros, dapibusque epulamur opimis . 

.At subitae horrifieo lapsll de montibus adsunt 225 

Harpyiae et magnis quatiunt clangoribus alas, 

Diripiuntque dapes, contactuque omnia foedant 

Immundo; tum vox taetrum dira inter adorem. 

Rursum in secessu longo sub rupe cavata, 

[.Arboribus clausi circum at que horrentibus umbris,] 230 

Iustruimus mensas, arisque reponimus ignem ; 

Rursum ex diverse caeli caecisque latebris 

'furba sonans praedam pedibus circum vol at uncis, 

Polluit ore dapes. Sociis tunc, arma capessant, 

Edico, et dim bellum cum gente gerendum. 235 

Haud secus ac jussi faciunt, tectosque pel' herbam 

Disponunt enses et scuta latentia condunt. 

Ergo ubi deJapsae sonitum per CUl'va dedere 

Litora, dat signum specula Misenus ab alta 

Aere cavo. lnvadunt socii, et nova proelia tentant, 240 

Obscenas pelagi ferro foedare voluCl'es. 

Sed nequc vim plumis ullam nec vulnera tergo 

Accipiunt, celerique fuga sub sidera lapsae 

Semiesam praedam et vestigia foeda relinquunt. 

Una in praecelsa consedit rupe Celaeno, 245 

Infelix vates, rumpitque banc pectore vocem: 

"Bellum etiam pro caede bOllm stratisque juvencis, 

Laomedontiadae, bellumne inferre paratis, 

Et patrio Harpyias insontes pellere regno? 

Accipite ergo animis atque haec mea figite dicta, 250 

Quae Phoebo patel' omnipotens, mihi Phoebus Apollo



Praedixit, vobis Furiarum ego maxima pando. 

Italiam cursu petitis: ventisque vocatis 

Ibitis Italiam, portusque intrare licebit ; 

Sed non ante datam cingetis moenibus urbem, 255 

Quam vos dira fames nostraeque injuria caedis 

Ambesas subigat malis absumere mensas." 

Dixit, et in silvam pennis ablata refugit. 

At sociis subita gelid us formidine sanguis 

Deriguit: cecidere animi; nec jam amplius armis, 260 

Sed votis precibusque jubent exposcere pacem, 

Si ve deae, seu sint dirae obscenaeque volucres ;' 

Et pater Anchises passis de litore palmis 

Numina magna vocat, meritosque indicit honores: 

" Di, prohibete minas; di, talem avertite casum, 265 

Et placidi servate pios!"; tum litore funem 

Deripere, excussosque jubet laxare rudentes. 

Tendunt vela N oti j fugimus spumantibus undis, 

Qua cursum ventusque gubernatorque vocabat. 

Jam medio apparet fiuctu nemorosa Zacynthos, 270 

Dulichiumque, Sameque, et N eritos ardua saxis 

Effugimus scopulos Ithacae, Laertia regna, 

Et terram altricem saevi exsecramur Ulixi. 

Mox et Leucatae nimbosa cacumina montis, 

Et formidatus nautis aperitur Apollo. 275 

Ruuc petimus fessi, et parvao succedimus urbi; 

Anchora de prora jacitur, stant litore puppes. 

Ergo insperata tandem tellure potiti, 

Lustramurque Jovi, votisque incendimus aras, 

Actiaque lliacis celebramus litoI'll. ludis. 280 

Exercent patrias oleo labente palaestras 

Nudati socii: juvat evasisse tot urbos 

Argolicas, mediosque fugam tcnuisse per hostes. 

Interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum, 

Et glacialis hiemps aquilonibus asperat undas. 285 

Aere cavo clipeum, magni gestamen Abantis, 

Postibus adversis figo, et rem carmine signo : 

"AENEAS HAEC DE DANAIS VIOTORIBUS ARMA"; 

Linquere tum portus jubeo et considere transtris.



Certatim socii feriunt mare et aequora verrunt. 290 

Protinus aerias Phaeacum abscondimus arces, 

Litoraque Epiri legimus, pOl'tuque subimus 

Chaonio et celsam Buthroti accedimus urbem. 

Hic incredibilis rerum fama occupat aures, 

Priamiden Helenum Graias regnare per urbes, 295 

Oonjugio Aeacidae Pyrrhi sceptrisque potitum, 

Et patrio Andromachen iterum cessisse marito. 

Obstupui, miroque incensnm pectns amore, 

Compellare virum et casus cognoscere tantos. 

Progredior portu, classes et litora linquens, 300 

Sollemnes qlium forte dapes et tristia dona 

Ante urbem in luco falsi Simoentis ad undam 

Libabat cineri Andromache, Manesque vocabat 

Rectoreum ad tumulnm, viridi quem cespite inanem 

Et geminas, causam lacrimis, sacraverat aras. 305 

Ut me conspexit venientem et TroIa circum 

Arma amens vidit, magnis exterrita monstris 

Deriguit visu in medio, calor ossa reliquit, 

Labitur, et longo vix tandem tempore fatur : 

"Verane te facieR, verus mibi Duntius affers, 310 

Nate dea? vivisne? aut, S1 lux alma recessit, 

Hector ubi est?" Dixit, lacrimasque efIudit et omnem 

Implevit clam ore locum. Vix pauca furenti 

Subjicio et 1'aris turbatus voeibus hisco : 

"Vivo equidem, vitam que extrema per omnia duco. 315 

Ne dubita: nam vera vides. 

Heu, quis te casus dejectam conjuge tanto 

Excipit, aut quae digna satis fortuna revisit, 

Hectoris Andromache? PYl'1'hiu' COllllubia servas ?" 

Dejccit vultum et demissa voce locuta est : 320 

" 0 felix una ante alias Priamcia virgo, 

Hostilem ad tUDlulum Trojae sub moenibus altis 

Jussa mori, quae sortiius non pertnlit ulIos, 

N ec victoris heri tetigit capti va cub ile I 

Nos, patria incensa, di versa per aequora vectae, 325 

Stirpis Acbilleae fastus juvellemque superbum,



Servitio enixae, tulimus; qui dcinde, secutus 

Ledaearu Hermionen Lacedacmoniosque hymenaeos, 

Mc famulo famulamque Heleno transmisit habendam. 

Ast ilium, ercptac ma""no inflammatus am ore 330 

Oonjugis et scelerum Furiis agitatus, Orestes 

Excipit incautum, patriasque obtruncat ad aras. 

Morte Neoptolemi regnorum reddita cessit 

Pars Heleno, qui Obaonios cog nomine campos 

Obaoniamque omnem Trojano a Ohaonc dixit, 335 

Pergamaque Iliacamque jugis banc addidit arcem. 

Sed tibi qui cm'sum venti, quae fata dcdere? 

Aut quisnam ignarum nostris deus appulit oris? 

Quid puer Ascanius? Superutne? ct vescitur aura, 

Quae tibi jam Troja-? 340 

Ecqua tamcn puero est amissae cura parentis? 

Ecquid in antiqua1l1 virtutelll ani1l10sque viriles 

Et pater Aeneas et avnnculus excitat Hector? " 

'1'alia fundehat lacrimans longosque ciebat 

Incassu1l1 fletus, qUU1l1 sese a 1l10enibus heros 345 

Priamidcs 1l1ultis Helenus c0111itn,ntibus affert, 

Agnoscitque suos, lactusque ad limina ducit, 

[Et 111ultum lacrimas verba inter singula fundit.] 

Procedo, et parva1l1 '1'roja111 simuIataque 1l1agnis 

Pergama et arentcm Xanthi cogn01l1ine rivum 350 

Agnosco, Scacaeque ampicctor limina portae. 

Nec non et Teucri socia simul urbe fruuntur: 

IIlos porticibus rex accipiebat in aroplis; 

Aulai medio libabant pocula Bacchi, 

Illlpositis auro dapibus, paterasque tenebant. 355 

.In.lllque dies alterque dies processit, et aurae 

Vela vocant, tumidoque illflatur carbasus austro: 

His .atem aggredior dictis ac talia quaeso: 

" Trojugena, interpres divum, qui numilla Pboebi, 

Qui tripodas, Olarii laurus, qui sidera sentis 360 

Et volucrum liuguas et pruepetis omina pennae, 

Fare age (namque omne1l1 curSUlll mihi prospera dixit 

Religio, et cuncti suascrunt numine divi 

Italiam petere et terras tentare repostas ;


62 . VERGILI AENEIS III. 

Sola novum, dictuque nefas, Harpyia Celaeno 365 

Prodigium can it, et tristes denuntiat iras 

Obscenamque famem) quae prima pericula vito? 

Quid ve sequens tantos possim superare labores ?" 

Hie Hclenus, caesis primum de more juveucis, 

Exorat pacem diVllm, vittasque resolvit 370 

Sacrati capitis, meque ad tua limiua, Phoebe, 

Ipse manu multo susponsum numine ducit ; 

Atque haec deinde canit divino ex ore sacordos: 

"Nate dea (nam te majoribus ire per altum 

Auspiciis manifesta fides: sic rata deum rex 375 

Sortitur, vol vitque vices; is vertitur ordo), 

Pauca tibi e multis, quo tutior hospita lustres 

Aequora et Ausonio possis considere portu, 

Expediam dietis; prohibent nam cetera Parcae 

Scire Helenum farique vetat Saturnia Juno. 380 

Principio Italiam, quam tu jam rere pl'opinquam, 

Vicinosquc, ignare, paras invadere portus, 

Longa proeul longis via dividit invia terris. 

Ante et Trinaeria lentandus remus in unda, 

Et salie Ausonii lustrandum navibus aequor, 385 

Infernique lacus Aeaeaequc insula Circae, 

Quam tuta possis urbem componere terra. 

Signa tibi dieam: tu condita mente teneto: 

Quum tibi sollicito secreti ad fiuminis undam 

Litoreis ingens inventa sub ilicibus sus, 390 

'friginta capitum fetus enixa, jaeebit, 

Alba, solo recubans, albi circum ubera nati, 

Is locus urbis erit, requies ca certa laborum. 

Nee tu mensarum morsus horrescc futuros: 

}



Insano.m vatem aspicies, qua.e rupe sub ima 

Fata can it, foliisque notas et nomina. maudat. 

Qnaecumque in foliis descl'ipsit cal'mina virgo, 445 

Digerit in numerum, atque antro seclu:a relillt,uit; 

IlIa manent immota locis, neque ab ordine cedunt. 

Verum eadem, verso tenuis quum cardine ventns 

ImpuIit et teneras turbavit jn,nua frondes, 

N umquam deinde cava volibntin, prendere saxo, 450 

Nec revacal'e situs aut jungere carmina curat ; 

Inconsulti abeunt, sedemque odere 8iby11o.e. 

Hie tibi ne qun, morae fuerint dispendia tanti., 

Quamvis increpitent socii, et vi CUl'SUS in a.ltum 

Vela vocet possisqne sinus implere secnndos, 455 

Quill adeas vatem, precibusqne oracula poscas. 

Ipsa canat, vocemque volens atquc ora rcsolvat. 

Illa tibi Italiae pOllulos venturaque bella, 

Et quo quemque modo fugiasque ferasquc laborem, 

Expediet, cursusqne dabit venerata secnudos. 460 

Haec sunt, quae nostra lieeat te voce moneri. 

Vade age, et ingentem faetis fer ad aethera Trojam." 

Quae postquam yates sic ore cfl'atus amico est, 

Dona debine aura gravia seetoque elephauto 

Imperat ad naves ferri, stipatque eal'inis 465 

Ingells argentum Dodonaeosque lebetas, 

Loricam eonsertam balllis aUl'oque trilicem, 

Et conum insignis galeae cristasq ue comantes, 

Arma Neoptolemi. 8unt et sua dona po.l'enti. 

Addit equos, additquc duces; 470 

Remigium suppJet; socios simul instruit armis. 

Intel'ea classem velis aptare jubebat 

Anchises, tim'et vento mora ne qua ferenti. 

Quem Phoeoi intel'pres multo compellat honore : 

"Conjugio, Anchisa, Veneris dignate superbo, 475 

Cura dellm, bi" Pergameis ereple rl1inis, 

Ecce tibi Ausoniae tellus: hanc arripe velis. 

Et tamen hane pel ago pmeterlabare necesse est; 

Ausoniae pars illa procul, quam pandit Apollo.



Postquam cuncta videt caeIo constare sereno, 

Dat cIarum e puppi signum; nos castra movemus, 

Tentamusque viam et velorum pandimus alas. 520 

Jamque rubescebat stellis Aurora fugatis. 

Quum procul obscuros colles humilemque videmus 

Italiam. "Italiam I" primus conclamat Achates, 

Italiam laeto socii clamol'e salutant. 

Tum pater Anchises magnum cratera corona 525 

Induit implevitque mcro, divosque vocavit 

Stans celsa in puppi: 

" Di, maris et terrae tempestatumque potentes, 

Ferte viam vento faeilem, et spirate secundi." 

Crebl'escunt optatae aurae, portusque patescit 530 

Jam propior, templumque apparet in arce Minervae. 

Vela legunt socii, et proras ad litora torquent. 

Portus ab Euroo Huctu curvatus in arcum ; 

Objectae salsa spumant aspargine cautes, 

Ipse latet ; gcmino demittunt brachia muro fl35 

Turriti scopuli, l'efugitque ab litore templum. 

Quattuor hic, primum omen, equos in gramine vidi 

'l'ondentes co,mpum late, candore nivali. 

Et pater Anchiscs: "Bellum, 0 terra hospita, pOl·tas: 

Bello armantur equi, bellum haec armenta minantur. 540 

Sed tamen idem olim curl'll succedere sueti 

Quadrupedes, et frena juga concordia ferre ; 

Spes et pacis," ait. Tum numina sancta precamur 

Palladis armieonae, quae prima accepit ovantes, 

Et capita ante aras Phrygio velamur amictu ; 545 

Praeceptisque Releni, dederat quae maxima, rite 

Junoni Al'givae jussos aelolemus honores. 

Hauel mora; continuo pel'fectis ordine voLis, 

Cornua velatal'um obvertiruus antennarum, 

Grajugem'uuque domos suo pectaque Iinquimus arva. 550 

Rinc sinus Herculei, si vera est fama, Tarenti 

Cernitur; attollit se diva Lacinia contra, 

Caulonisque arces et navifraguru Scylaceum. 

Tum pro cuI e fiuctu Tl'inacria cernitur Aetna; 

Et gemitum ingentem peJagi puJsataque saxa 555 

Audimus longe, fractasque ad litora voces;


VERGILI .A.ENEIS III. 

Elxsultantque vada, atque aestu miscentur arenae. 

Elt pater Anchises: "Nimirum haec illa Charybdis; 

Hos Helenus scopulos, haec saxa horrenda canebat : 

Elripite, 0 socii, pariterque insurgite remis I" 560 

Haud minus ac jussi faciunt; primusque rudelltem 

Oontorsit laevas pro ram Palinurus ad undas ; 

Laevam cuncta cohors remis velltisque petivit. 

Tollimur in caelum curvato gurgite, et idem 

Subducta ad Manes imos desedimus unda. 565 

Tel' scopuli clamorem inter cava saxa dedere, 

Tel' spumam clisam et rorantia vidimus astra. 

Interea fessos ventus cum sole reliquit, 

Ignarique viae Oyclopum allabimur oris. 

Portus ab accm;su ventorum immotus et ingens 5'70 

Ipse; seu horrificis juxta tonat Aetna ruinis, 

Interd umque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, 

Turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, 

A ttollitque globos f1amrnarum, et sidera lambit; 

Interdul11 scopulos avulsaque viscera montis 5'75 

Erigit eructans, liquefactaque saxa sub auras 

Cum gemitu glomerat, fundoque exacstuat imo. 

Fama est, Enceladi semiustum fulmine corpus 

Urgeri mole hac, in gentemque insuper Aetnam 

Impositam ruptis fiammam exspirare camiuis, 580 

Et, fessum quoties mu1.ct latus, intremere omnem 

Murmure Trinacriam et caelum subtexere fumo. 

N octem iIlam tecti silvis immania monstra 

Perferimus, nee, quae sonitum det causa, videmus : 

N am neque erant a, trorum ignes, nee lucidus aethra 585 

Siderea polus, obscuro sed nubila caelo, 

Et lunam in llimbo IlOX intempesta tenebat. 

Postera jamque dies primo surgebat Eoo, 

Humentemque Aurora polo dimoverat umbram : 

Q,uum subito e silvis, macie confecta suprema, 590 

Ignoti nova forma viri miserandaque cuItu 

Procedit, supplexque manus ad lltora tendit. 

67



Immensus, saniem eruetans et frusta eruento 

Per somnum commixta mero, nos, magna preeati 

Numina, sortitique vices, una undique circum 

Fundimur, et tela lumen terebramus acuto, 635 

Ingens, quod torva solum sub fronte latebat, 

Argolici clipei aut Phoebeae lampadis instal', 

Et tandcm laeti sociorum ulciscimur umbras. 

Sed fugite, 0 miseri, fugite, atque ab litore funem 

Rumpite : 640 

N am, qualis quantusque cavo Polyphemus in antro 

Lanigeras claudit pecudes atque ubera pressat, 

Centum alii cur va bacc habitant ad litora vulgo 

Infandi Cyclopes, et altis montibus errant. 

Tertia jam Lunae se cornua lumine complent, 645 

Quum vitam in silvis inter deserta ferarum 

Lustra domosque traho, vastosque ab rupe Cyclopas 

Prospicio, sonitlllnque pedum vocemque tremisco. 

Victum illfelicem, baccas lapidosaque coma, 

Dant rami, et vulsis pascunt radicibus herbae. 650 

Omnia collustrans, banc primum ad litora classem 

Oonspexi venientem; buie me, quaeeumque fuisset, 

Addixi: satis est gentem effugisse nefandam. 

Vos animam hanc potius quoeumque absumite leto." 

Vix ea fatus erat, summo quum monte vidcmus 655 

Ipsum inter pecudes vasta se mole moventem 

Pastorem Po]yphemum, et Iitora nota petentem, 

Monstrum honendum, informe, ingeus, cui lumen 

ademptum. 

Trunca maIlU pinus regit et vesLigia firmat ; 

La nigerao comitantur oves; ea sola voluptas 660 

Solamenque mali. 

Postquam altos tetigit fluctus et ad aoquora venit, 

Luminis effossi (lui dum lavit inde cruorem, 

Dcntibus infrendens gcmitu, graditurque per aequor 

Jam medium; necdum fluctus latera ardua tinxit. 665 

Nos procul indc fugam tl'epidi celerare, recepto 

Supplice sic mm'ito, tacitique incidere funem ; 

Verrimus et proni certantibus aequora remis. 

69



Hinc Drepaoi me portus et illaetabilis ora 

Accipit. Hic, pelagi tot tempestatibus actus, 

Heu genitorem, omnis curae casusque levamen, 

Amitto Anchisen. Hic me, pater optime, fessum no 

Deseris, heu, tantis nequidquam erepte periclis I 

N ec vates Helenus, quum multa horrenda moneret, 

Hos·mihi praedixit luctus, non dira Celaeno. 

Hic labor extremus, longarum haec meta viarum. 

Hinc me digressum vestris deus appulit oris." 115 

Sic pater Aeneas, intentis omnibus, unus 

Fata renarrabat divilm, curs usque docebat. 

Conticuit tandem, factoque hic fine quievit.


P. VERGILI MARONI8 

AENEIDOS 

LTBER QUARTUS. 

At regina, gravi jamduclum saucia cura, 

Vulnus alit venis, et caeco ca1'pitur igni. 

Multa vi1'i vil'tus animo, mUltusque recursat 

Gentis honos; hael'ent infixi pectore vultus 

Verbaque, nec placidam mcmbl'is tIat cura quietem. 5 

P ostera Phoebea lustrahat lampac1e terras 

IIumentemque Aurora polo dimoverat nmhram, 

Quum sic unanimam alloquitur male sana sororem : 

" Anna SOrol', quae me suspensam insomnia terrent? 

Quis novus hie nostris successit sec1ibus hospes? 10 

Quem sese ore fcrens I quam forti pectore et armis I 

Crec10 equitlem, nee vana fides, genus esse c1eorum. 

Degener s animos timor tlrguit. lIeu, quibus ille 

J aetaius fatL ! quae bella exhausta canebat I 

8i mihi non animo fixull1 immotumque sederet, 15 

Ne cui me vinelo vellem soeiare jugali, 

Postquam j}l'imus amor deeeptam mOl'te fefellit, 

Si non pertaesul11 thalami taeclaeque fuisset, 

Ruie uni forsan potui succumber culpae. 

Anna, fatebor cnim, miseri post fata Sychaei 20 

Conjugis, et sparsos fraterna caede Penates, 

Salus hic infiexit sensus, animumque labantem 

Impulit. Agnasco vcteris vestigia flall1mae. 

Sed mihi vel tellus optem prius ima dehiscat., 

Vel pater omnipotens atIigaL me fulmine ad umbras, 25 

( 72)


VERGILI AENEIS IV. 73 

Pallentes umbras Erebi noctemque profundam, 

Ante, Pudor, quam te violo, aut tua jura resolvo. 

Ille meos, primus qui me sibi junxit, amores 

Abstulit: ille habeat secum servetque sepulchro." 

Sic effata, sinum lacrimis implevit obortis. 30 

Anna refert: "0 luce magis dilecta sorori, 

Solane perpetua maerens carpere juventa, 

N ec dulces natos, Veneris nec praemia noris ? 

ld cinerem aut Manes credis curare sepultos? 

Esto: aegram nulli quondam f1exere mariti, 35 

Non Libyae, non ante 'I'yro; despecius Iarbas 

Ductoresque alii, quos Africa tcrra, triumphis 

Dives, alit: placitone etiam pugnabis amOl'i? 

Nec venit in mentem, quorum c:onsederis urvis? 

Hinc Guctulae urbes, genus insupcrabile bello, 40 

Et Numidae infreni cingunt et inhospitu Syrtis; 

Hinc desel'ta siti regio, lateque fmentes 

Barcaei. Quid bellu Tyro surgentia dicam, 

Gel'manique minas? 

Dis equidem auspicibus reoI', et Junone secunda, 45 

lIunc cursum Iliacas vento tenuisse carinas. 

Quam tu urbem, .01'01', hanc cernes, quae surgere regna 

Coujugio tali I 'l'eucrfllll comitantibus armis, 

Punica se quantis attollet gloria rcbus I 

'I'u modo po,;cc deos veniam, saerisque litatis 50 

Indulge hospitio, causasque innecte morandi, 

Dum pelago desaevit hiempset aquosus Orion, 

Quassataeque rates, [dum non tractabile caelum.]" 

His dictis ineen urn animnrn innammavit amore, 

Spcmque dedit dubiae menti, solvitque pudorem. 55 

Principio delubra adeunt, pacemque per aras 

Exquirunt; mactant lectas de more bidentes 

Legiferac Ccreri, Pboeboque, patrique Lyaeo, 

Junoni ante omnes, cui vincla .iugalia curae. 

Ipsa, tenens dextra pateram, plllcherrima Dido 60 

Candentis vaccae media inter cornua fundit, 

Aut ante ora deflln pingues sputialur ud aras,


VERGILI AENEIS IV. 

A.rdet amans Dido traxitque per ossa furorem. 

Oommunem hunc ergo populum paribusque regamus 

Auspiciis; liceat Phrygio servil'e marito, 

Dotalesque tnae Tyrios permittere dextrae." 

Olli (sen sit enim simulata mente 10cutam, 105 

Quo reg-num Italiae Libycas averteret oras) 

Sic contra est ingressa Venus: "Quis talia demens 

Abnuat, aut tecum malit contendere bello? 

Si modQ, quod memoras, factum fortuna sequatur. 

Sed fatis incerta feror, si Jupiter unam 110 

Esse velit rryriis urbem Trojaque profectis, 

Miscerive pro bet populos, aut foedera jungi. 

Tu conjunx: tibi fas animum tentare preeando. 

Perge; sequar." Tum sic exeepit regia Juno: 

"Mecum erit iste labor. Nunc qua ratione quod instat 115 

Confieri possit, paueis, adverte, doeebo. 

Venatum Aeneas unaqne miserrirna Dido 

In nemus ire pal'ant, ubi primos crastinus ortus 

Extulerit Titan radiisque retexerit orbem. 

His ego nigrantem eommixta granc1ine nimbum, 120 

Dum trepidant alae, saltusque iudagine eingunt, 

Desuper infuuc1am, et tonitru eaelum omne ciebo. 

Diffugient comites, et noete tegentur opaea; 

Speluncam Dido dux et Trojanus eandem 

Devenient. Adero, et, tua si mibi certa voluntas, 125 

[Connubio jungam stabili propriamque dieabo :] 

Hic bymenaeus erit." Non adversata petenti 

Annuit, atque dolis risit Cytherea repertis. 

Oeeanum interea sUl'gens Aurora reliquit. 

It portis, jubare exorto, de1eeta jnventus ; 130 

Retia rant, plagae, lato vcnabula ferro, 

Massylique rUlmt equitcs et odora eanum vis. 

Reginam thalamo eunetantem ad limina primi 

Poenorum exspeetant; ostroquc insignis et auro 

Stat sonipes, ae frena ferox spumantia mandit. 135 

Tandem progreditur, magna stipante eaterva, 

Sidoniam pieto ehlamydem eireumdata limbo: 

75



Mobilitate vi get, viresque acquirit eundo ; 115 

Parva metu primo j mox sese attollit in auras, 

Ingl'editurque solo, et caput iuter nubila condit. 

Illam Terra parens, ira irritata deorum, 

Extremam, ut perhibent, Coeo Enceladoque sororem 

Progenuit, pedibus celerem et pernicibus alis, 180 

Monstrum horrendum, ingens, cui, quot sunt corpore 

plumae, 

Tot vigiles oculi subter (mirabile dictu), 

Tot linguae, totidem ora sonant, tot subl'igit auras. 

N octe volat eaeli medio terraeque, per umbram 

Stddens, nec duloi declinat lumina somno ; 185 

IJuce sedet custos aut summi culminc tccti, 

'l'urribus aut altis, ct magnas terri tat mbes, 

Tam ficti pravique tcnax, quam nuntia veri. 

Haec tum multiplici populos sermone replebat 

Gaudens, et pal'iter facta atquc iafceta canebat: 190 

Venisse Aenean, Tl'ojano sanguine cretu IU, 

Cui se pulchl'a viro dignetur jungere Dido j 

Nunc hiemem inter sc Juxu, qualU longa, fovere, 

Regnorum inllflcmol'es turpiquc cupidine captos. 

IIaec passim dea focda vinllU diffundit in om. 195 

Protinus ad regem CUl'SUS detorquet Iarban, 

Incenditque animum dictis atque aggerat iras. 

Hic Hammone satus, rapta Garamantide Nympha, 

Templa J ovi centum latis imruania regnis, 

Centum aras posuit, vigilemque sacraverat ignem, 200 

Exeubias divum aeternas, pecudumque crUOl'e 

Pingue solum et variis florentia limina.sertis. 

Jsque, amens animi et rumOl'e accensus amaro, 

Dicitur ante aras, media inter numina diVllm, 

.Multo, J ovem manibus supplex Ol'USSC supinis: 205 

"Jupiter omnipotcns, cui nunc Maurusia pictis 

Gens epulata tOl'is Lenaeum libat honol'em, 

Aspicis haec? an te, genitor, qUUll1 fulmina torques, 

Nequidquam hOl'l'emus, eaeeique in nubibus ignes 

Terrifieant animos et inania murmura miseent? 210 

Femina, quae nostris errans in finibus urbem



Piniferum caput et vento pulsatnr et imbri ; 

Nix humeros infusa tegit; tum fiumina mento 250 

Praecipitant senis, et glacie riget hon'ida barba. 

Ric primum paribus nitens Cyllenius alis 

Constitit; binc toto praeceps se corpore ad undas 

Misit, avi similis, quae circum litora, circum 

Piscosos scopulos bumilis volat aequora juxta. 255 

[Raud aliter tcrras inter caelumque volabat 

Litus arenosum ad Libyae, vcntosque sccabat 

Materno vcniens ab avo Cyllenia proles.] 

Ut primum alatis tctigit magalia plantis, 

A.enean fundantem arces ac tecta novantem 260 

Conspicit. Atque illi stellatus jaspide fulva 

Ensis erat, Tyrioque a1'debat murice laena 

Demissa ex humeris, dives quae munera Dido 

Fecerat et tenui telas discreverat auro. 

Continuo invadit: "'ru nunc Carthaginis altae 265 

Fundamenta locas, )Julchramque uxorius urbem 

Exstrllis? beu regni rerum que oblite tuarum ! 

Ipse detlm tibi me claro demittit Olympo 

Regnator, caclum et terras qui numine torqllet ; 

Ipse baec ferre jubet celeres mandata per nmas: 270 

Quid struis? aut qua spe Libycis teris otia terris ? 

Si te nulla movet tantarum gloria rerum, 

[N ec super ipse tua moliris laude laborem,] 

A.scanium surgentem et spes heredis Iuli 

Respice, cui regnum Italiae Romanaque tenus 275 

Debentur." Tali Cylleuius ore locutus 

Mortales visus medio sermOne reliquit, 

Et pro cuI in tenuem ex oculis cvanuit auram. 

At vero Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens, 

A1'rectaeque bo1'1'o1'e comao, et vox faucibus baesit. 280 

Ardet abire fuga c1ulcesque relinqucre terras, 

Attonitus tanto monitu imperioque c1eorum. 

Heu quid agat? quo nunc reginam ambire furentem 

Audeat affatu? quae prima exordia sum at ? 

.Atque animum nunc buc celerem, nunc dividit iIluc, 285 

[In partesque rapit varias, perque omnia versatJ


80 VERGILI AENEIS IV. 

Haec alternanti potior sententia visa est: 

Mnesthea Sergestumque vocat forternque Seres tum : 

Classem aptellt taciti, sociosque ad litOI'll. eogant, 

Arrnll. parent, et, quae rebus sit causa novandis, 290 

Dissimulent j sese interea, quando optima Dido 

Nesci at, et tantos rumpi non speret amores, 

Tentaturum aditus, et quae mollissima fandi 

Tempora, quis rebus dexter modus. Ocius omnes 

Imperio laeti parent ac jussa facessunt. 295 

At regina dol os (quis fall ere possit amantem?) 

Praesensit, motusque excepit prima futuros, 

Omnia tuta tim ens, Eadem impia Fama furenti 

Detulit, armari classem cur umque parari. 

Saevit inops !l.llimi, totarnque incensa per urbem 300 

Bacr-hatur, qualis commotis excita sacris 

Thyias, ubi audito stimulant trieterica Baccho 

Orgill., llocturnusque vocat clarnore Cithaeron, 

Tandem his Aenean compellat voeibus ultro: 

" Dissimulare etiam sperasti, pOl'fide, tan tum 305 

Posse nefas, tacitu que mea decedere terra? 

Nec te no tel' arnor, nec te data dextera quondam, 

Nec moritura tenet crudeli funere Dido? 

Quin etiam hibcrno moliris sidere classem, 

Et mediis properas Aquilonibus ire per altum, 310 

Crudelis? Quid, si non arva aliena dornosque 

Ignotas peteres, et 'rroja antiqua maneret, 

Troja per undosum petcre! ur classibus aequor? 

Mene fugh; ? Per ego bas lacrimas clcxtralllque tuam to 

(Quando aliud mihi jam mi,;cme nihil ipsa reliqui), 315 

Per connubia nostra, pCI' inecptm; hYllH'naeOS, 

Si bene quid de te mcrui, fuit aut tibi quidquam 

nulce meum, miscrcre dOlllus labenti,;, et istam, 

Oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus, exuc IlIcntem, 

Te propter Libycae gelltes N omadumquc tyranni 320 

Odere, infensi Tyrii j te propter eundem 

Exstinetus pudor, et, qua sola sidera adibam, 

Fama prior, Cui me moribundam deseris, hospes?



Hoc solum nomen quoniam de conjuge restat. 

Quid moror? an, mea Pygmalion dum mocniafrater 325 

Destruat, aut captam ducat Gaetulus Iarbas? 

Saltem si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset 

Ante fugam suboles, si quis mihi parvulus aula 

Luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret, 

Non equidem omnino eapta ae deserta viderer." 330 

Dixerat; ille Jovis monitis immota tonebat 

Lumina, et obnixus eUl'am sub corde premebat. 

'l'andem pauea refert: "Ego te, quae plurima fando 

EnulUerare vales, numquam, regina, ncgabo 

Promeritam, nee me meminisse pigebit Elissae, 335 

Dnm mcmor ipsc mei, dum spiritus hos regit artus. 

Pro re pauca loquar. Neque ego hane abscondere furto 

Speravi (no tinge) fugam, nec conjugis umquam 

Praetenc1i taec1as, aut haec in foec1era veni. 

Me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam 340 

Auspiciis et sponte mea componere curas, 

Urbem rrrojanam primum dulcesque meorum 

Reliquias colerem, [Priami tecta alta manerent,] 

Et recic1iva manu posuissem Pergama \-ictis. 

Sed Ilunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo, 345 

Italiam Lyciae jussere capessere sortes ; 

Hie am or, haec patria est. Si te Cartbaginis arces, 

Phoenissam, Libyeaeque aspeetus detinet urbis, 

Quae tandem, Ausonia Teueros eonsidere terra, 

Invidia est? Et nos fas extem quaerere regna. 350 

Me patris Anebisae, quoties humentibus umbris 

N ox operit terras, quoties astra ignea surgunt, 

Admonet in somnis et turbida tcn'et imago; 

Me puer Ascanius capitisquc injuria cari, 

Quem regno Hesperiae frau do ct fatalibus arvis. 355 

Nunc etiam interpres divlUD, Jove missus ab ipso, 

(Te tor utrum que caput, ') eeleres mandata per auras 

Detulit ; ipse deum manifesto in lumine vidi 

Intrantem muros, vocr.mque his am'ibus hausi. 

Desine mequc tuis incendere teque querelis: 360 

Italiam non sponte sequor." 

6 Vir.



Tn.Iia dicentem jamdudum aversa tuetur, 

Huc ilIuc volvens oculos, totumque perel'l'at 

Luminibus tacitis, et sic accensa profatur : 

"N ec tibi diva parens, generis nec Dardanus auctor, 365 

Perfide; sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens 

Caucasus, Hyrcanaeque admol'llnt ubera tigres. 

Nam quid dissimulo, aut quae me atl majora reservo? 

Num fletu ingemuit nostro? num lumina tlexit? 

Num laerimas vietus dedit, aut miseratus amantem 

est? 370 

Quae quibus anteferam? Jam jam nec maxima Juno, 

Nee Saturnius haec oeulis pater aspic it aequis. 

Nusquam tuta fides. Ejectum litore, egentem, 

Excepi, et regni demens in parte Iocavi ; 

[.Amissam classem, socios a morte reduxi:] 375 

(Heu furiis incensa feror!) nunc augur Apollo, 

Nunc Lyeiae sortes, nunc et Jove missus ab ipso 

Interpres divlim fert horrida jussa per auras. 

Scilicet is Superis labor est, ea cura quietos 

Sollicitat! N eque te teneo, neque dicta refello. 380 

I, sequere Italiam ventis! pete l'egna per undas ! 

Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt, 

Supplicia hausuml11 scopulis, et nomine Dido 

Saepe vocatUl'Um. Sequar atris ignibus absens, 

Et, quum frigida mol'S anima scduxerit artus, 385 

Omnibus umbra loeis adero. Dabis, improbe, pocnas . 

.Audiam, et haec Manes veniet mihi fama sub imos." 

His medium dietis sermonem abrumpit, et auras 

Aegra fugit, seque ex oeulis avertit et aurerL, 

Linqllens multa metu cunetantem ct mulLa pa,rantem 390 

Dicere. Suseipiunt famulae, collapsaque membra 

Marmoreo referunt thalamo stratisque reponunt . 

.At pius Aeneas, quamquam len ire dolentem 

Solando cupit et dictis avertere cUl'as, 

Mnlta gem ens magnoque animwn labefactus amore, 395 

Jussa tamen diVllm exsequitur, classemque revisit. 

Tum vera Teueri incumbunt, ct Iitorc celsas 

Deducunt toto naves. N ntat uncta carina,



Talibus orabat, talesque misel'l'ima fletus 

Fertque refertque soror; sed nunis ille movetur 

Fletibus, aut voces ullas tractabilis audit: 

Fata obstant, placidasque viri deus obstmit aures. 440 

Ac velnt annoso validam qunm robore quercum 

Alpini Boreae nunc hine nunc flatibus illine 

Emere inter se certant; it stridor, et altae 

Consternuut terram eoneusso stipite frondes ; 

Ipsa haeret seopulis, ct, quantum verticc ad auras 445 

Aetberias, tantUl11 radiee in Tartal'a tendit : 

Haud secus assiduis binc atque hine vocibus beros 

Tunditur, et magno persentit pectore curas ; 

Mens immota manet, lacrimae volvuntur inanes. 

Tum vew infelix fatis extel'rita Dido 450 

Mortem orat; taedet caeli convexa tuel'i. 

Quo magis inceptum peragat lucemque relinquat, 

Vidit, turicremis quum dona impolleret aris, 

Horrenduill dictu, latices nigl'escel'e sa,cros, 

Fusaque in obscenuill se vertere villa cruorem. 455 

Hoc visum Dulli, non ipsi efl'ata sorori. 

rraeterea ftiit in tectis de marmore templum 

Conjugis antiqui, miro quod bonore colebat, 

Velleribus niveis et festa fronde l'evinctul11: 

Hinc exaudiri voces et verba vocantis 460 

Visa viri, nox quum ten' as obscura teneret, 

Solaque cnlminibus ferali carmine bubo 

Saepe qued et longas in f1etum ducel'c voces. 

Multaque praeterea vatum praedicta priorum 

Terribili mouitu hOl'l'ificant. Agit ipso fllrentem 465 

In somnis ferus Aeneas; semperque relinqui 

Sola sibi, semper longam incomitata videtur 

Ire viam, et 'ryrios deserta quaerere terra. 

Eumenidum veluti demens videt agmina Pentbeus, 

Et solem geminum et duplices se ostenclel'e 'rbehas ; 470 

Aut Agamemnonius scaenis agitatus Orestes, 

Armatam facibus matrem et serpentibus atris 

Quum fugit, ultricesque sedent in limine Dirac.



Ergo ubi concepit furias, evicta dol ore, 

Decrevitque mori, tempus secum ipsa modumque 475 

Exigit, et, maestam dictis aggressa sororem, 

Consilinm vultu tegit, ac spem fronte serenat: 

" In veni, germalla, viam, - gratare sorori,- 

Quae mibi reddat eum, vel eo me sol vat amantem. 

Oceani finem juxta solem que cadentem 480 

Ultimus Aethiopum locus est, ubi maximus Atlas 

Axem humero torquet stellis ardcntibus aptum: 

Hinc mibi Massylae gentis monstrata sacerdos, 

Hesperidruu templi custos, epulasque draconi 

Quae dabat et sacros servabat in arbore mmos, 485 

Spargens humida meHa sopol'iferumque papaver. 

Haec se cal'minibus promittit solvere mentes, 

Quas velit, ast aliis duras immittere curas ; 

Sistere aquam fiuviis, et vertel'e sidera rctro ; 

N octuruosque movet Manes; mugire videbis 490 

Sub pedibus terram, et descendere montibus oruos. 

Testor, cara, deos et te, germana, tuum que 

Dulce caput, magicas invitam accingier artes. 

'I'u secreta pyram tecto interiore sub auras 

Erige, et arma viri, thalamo quae fixa reliquit 495 

Impius, exuviasque omnes lectumque jugalem, 

Quo perii, superimponas : abolere nefandi 

Cuncta viri monumenta juvat, monstratque sacerdos." 

Haec effata silet; pallor simul occupat ora. 

Non tamen Anna novis praetexere funera sacris 500 

Germanam credit, nec tantos mente furores 

Concipit, aut graviora timet quam morte Sychaei. 

"Ergo jussa parat. 

At regina, pyra penetrali in sede sub auras 

Erecta ingenti taedis atque iliee secta, 505 

Intenditque locum sertis et fronde coronat 

Funerea; super exuvias ensemque relicturu 

Effigiemque toro locat, baud ignara futuri. 

Stant arae circum, et Cl'ines eifusa sacerclos 

Tel' centum tonat ore cleos, Erebumque Cbaosque 510 

Tergeminamque Hecaten, tria virginis ora Dianae. 

Bparserat et latices simulatos fontis Averui i



Falcibus et messae ad lunam quaeruntur aenis 

Pubentes berbae nigri cum laete veneni ; 

Quaeritur et nascentis equi de fronte revulsus 515 

Et matri praereptus amor. 

Ipsa mola manibusque piis altaria juxta, 

Unum exuta pedem vinclis, in veste recincta, 

Testatur moritura de os et eonscia fati 

Sidera j tum, si quod non aequo foedere amantes 520 

Ourae numen habet jus tum que memorque, precatur. 

N ox erat, et placidum carpebant fessa soporem 

Oorpora per terras, silvaeque et saeva quierant 

Aequora, quum medio volvuntur sidera lapsu, 

Quum tacet omnis agel', pecuoes, pictaeque voluCl'es, 525 

Quaeque lacus late liquidos, quaeque aspera dumis 

Rum tenent, Boman positae sub nocte silenti. 

[Lenibant curas, et corda oblita. laborum.] 

At non infelix animi Phoenissa, nec umquam 

Solvitur in somnos, oculisve aut pectore noctem 530 

Accipit : ingeminant curae, rursusque resurgens 

Saevit amor, magnoque irarum fiuctuat aestu. 

Sic adeo insistit, secumquc ita corde vollltat: 

"En, quid ago? Rursusne procos irrisa priores 

Experiar, Nomadumquc petam connubia supplex, 535 

Quos ego sim toties jam dedignata maritos ?- 

Iliacas igitur classes atque ultima 1'euerum 

Jussa sequar? quiane auxilio juvat ante levatos, 

Et bene apud memores veteris stat gratia facti? - 

Quis me autem, fae velie, sinet, ratibusque superbis 540 

Invisam aeeipiet? nescis, beu, perdita, necdum 

Laomedonteae sentis pmjuria gentis ? 

Quid tum? Sola fuga nautas eomitabor ovantes? 

An Tyriis omnique manu stipata meOl'Um 

Inferar, et, quos Ridonia vix urbe revelli, 545 

RurSllS agam pelago, et vcntis dare vela jubebo ? 

Quin mOl'ere, ut merita es, fcrroque averte dolorem! 

Tu, lacrimis evicta meis, tu prima furcntem 

His, germana, malis oneras, atqlle objicis bo. ti. 

Non licuit thalami expertem sine crimine vitam 550 

Degere, morc ferae, tales nec tangere curas I

88 


VERGILI .A.ENEIS IV. 

Terque quaterque manu pectus percussa decorum, 

Flaventesque a,bscissa comas, "Pro Jupiter, ibit 590 

Hic," aii, "et nostris illusel'it advena regnis ? 

Non arma expedient, totaque ex urbe sequentur, 

Deripientque rates 'alii navalibus? Ite, 

Fcrte citi fiammas, date tela, impellite rem os !- 594 

Quid loquor? aut ubi sum? Quae men tern insania mutat, 

Infelix Dido? nunc te facta impia tangunt ? 596 

Tunc decuit, quum sceptra dabas. - En dextra Jidesque, 

Quem secum patrios aiunt portare Penates, 

Quem subiisse bumeris eonfectum aetate parentem I- 

N on potui ahreptllm divellere corpus, et undis 600 

8pargel'e? non socios, non ipsum absulllere ferro 

.Ascanium, patriisque epulandum ponere mensis? 

Verum anceps pugllae fuerat fortuna. - Fuisset : 

Quem llletui moritura? Faces in castra tlliissem, 

Implessemque foros fiammis, natumque patremque 605 

, Cum gcncre exstinxem, memet super ipsa dedissem. 

Sol, qni terrarum flammis opera omnia lustras, 

Tuque, harum interpres curarum et conseia Juno, 

N oeturnisque Hecate tri viis ululata per urbes, 

Et Dirae ultrices, et di mOl'ientis Elissae, 610 

.Accipite haec, meritulllque malis advertite numen, 

Et nostras audite preces. 8i tangere portus 

Infandum caput ac terris aunare neccsse est, 

Et sic fata J ovis pOSCUllt, hie terminus baeret: 

.At bello auc1acis populi vexatus et armis, 615 

Finibus extorris, eomplexu avulsus luli, 

.A.UXiJiuIU imploret, vidcatque iudigna SUOrum 

Funera, nee, qUUlll se sub leges paeis iniquae 

Tradiderit, regno aut optata luce fruatur, 

Sed cac1at ante diem mec1iaque inbumatus arena. 620 

Haec preeor, banc voeem extremam cum sanguine fundo. 

Tum vos, 0 '1'yrii, stirpem et genus omne futurum 

Exereete odiis, eillerique baec mittite nostro 

Munera. X ullus amor populis, nee foedera sun to. 

Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossihus uItor, 625 

Qui face Dardanios ferroqne sequare colonos, 

Nunc, olil11, qnocumque dahunt se tempore vires I



Litora Iitoribus contraria, fiuctibus undas 

Impl'ecor, arma armis; pugnent ipsique nepotesqlle !" 

Haec ait, et partes ani mum versabat in omnes, 630 

Invisam quaerens quam primum abrumpere lucem. 

l'um brevitcr Barcen nutricem affata Sychaei: 

Namque suam patria anti qua cinis ater habebat: 

" Annam, cara mihi llutrix, huc siste sororem; 

Dic, corpus properet fluviali spargere lympha, 635 

Et pecudes secum et mOllstrata piacula ducat. 

Sic veniat; tuque ipsa pia tege temp ora vitta. 

Sacra Jovi Stygio, quae rite incepta paravi, 

Perficere est animus, finemque imponere curis, 

Dardaniique rogum capitis permittere flammae." 640 

Sic ait; ilIa graduUl studio celerabat anilem. 

At trepida, ct caeptis immanibus effera Dido, 

Sanguineam volvens aciem, maculisque trementes 

Interfusa genas, et pallida morte futura, 

Interiora domns irrumpit limina, et altos 645 

Conscendit furibunda ragos, ensemque recludit 

Dardanium, non hos quaesitum munus in usus. 

Ric, postquam Iliacas vestes notumque cubile 

Conspexit, paulllm lacrimis et mente morata, 

Incubuitque taro, dixitque novissima verba: 650 

" Dulces exuviae, dum fata deusque sinebat, 

Accipite bane animam, meque his exsolvite curis. 

Vixi, et, quem dederat cursum Fortuna, peregi, 

Et nunc magna mci sub terras ibit imago. 

Urbem praeclaram statui, mea maenia vidi ; 655 

Ulta virum, poenas inimico a fratre recepi: 

Felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum 

Numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae!" 

Dixit, et, os impressa toro, " Moriemur inultae ; 

Sed moriamur I " ait: "sic, sic juvat ire sub umbras. 660 

Hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto 

Dardanus, et nostrae secum ferat omina mortis." 

Dixerat; atque illam media inter talia ferro 

Collapsam aspiciunt comites, ensemque cmore 

Spumautem, sparsasque manus. It clamor ad alta 665 

Atria; concussam bacchatur Fama per urbem ;



Lamentis gemituque et femineo ululatu 

Tecta fremunt; resonat magnis plangoribus aether, 

N on aliter quam si immissis ruat hostibus omnis 

Carthago aut antiqua Tyros, fiammaeque furentes 670 

Culmina perque hominum volvantur perque deorum. 

Audiit exanimis, trepidoque exterrita cursu, 

Unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis, 

Per medios ruit, ac morientem nomine clamat: 

" Hoc illud, germana, fuit? me fraude petebas ? 675 

Hoc rogus iste mihi, hoc ignes araeque parabant? 

Quid primum deserta querar? comitemne sororem 

Sprevisti moriens? Eadem me ad fata vocasses ; 

Idem ambas ferro dolor atque eadem hora tulisset I 

His etiam struxi mallibus, patriosque vocavi 680 

Voce de os, sic te ut posita, crudelis, abessem? 

Exstinxti te meque, soror, populumque patresque 

Sidonios urbemque tuam. Date, vulnera lymphis 

Abluam, et, extremus si quis super halitus en'at, 

Ore legam." Sic fata gradus evaserat altos, 685 

Semianimemque sinu germanam amplexa fovebat 

Cum gemitu, atque atros siccabat veste cruores. 

ilIa, graves oculos cona.ta attollere, rursus 

Deficit; illfixum stridit sub pectore vulnus. 

Ter sese attollens cubitoque annixa levavit; 690 

Ter revoluta toro est, oculisque errantibus alto 

Quaesivit caelo lucem, ingemuitque reporta. 

Tum Juno omnipotons, longum miserata dolorem 

Difficilesque obitus, Irim demisit Olympo, 

Quae luctalltem animam nexosque resolveret artus. 695 

N am quia nee fato, merita nee morte perlbat, 

Sed misera aute diem, subitoque aceensa furore, 

Nondum i11i flavum Proserpina vertice crinem 

Abstulerat, Stygioque capnt damnaverat Orco. 

Ergo Iris croceis per caelum roscida pennis, 700 

Mille trahens varios adverso sale colores, 

Devolat, et supra caput adstitit; t. Hunc ego Diti 

Sacrum jussa fero, teque isto corpore solvo," 

Sic ait, et dextra crinem secat: omnis et una 

Dilapsus calor, atque in ventos vita recessit. 705


P. VERGILI MARONlt:5 

AENEIDOS 

LIBER Q,UINTUS. 

INTEREA medium Aeneas jam elasse tenebat 

Certus iter, fluetusque atros Aquilone seeabat, 

Moenia respicicns, quae jam infelicis Elissae 

Collueent flammis. Quae tantum aceenderit igncm, 

Causa latet; duri magno sed amore dolores 5 

Polluto, notumque, furens quid femina possit, 

Triste per augurium 'l'eucrorum pectora ducunt. 

Ut pelagus tenuere rates, nee jam amplius ulla 

Oecurrit tellus, maria undique et undique caelulTI, 

OUi caeruleus supra caput adstitit imber, 10 

Noetem biemcmque ferens, et inborruit unda tenebris. 

Ipse gubernator puppi Palinurus ab alta; 

" Heu, quianam tanti einxerunt aethera nimbi? 

Quidve, patel' Neptune, paras?" Sic deinde locutus 

OOlligere arm a jubet validisque incumbere remis, 15 

Obliquatque sinus in ventum, ae talia fatuI': 

" Magnanime Aenea, non, si milli Jupiter auctor 

Spondeat, hoe sperem Italiam eoutingere eaelo. 

Mutati transversa fremunt et vespere ab atro 

Oonsnrgunt venti, atque in nubem eogitur aer ; 20 

Nee nos obniti contra, nee tendere tan tum 

8ufficimus. Super at quouiam Fortuna, sequamur, 

Quoque vocat, vertamus iter. Nec litora longe 

Fida reor fratcrna Eryeis portusque Sieanos, 

8i modo rite memor servata remetior astra." 25 

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VERGILI AENEIS V. 

Et patrios epulis, et quos colit bospes Acestes. 

Praeterea, si nona diem mortalibus almum 

Aurora extulerit radiisque retexerit orbem, 65 

Prima citae 'l'eucris ponam certamina classis; 

Quique pedum cursu valet, et qui vi rib us audax 

Aut jaculo incedit melior levibusque sagittis, 

Seu crudo fidit pugnam committere caestu, 

Cuncti adsint, meritaeque eX8pcctent praemia palmae. 70 

Ore favete omnes, et cingite tempora ramis." 

Sic fatus, vel at materna tempora myrto. 

Hoc Helymus facit, hoc aevl maturus Accstes, 

Hoc puer Ascanius, sequitur quos cetera pubes. 

IlIe e concilio multis cum milibus ibat 75 

Ad tumulum, magna medius comitante caterva. 

Hic duo rite mcro Iibans carchesia Baccho 

Fundit hllmi, dno lacte novo, duo sanguine sacro, 

PUl'pUl'eosqllc jacitfiol'es, ac talia fatuI': 

" Salvc, sancte parens; iterum salvete, recepti 80 

Nequidquam cineres, animaeque umbraeque paternae I 

Non licuit fines Italos fataliaque arva, 

Nec tecum Ausonium, quicumque est, quaerere Thybrim." 

Dixel'at haec, adytis quum lubricus anguis ab imis 

Septem ingens gyros, septena volumina tra."{it, 85 

Amplexus placide tumnlUlll, lapsusque per aras, 

Caeruleae cui terga notae, maeulosus et auro 

Squamam incendebat fulgor, ceu nubibus arcus 

Mille jacit varius adverso sole colo1'es. 

Obstnpuit visu Aeneas. IIle agmine longo 90 

'rand em inter pateras et levia pocula serpens 

Libavitqup dapes, l'llrsusqne inuoxins iIllO 

Successit tumulo, et depasta altal'ia liquit. 

Hoc magis inccptos genitori instaurat honores, 

Incertus, Geniumne loci famulumne parentis 95 

Esse pntet; caedit binas de more bidentes 

Totque sues, totidemque nigrantes tel'ga juvencos, 

Yinaque fundebat patel'is, auimamque vocabat 

.A.nchisae magni Manesque Acheronte remissos. 

93


94 VERGILI AENEIS V. 

Nec non et socii, quae cuique est copia, laeti 100 

Dona feront: onerant aras, mactantque juvencos; 

Ordine aena locant alii, fusique per berbam 

Subjiciunt veribus prunas et viscera torrent, 

Exspectata dies adel'at nonamque serena 

Auroram Pbaetbontis equi jam lace vebebant, 105 

Famaque finitimos et clari nomen Acestae 

Exciel'at: ]aeto cOlllplebant litora coetu, 

Visuri Aeneadas, pars et certare parati. 

Munera principio ante oculos circoque locantur 

In medio, sacri tripodes viridesque coronae 110 

Et palmae, pretium victoribus, :1rmaque et ostro 

Perfusae vestes, argenti aurique talenta j 

Et tuba commissos medio canit aggere Iud os, 

Prima pares ineunt gravibus certamina relllis 

Quattuor ex oroni delectae classe carinae. 115 

Velocem Mnestbeus agit aCl'i re111 ige Pristi 111, 

(Mox Italus Mnestbeus, genus a quo nomine Memmi;) 

Ingentemque Gyas ingenti mole Ohimaeram, 

Urbis opus, triplici pubes quam Dardana versu 

Impellunt, terno consurgunt ordine remi ; 120 

Sel'gestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen, 

Oentauro invehitur magna; Scyllaque Oloanthns 

Oael'ulea, genus unde tibi, Rumane O]uenti. 

Est procul in pelago saxum spumantia contra 

Litora, quod tumidis submersum tunditur oliro 125 

Fluctibus, hiberni condunt ubi sidera Cori ; 

rrranquillo silet, immotaque attollitur unda 

Campus et apricis statio gratissima rom'gis : 

Hic viridem Aeneas frondenti ex ilice metam 

Oonstituit signum nautis patel', unde reverti 130 

Scirent et longos ubi circumficctere cursns. 

1.'um loca sorte legunt, ipsique in puppibus auro 

Ductores longe effulgent ostroque decori; 

Oetera populea velatur Fronde juventus, 

Nudatosque bumeros oleo pel'fusa nitescit. 135 

Considunt transtris, intentaque brachia rem is;


VERGILI AENEIS V. 

Intenti exspectant signum, exsultantiaque baurit 

Corda pavor pulsans Iaudumque an'ecta cupido, 

Inde, ubi clara dedit sonitum tuba, finibus omnes, 

Haud mora, prosiluere suis: ferit aethera clamor 140 

N auticus, adductis spumant freta versa lacertis. 

Infindunt pariter suI cos, totumque dehiscit 

Convulsum l'cmis l'ostl'isque tridentibus aequol'. 

:N on tam praecipites bijugo cerlamine campum 

Corripuere ruuntque efl"usi carcere cunus, 145 

Nee sic immissis aurigae undantia lora 

Coneussere jugis, proniquc in vcrbera pendent. 

'rum plausu fremituque viriun studiisque faventum 

Consonat omne ncmus, vocemque inclusa volutant 

Litora, pulsati colles clamore resultant. 150 

Effugit ante alios primisque elabitur undis 

'l'urbam inter fremitumque Gyas; quem dcinde Cloanthus 

Consequitur, melior remis, sed ponderc pinus 

TarrIa tenet. Po.t bos aequo discrimine Pristis 

Centaurusque locum tendunt superare priorem ; 155 

Et nunc Pristis habet, nunc victam pl'aetcrit ingens 

Centaurus, nunc una ambae juncLi que fel'untur 

Frontibus et longa sulcant vada salsa carina. 

J amque propinquabant scopulo meln.mque tenebant, 

Quum princcps mcdioque Gyas in gurgite victor 160 

Hcctorcm navis compellat voce Menoeten: 

" Quo tanturu mihi dexter abis? lIuc dirirrc gl'essum I 

Litus aml1, ct laevas stringat, sine, palmu]a cantcs; 

Altum alii teneant!" Dixit; sed caeca Menoeles 

Saxa timens, pl'oram pelagi detorqnet ad undllS. 165 

" Quo diversus abis ?" iterum " Pete saxa, Menoete I" 

Cum clamore Gyas revocubat; et ecce Cloanthnm 

Respicit instuntem tergo, et pl'opiora tenentem. 

Ille inter navemque Gyae scopulosquc sonantes 

Radit iter laevulll interior, subitoquc priOI'em no 

Praeterit, et metis tenet aequora Luta relictis. 

'rum vero exarsit juvel1i dolor ossibus ingens, 

Nee lacrimis caruere genae, egnemque :\fenoeten, 

Oblitus decorisque sui ociilmque salutis, 

95



In mare praecipitem puppi deturbat ab alta; n5 

Ipse gubernaclo rector subit, ipse magister, 

Hortaturque viros, clavumque ad Iitora torquet. 

At gravis, ut fundo vix tandem redditns imo est, 

Jam senior, madidaque Uuens in veste, Menoetes 

Summa petit scopuli, siccaque in rupe 1'esedit. 180 

IlIum et labentem Teucri et rise1'e natantem, 

Et salsos ric1ent l'evomentem pectore iluctus. 

Hic lacta extremis spes est accensa duobus, 

Sergesto Mnestbique, Gyan superare morantem. 

Sergestus capit ante locum, scopuloquc pl'opinquat, 185 

N ec tota tamen il1e prior praeeunte carina: 

Parte prior, partem rostro premit aemula Pristis. 

At media socios incedens nave per ipsos 

Hortatur Mnestbeus: "Nunc, nunc insurgite remis, 

Hectorei socii, Trojae quos sorte suprema 190 

Delegi comites; nunc ilIas promite vires, 

Nunc animos. qui bus in Gactulis syrtibus usi 

Ionioque mari Maleaeque sequacibus undis. 

N on jam prima peto Mnestbeus, neque vincere certo; 

(Quamqualll o! - Sed supcrent, qui bus boc, Neptune, 

dedisti); 195 

Extremos pudeat rediiss!', Hoc vincitc, cives, 

Et probibete nefas." Olli ccrtamine summo 

Procumhunt: vastis tremit ictibus acrea puppis, 

Subtrabiturque solum; tum erebcr anhelitus artus 

Aridaque ora quatit, sudol' fluit undique rivis, 200 

Attulit ipse viris optatum casus bonorem: 

N amquc [urens animi dum proram ad Sl1xa suburget 

Interi or "pat,ioque subit Serg'estus iniquo, 

Infelix saxis in procl1rrentibns haesit. 

Ooncussae cl1utes, et acuto in murice remi 205 

Obnixi crepuere. illisaquc prora pependit. 

Oonsurgunt nantae et magno clamore morantur, 

Ferratasque trudcs et acuta cuspide contos 

Expediunt, fracto que legunt in gurgite remos. 

At laetus Mnestbeus, succcssuque aCl'ior ipso, 210 

Agmine remornm celeri ventisque vocatis 

Prona petit maria et pel ago c1ecurrit aperto.



Intextusque puer frond os a regius Ida 

Veloces jaculo cervos cursuque fatigat, 

Acer, anhelanti similis, quem praepes ab Ida 

Sublimem pedibus rapuit J ovis armiger uncis ; 255 

Longaevi palmas nequidquam ad sidera tendllnt 

Custodes, saevitque canum latratus in auras. 

At qui deinde locum tenuit virtute secundnm, 

Levibns huie hamis eonsertam auroque trilicem 

Loricaru, qnam Demoleo detraxerat ipse 260 

Victor apnd rapidnm Simoenta sub I1io alto, 

Donat habere viro, decus et tutamen in armis. 

Vix ilIam famuli Phegens Sagarisque fel'ebant 

Multiplicem, connixi humeris; indutns at olim 

Demoleos cursu pal antes Troas ageba,t. 265 

Tertia dona facit geminos ex aere leb8tas, 

Cymbiaque argento perfecta atque asp era signis. 

J amque ac1eo donati omnes opibusque superbi 

Puniceis ibant evincti temp ora taeniis, 

Quum saevo e scopulo multa vix arte revulsus, 270 

Amissis remis atque crdine c1ebilis uno, 

Irl'isam sine honore ratem Sergestus agebat. 

Qualis saepe viae deprensns in aggere serpens, 

Aerea quem obliquum rota transiit, aut gravis ictu 

Seminecem liquit saxo lacerumque viator, 275 

Nequidquam longos fugiens dat corpore tortus, 

Parte ferox, ardensque oculis, et sibila colla 

Arduus attollens, pars vulnere clauda retentat 

Nixantem nodis seque in sua membra plicantem : 

'fali remigio navis se tarda movebat; 280 

V cIa facit tam en, et plenis subit ostia vel is. 

Sergestum Aeneas promisso munere donat, 

Servatam ob navem laetus sociosque reductos. 

Olli serva datur, opernm haud ignara Minervae, 

Cressa genus, Pholoe, geminiqne sub nbel'e nati. 285 

Hoc pius Aeneas misso certamine tendit 

Gramineum in campum, quem collibus unc1ique eurviR 

Cingebant silvae, mec1iaque in valle theatri 

Circus erat; quo se multis cum milibus heros


100 VERGlLI AENEIS V. 

Labitur infelix, caesis ut forte ju veneis 

Fusus bumum viridesque super maclefeeerat herb as. 330 

Hie ju I'enis jam victor ovans vestigia presso 

Haud tenuit titubata solo, sed pronus in ipso 

Coneidit immundoque limo sacroque cruore. 

Non tamen EuryaJi, non ille oblitus amorum: 

N am sese opposuit Salio per lubrica sur gens ; 335 

lile autem spissa jacuit revolutus arena. 

Emicat Euryalus, et munere victor amici 

Prima tenet, plausuql1e volat fremitl1que secundo. 

Post Helyml1s subit, et nunc tertia palma Diores. 

Hie totum caveae consessum ingcntis et ora 340 

Prima patrum magnis Salius clamoribus implet, 

Ereptumque dolo reddi sibi poseit bonorem. 

'I.'utatur favor EUl'yalum, lacrimacque dceorae, 

Gratior et pulehro veniens in corpore virtus ; 

Adjuvat et magna proelamat voce Diores, 345 

Qui subiit pal mae, frnstraque ad praemia venit 

Ultima, si primi Salio reddentur honores. 

Tum pater Aeueas "Vestra" inquit " munera vobis 

Certa manent, pueri, et pallllam movet ordine nemo ; 

Me Iiceat casus miserari insontis amici." 350 

Sic fatus, tergum Gaetuli immane leoni8 

Dat Salio, villis onerosum atque unguibus aureis. 

Hie Nisus" Si tanta" inquit "sunt praemia vietis, 

Et te lapsorum miseret, quae munera Niso 

Digna dabis, primam merlli qui laude coronam, 355 

Ni me, quae Salil1m, Fortuna illimica tulisset?" 

Et simul his dictis faeiem ostentabat et udo 

Turpia membra fimo. Risit pater optimus olli, 

Et clipeum effeni jussit, Didymaonis artem, 

Neptuni sacro Danais de poste refixum. 360 

Hoc juvenem egregium praestanti munere donat. 

Post, ubi confecti cursus, et dona peregit : 

"Nunc, si cui virtus animusque in pectore praesens, 

Adsit, et evinctis attollat brachia palmis." 

Sic ait, et geminum pugnae proponit honorem : 365 

Vi(:tori velatum auro vittisque juvencum;


VERGILI AENEIS V. 101 

Ensem atque insignem galeam solatia victo. 

N ec mora; continuo vastis cum viribus effert 

Ora Dares, magnoque virum se murmure toll it, 

Solus qui Pat'idem solitus coutendere contra, 310 

Idemque ad tUll1ulum, quo maximus occubat Hector, 

Victorem Buteo immani corpore, qui se 

Bebrycia veniens Amyci de gentc ferebat, 

Perculit et fulva moribundum extendit arena. 

Talis prima Dares caput altum in proelia to Hit, 375 

Ostenditque humeros latos, alternaque jactat 

Brachia protendens, et verberat ictibus auras. 

Quaeritur hUlC alius; nec quisquam cx agmine tanto 

Audet adire virum manibusque inducere caestus. 

Ergo alacris, cunctosque putans excedere palma, 380 

Aeneae stetit ante pedes, nec plura moratus 

Tum laeva taUl'um cornu tenet, aLque ita fatur : 

"N ate dea, si nemo audet se credere pugnae, 

Quae finis standi? quo me decet usque teneri? 

Ducere dona jube." Cuneti simuJ ore fremebant 385 

Dardanidae, reddique viro promissa jubebant. 

]1-ic gravis Entellum dictis eastigat Acestes, 

Proximus ut viridante toro eonsederat herbae: 

"Entelle, heroum quondam fortissime frustra, 

Tantane tam patiens nullo eertamine tolli 390 

Dona sines? Ubi nunc nobis deus ilIe magister, 

N equidquam memoratus Eryx? ubi fama per omnem 

Trinacriam, et spolia ilIa tuis pendcntia tectis ? " 

Ille sub baec: "Non laud is amor, nec gloria cessit 

Pulsa metu; sed enim gelidus tardante senecta 395 

Sanguis hebet, frigentque effetae in corpore vires. 

Si mihi, quae quondam fuerat, quaque improbus iste 

Exsultat fidens, si nunc foret illa juventas, 

Raud equidem pretio inductus pulchroque juvenco 

Venissem: nec dona moror." Sic deinde locutus 400 

In medium geminos immani pondere eaestus 

Projeeit, qui bus acer Eryx in proelia suetus 

Ferre manum duro que intendere brachia tergo. 

Obstupuere animi: tantorum ingentia septem 

Terga. boum pJumbo insuto ferro que rigebant. 405



Protinus Aeneas celeri certare sagitta 485 

Invitat, qui forte velint, et praemia dicit, 

Ingentique manu malum de nave Scresti 

Erigit, et voluerem trajecto in fune columbam, 

Quo tendant ferrum, malo suspendit ab alto. 

Convenere viri, dejectamque aerea sortem 490 

Aecepit galea; et primus clamore secundo 

Hyrtacidae n,nte omnes exit locus IIippocoontis; 

Quem modo navali Mnestheus certamiue victor 

Consequitur, viridi Mnestheus evinctus oliva. 

Tertius Eurytion, tuns, 0 clarissime, frater, 495 

Pandn,re, qui quondn,m, jussus confundere foedus, 

In medios telum torsisti primus Aehivos. 

Extremus galeaque ima subsedit Acestes, 

Ausus et ipse manu juvenum tentare laborem. 

Tum validis flexos ineUl'vant viribus arcus 500 

Pro se quisque viri, et depromunt tela pharetris. 

Primaque per caelum nervo stridente sagitta 

Hyrtacidae juvenis volueres cliverberat auras, 

Et venit ac1vcrsique infigitur arb ore mali. 

Intremuit malus, timuitque exterrita pennis 505 

Ales, ct ingenti sonuerunt omnia plausu. 

Post acer Mnestheus ac1ducto constitit areu, 

Alta petens, pn,riterque oculos telumque tetendit; 

Ast ipsam miseranclus avem contingere ferro 

Non valuit; nodos et vincula linea rupit, 510 

Quis innexa pedem malo pendebat ab alto; 

lila Notos atque atra volans in nubila fugit. 

Tum rapidus, jamdudnm arcu contenta parato 

'l.'ela tenens, fratrem Eurytion in vota vocavit, 

J am vacuo laetam caelo speculatus, et alis 515 

Plaudentem nigrafigit sub nube columbam. 

Decidit exanimis, vitamque reliquit in astris 

Aetberiis, fixamque refert delapsa sagittam. 

Amissa solus palma superal)at Acestes, 

Qui tamen aerias telum contendit in auras, 520 

Ostentans artemque pater a,rcumque sonantem. 

Hic oculis snbitum objicitur magnoque futurum 

Angurio monstrum: docuit post exitus in gens,



Seraque tel'rifici cecinerunt omma yates. 

N amque volans liquidis in nubibus arsit arundo, 525 

Signavitque viam flammis, tenuesque recessit 

Consumpta iu ventos, caclo ceu sacpe refixa 

'l'ranscurrunt cl'inemque volantia sidera ducllot. 

Attonitis haesere animis, Supel'osque pl'ccati 

Trinacrii 'l'eucl'ique viri; nec maximus omen 530 

Abnuit Aeneas, sed laetum amplexus Acesten 

Muneribus cumulat magllis, ac talia fatUI : 

" Sume, pater; nam te voluit rex magnus OIympi 

Talibus auspiciis exsortem ducere honores. 

Ipsius Anchisac longaevi hoc munus habebis, 535 

Cratera impressum signis, quem Thracius olim 

Anchisae genitol'i in magno munere Cisseus 

Ferre sui dedel'at monUll1eutum et pignus amoris." 

Sic fatus cingit viridallti tempora lauro, 

Bt primum ante omnes victorem appellat Acesten. 540 

Nec bonus Burytioo praelato invidit honol'i, 

Quamvis solus avem caelo dejecit ab alto. 

Proximus ingl'editur donis, qui vincula rupit, 

Bxtl'emus, volucl'i qui fixit arundine malum. 

At pater Aeneas, nondum certamine misso, 545 

Custodem ad sese comitemque impubis Iuli, 

Bpytidell, vocat, et fidam sic fatur ad aurem: 

"Vade, age, et Ascanio, si jam puerile pal'atum 

Agmell habet secum cursusque instruxit equOl'um, 

Ducat avo turmas, et sese ostendat in armis 550 

Dic," ait. Ipse omnem longo decedere circo 

Infusum populum et campos jubet esse patentes. 

Incedunt pueri, pariterque ante ora parentum 

Frenatis lucent in equis, quos omnis enntes 

Trinacriae mirata fremit Trojaeque juventus. 555 

Omnibus in morem tonsa coma pressa corona. j 

Cornea bina ferunt praefixa hastilia ferro j 

Pars leves humero pharetras; it pectore summo 

FlexiJis obtorti per collum circulus auri. 

Tres equitum numero turmae, ternique vagantur 560 

Ductores j puel'i his seni quem que secuti


106 VERGILI .A.ENEIS V. 

Agmine partito fulgent pal'ihusque magistris. 

Una acies juveuum, duxit quam parvus ovantem 

Nomen avi refercns Priamus, tua cara, Polite, 

Progenies, auctura !talos; quem Thracius albis 565 

Portat equus bicolor maculis, vestigia primi 

Alba pedis frontemque ostelltans arduus albam. 

Alter Atys, genus unde Atii duxere Latini, 

Parvus Atys, pueroque puer dilectus lulo. 

Extremus, formaque ante orunes pulcher, lulus 5'10 

Sidonio est invectus equo, quem candida Dido 

Esse sui dederat monumentum et pignus amoris. 

Cetera Trinacriis pubes senioris Acestae 

Fertur equis. 

Excipiunt plausu pavidos, gaudentque tuentes 5'15 

Dardanidae, veterumque agnoscnnt ora parentum. 

Postquam omnem laeti consessum o(;ulosque suorum 

Lustravere iu equis, signum cJamore paratis 

Epytides longe dedit, insonuitque flagello. 

Olli discurrere pares atque agmina terni 580 

Diductis solvere choris, rursusque vocati 

Convertere vias infestaque tela tulere. 

Iude alios ineunt cursus aliosque recursus 

Adversis spatiis, alternosque orbibus orbes 

Impediunt, pugnaeque cient simulacra sub armis; 585 

Et nunc terga fuga nudant, nunc spiCUla vertunt 

lnfensi, facta pariter nunc pace feruntur. 

Ut quondam Creta fertur Labyrinthus in alta 

Parietibus textum caecis iter, ancipitemque 

Mille viis habuisse clolum, qua signa sequendi 590 

Fmngel'et indeprensus et irremeabiJis error: 

Raud alia Teucrum nati vestigia cursu 

lmpediunt, texuntque fugas et proelia ludo, 

Delphinum similes, qui per maria humida nando 

Carpathium Libycumque secant, [luduntque per 

undas.] 595 

Rune morem curs us atque haec certamina primus 

Ascanius, Longam muris quum cingeret Albam, 

Retulit, et priscos docuit celebrare Latinos, 

Quo puer ipse modo, secum quo TroIa pubes;


VERGILI AENEIS v. 107 

Albani doeuere suos; hine maxima porro 600 

Aeeepit Roma, et patrium servavit bonorem ; 

'l'rojaque nunc. pueri 'l'rojanum dieitur agmen. 

Hac celebrata tenus saneto certamina patri. 

Hic primum Fortuna fidem mutata novavit. 

Dum variis tumulo referunt sollemnia ludis, 605 

him de caelo misit Saturnia Juno 

Iliacam ad classem, vcntosque adspirat eunti, 

Multa movens, necdum antiquum satUl'ata dolol'em. 

IlIa, viam celerans per mille colol'ibus areum, 

Nulli visa, eito decurrit tramite virgo. 610 

Oonspicit ingeutel11 coucursum, et litora Justrat, 

Desertosque videt portus cJassemque relictam. 

At procuJ in sola sccretae 'l'roades acta 

Amissum Ancbiscn flebant, cunctaeque profundum 

Pontum aspectabant Jlentes. ' Heu tot vada fessis 615 

Et tan tum superesse maris!' vox omnibus una. 

Urbem orant; taedet peJagi perferre laborem: 

Ergo inter medias sese haud ignara nocendi 

Conjicit, et faciemque dcae vestemque reponit; 

Fit Beroc, Tmarii conjl1ux longaeva Dorycli, 620 

Oui genus ct quondam nomen natique fuisscnt ; 

Ac sic Dardanidum mediam se matribus infert: 

" 0 miscrae, quas non manus," inquit, " Achalca bello 

Traxerit ad letum patriae sub moenibus I 0 gens 

Infelix, cui te exitio Fortuua reservat ? 625 

Septima post Trojae excidium jam vertitur acstas, 

Quum freta, quum terms omnes, tot iuhospita saxa 

Sideraque emeusae ferimur, dum per mare magnum 

Italiam scquimur fuO'icutem, et volvimur uudis. 

Hic Erycis fiues fraterni, atquc hOSpC8 Acestes: 630 

Quis prohibet muros jacere et dare civibus urbem? 

o patria et rapti nequidquam ex hoste Penates, 

NUllane jam 'l'l'ojae diceutur moenia? nusquam 

Hectoreos amnes, Xanthum et Simoenta, videbo? 

Quin agite, et mecum infaustas exurite puppes : 635 

N am mihi Cassandrae per somuum vatis imago 

Ardentes dare visa faces: 'Hie quael'ite 'l'rojam j



Hie domns est inqnit' vobis.' Jam tempus agi res, 

Nee tautis mol a prodigiis. En quattuor arae 

Neptuuo; deus ipse faces auimumque ministrat." 640 

Haec memoraus, prima infensum vi corripit ignem, 

Sublataque procul dextra connixa coruscat, 

Et jacit. Arrectae mentes stupefactaque corda 

Iliadum. Hic una e multis, quae maxima natu, 

Pyrgo, tot Priami natorum regia nutrix : 645 

"Non Beroe vobis, non baec Rboete'ia, matres, 

Est Dorycli conjunx: c1ivini signa decoris 

Arc1entesque notate oculos, qui spiritus illi, 

Qui vultus, vocisque sonus, vel gressus eunti. 

Ipsa egomet dudum Bcroen digressa reliqui 650 

Aegram, indignantem, tali quod sola careret 

Munere, nec meritos Ancbisae inferret honores." 

Haec effata. 

At matres primo ancipitcs, oculisque malignis 

Ambiguae spectal'e raies miserum inter amorem 655 

Praesenti terrae fatisquc vocantia regna : 

Quum dea se paribus per caelum sustulit alis, 

Ingentemque fuga secuit sub nubibus arcum. 

Tum vero attonitae moustris actaeque furore 

Conclamant, rapiuntqne focis penetralibus ignem; 660 

Pars spoliant aras, frondem ac virgulta facesque 

Conjiciunt. Furit immissis Vulcanus habenis 

Transtra per et remos et pictas abiete pup pes. 

Nuntius Anchisae ad tumulum cuneosque tbeatri 

Incensas perfel't naves EumeIus, et ipsi 665 

RespiciuDt atram in nimbo volitare favillam; 

Primus et Ascanius, cmsus ut Iaetus equestres 

Ducebat, sic acer equo turbata petivit 

Castra, Dec exanimes possunt retinere magistri. 

" Quis furor iste novus? quo nunc, quo tenditis "inquit, 

"Heu miserae cives? Don bostem inimicaque castra 611 

Argivum, vestras spes uri tis. En, ego vester 

Ascanius I" Galeam ante pedes projecit inanem, 

Qua Iudo indutus belli simulacra ciebat. 

Accelerat simuI Aeneas, simul agmina Teucrlim. 615 

Ast ilIae diversa metu per litora passim 

Diffugiunt, silvasque et sicubi concava furtim



Saxa petunt; piget incepti, lucisque; suosque 

Mutatae agnoscunt, excussaque pectore JUDO est. 

Sed non idcirco flammae atque incendia vires 680 

Indomitas posuere; udo sub robore vivit 

Stuppa vomens tar dum fumum, lentusque carinas 

Est vapor, et toto descendit corpore pestis; 

N ec vires hcroum infusaque fiumina prosunt. 

Tum pius Aeneas humeris abscindere vestem, 685 

Auxilioque voeare deos, et tendere palmas : 

.. Jupiter omnipotens, si nondum exosns ad unum 

Trojanos, si quid pietas antiqua l:1bores 

Respicit llUmanos, da flammam evadere classi 

Nunc, pater, et tcnues 'feucrum res eripe leta j 690 

Vel tu, quod snperest, infesto fnlmine Morti, 

Si mere or, demitte, tuaque hie obrue dextra." 

Vix haec ediderat, quum effusis imbribus atra 

Tempest:1s sine more furit, tonitruque tremescunt 

Ardua terrarum et campi; mit aethere toto 695 

Turbidus imber aqua c1ensisqne nigerrimus Austl'is, 

Implenturque super puppes, semiusta madescunt 

Robora; restinctus donec vapor omnis, et omnes, 

Quattuor amissis, servatae a peste carinae. 

At pater Aeneas, casu concussus acerbo, 700 

Nunc buc in gentes nunc iIluc pectore curas 

Mutabat versans, Siculisne resideret arvis, 

Oblitus fatorum, Italasne capesseret oras. 

Tum senior Nautes, unum Tritonia Pallas 

Quem docuit multaque insignem reddidit arte, 705 

(Raee responsa dab at, vel quae portenderet ira 

Magna dellm, vel quae fatorum poseeret ordo,) 

Isque bis Aenean solatus vocibus infit: 

"N ate dea, quo fata trahunt retrahuntque, sequamur j 

Quidquid erit, superanda omnis fortun:1 ferenda est. 710 

Est tibi Dardanius divinae stirpis Acestes: 

Rune cape eonsiliis socium et conjunge volentem. 

Ruic trade, amissis superant qui navibus, et quos 

Pertacsum magni inccpti l'erumque tuarum est j 

Longaevosque senes ac fessas aequore matres, 715 

Et quidquic! tecum invalidum metuensque pericli eilt,



Delige, et his habeant terris sine moenia fessi : 

U rbem appellabullt permisso nomine Acestam." 

Talibus incensus dictis senioris amici, 

Tum vero in curas animo didncitul' omnes. 720 

Et Nox atra polum bigis subvecta tenebat. 

Visa dehinc caelo facies delapsa parentis 

Anchisae subito tales effundel'e voces: 

"N ate, mihi vita quondam, dum vita manebat, 

Care magis, nate, Iliacis exercite fatis, 725 

Imperio J ovis huc venio, qui classibus ignem 

Depulit, et caelo tandem miseratus ab alto est. 

Consiliis pare, quae nunc pulcherrima Nautes 

Dat senior; lectos juvenes, fortissima corda, 

Defm· in Italiam: gens dura atque aspera cultu 730 

Debellanda tibi est Latio. Ditis tamen ante 

Infernas accede domos, et A verna per alta 

Congressus pete, nate, meos. Non me impia namque 

Tartara habent, tristes umbrae, sed amoena piorum 

Concilia Elysiumque colo. Hue casta SibylJa 735 

Nigrarum multo pccudum te sanguine ducet. 

Tum genus omne tuum et quae dentur moenia disces. 

Jamque vale j torquet medios Nox humida curs us, 

Et me saevus equis Orieus affiavit anhelis." 

Dixerat, et tenues fugit, ceu fumus, in auras. 740 

Aeneas" Quo deiude ruis? quo proripis ?" inquit, 

" Quem fugis, aut quis te nostl'is complexibus arcet? " 

Haec memoraus cinerem et sopitos suscitat ignes, 

Pel'gameumque Larem et canae penetraiia Vestae 

Farre pio et plena supplex veneratur acena. 745 

Extemplo socios primumque arcessit Acesten, 

Et Jovis imperium et cari praecepta parentis 

Edocct, et quae nunc animo sententia con stet. 

Haud mora consiliis, nee jussa l'ecusat Acestes. 

Transcribunt urbi matres, populumque volentem 750 

Deponunt, animas nil magnae laudis egentes. 

Ipsi transtra novant, flammisque ambesa reponunt 

Robora navigiis, aptant remosque J'udentesque, 

Exigui numero, Red bello vivida virtuil. 

Interea Aeneas urbem designat aratro, 755



Exussit foede puppes, et classe subegit 

.A.missa socios iguotae Iinquel'e terrae. 795 

Quod superest, oro, lice at dare tuta per undas 

Vela tibi, liccat Laurentem attingere 'l'hybrim, 

Si coucessa peto, si dant ea moenia Parcae." 

'1'um Saturniushaec domitor maris ec1idit alti: 

"Fas omne est, Cytherea, meis te fic1ere regnis, 800 

Uncle genus clucis. Merni quoque: saepe furores 

Compressi et rabiem tantam caelique marisque; 

Nec minor in terris (Xanthum Simoentaque testor) 

Aeneae mihi cum tui. Quum '1'rola Achilles 

Exanimata sequens impingeret agmina muris, 805 

Yfilia multa claret leta, gemerentque repleti 

.A.mnes, nec repcrire viam atque evolvere posset 

In mare se Xanthus, Pelidae tunc ego forti 

Congressum Aenean, nec dis nec viribus aequis, 

Nube cava rapui, cuperem quum vertere ab imo 810 

Structa meis manibus peljurac moenia Trojae. 

Nunc quoque mens eadem perstat mihi: pelle timores: 

'I'ulus, qUOil optas, portus accedet .A.verni. 

Uuus erit tantum, amissum quem gurgite quaeres: 

Unum pro multis dabitur caput." 815 

His ubi laeta deae permulsit pectora dictis, 

Jungit equos auro genitor, spumantiaque addit 

Frena feris, mauibusque oroues effuudit habeuas. 

Caeruleo per summa levis volat aequora curru; 

Subsiduut uudae, tumidumque snb axe touanti 820 

Sternitnr aequor aquis, fugiunt vasto aethere nimbi. 

TUlll variae comitum facies, immania cete, 

Et senior Glauci chorus, Inousquc Palaemon, 

Tritonesque citi, Phorciqne exercitus omnis; 

Laeva tenet 'rbetis, et Melite, Panopeaque virgo, 825 

Ni aee, Spioque, Tbaliaqne, Cymodoceque. 

lEc patris Aeneae suspensam blanda vicissim 

Gaudia pertentant 11leutem: jubet ocius omnes 

Attolli malos, intcndi brachia velis. 

Una orones frcere pedem, pariterque sinistros, 830 

Nunc dextr08 sol vom sinus; uua ardna torquent 

Oornua detol'q'lentqlle j ferunt sua fiamiua classem.


120 VERGILI AENEIS VI. 

Flebant, et cineri ingrato suprema ferebant. 

Prillcipio pinguem taedis et robore secto 

Ingentem struxere pyram, cui frondibus atris 215 

Intexuut latera, et fel'ales ante cupressos 

Constituunt, decorantque super fulgentibus armis. 

Pars calidos latices et aena undantia fiammis 

Expediunt, corpusque lavant frigentis et uuguunt. 

Fit gemitus. Tum membra toro defleta reponunt, 220 

Purpureasque super vestes, velamina nota, 

Conjiciunt. Pars ingenti subierc fm'etro, 

('l'riste ministerium,) et subjcclam more parentum 

A versi tenuere facem. Congesta cremantur 

Turea dona, dapes, fuso crateres olivo. 225 

Postquam collapsi cine res, et flamma quievit, 

Reliquias vino et bibulam lavere favillam, 

Ossaque lecta cado texit Corynaeus aeno. 

Idem tel' socios pura circumtulit unda, 

Spargens rore levi et ramo felicis olivae, 230 

Lustravitque viros, dixitque novissima verba. 

At pius Aeneas ingenti mole sepulchrum 

Imponit, suaque arma viro, remumque tubamque, 

Monte sub aerio, qui nunc Miscnus ab illo 

Dicitur, aeternumque tenet per saecula nomen. 235 

ilis actis propcre exsequitur praecepta Sibyllae 

Spelullca alta fuit vastoque immanis hiatu, 

Scrupea, tuta lacu nigro nemorumque tenebris, 

Quam super haud ullae poterant impune volantes 

Tendere iter pennis: talis sese halitus atris 240 

Faucibus etfunden. supera ad convexa ferebat; 

[Unde locum Graii dixeruut nomine Aornon.] 

Quattuor hic primum nigrantes terga juvencos 

Constituit, frontique invergit vina saccrdos, 

Et, sum mas carpens media inter cornua setas, 245 

Ignibus imponit sacris, libamina prima, 

V uce vocans Hecaten, caeloque Ereboque potentem. 

Supponunt alii cultros, tepic1umque cruorem 

Suscipiunt pateris. Ipse atri velleris agnam 

Aeneas matl'i Enmenic1um magnaeque 801'ori 250



Et centumgeminus Briareus, ac bellua Lernae, 

Horrendum stridens, flammisque armata Ohimaera, 

Gorgones Harpyiaeque et forma tricorporis umbrae. 

Oorripit hic subita trepidus formidine ferrum 290 

Aeneas, strictamque aciem venientibus offert j 

Et, ni docta comes tenues sine corpore vitas 

Admoneat volitare cava sub imagine formae, 

Irruat, et frustra ferro diver beret umbras. 

Hinc via, Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas. 295 

Turbidus hic caeno vastaque voragine gurges 

Aestuat atque omnem Cocyto eructat arenam. 

Portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina sen"at 

Terribili squalore Charon, cui plurima mento 

Canities inculta jacet, stant lumina fiamma, 300 

Sordidus ex humeris nodo dependet amictus. 

Ipse ratem conto subigit, velisque ministrat, 

Et ferruginea subvectat corpora cymba, 

J am senior, sed cruda deo viridisque senectus. 

Huc omnis turba ad ripas effusa ruebat, 305 

Mah·es atque viri, defunctaque corpora vita 

Magnanimiim heroum, pueri innuptaeque puellae, 

Impositique rogisjuvenes ante ora parentum: 

, (luam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo 

Lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad ten·am gurgite ab alto 310 

Quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigiclus annus 

Trans pontum fugat et terris imrnittit apricis. 

Stabant orantes primi transmittere CUI·sum, 

Tendebantque manus ripae ulterioris amore j 

N avita sed tristis nunc hos, nunc accipit illos, 315 

Ast alios longe submotos arcet arena. 

Aeneas (miratus enim motusque tumultu) 

"Dic" ait, "0 virgo, quid vult concursus ad amnem? 

Quidve petunt animae? vel quo discrirnine ripas 

Hae linquunt, illae remis vada livida vcrrunt? " 320 

011i sic breviter fata est longaeva sacerdos : 

" An chis a generate, deum certissima proles, 

Cocyti stagna alta vides Stygiamque paludem, 

Di cajus jurare timent et fall ere numen.



Fas obstat, tristique palus inamabilis unda 

Alligat, et no vies Styx interfusa coercet. 

Necprocul hinc partem fusi monstrantul' in omnem 440 

Lugentes campi; sic illos nomine dicunt.. 

Hic, quos durus arnor crudeli tabe peredit, 

Secreti celant calles, et myl'tea circum 

Silva tegit; CUl'ae non ipsa in morte relinquunt. 

His Phaedram Procrimque locis, maestamque Eriphylen, 

Orudelis nati monstrantem vulnera, cernit, 446 

Evadnenque et Pasiphaen; his Laoda-mia 

It comes, et juvenis quondam, nunc femina, Oaeneus, 

Rursus et in veterem fata revoluta figuram. 

Inter quas Phoenissa recens a vulnere Dido 450 

Errabat silva in magna: quam Trolus heros 

Ut primum juxta stetit agnovitque per umbram 

Obscuram, qualem primo qui surgere mense 

Aut videt, aut vidisse putat per nubila lunam, 

Demisit lacrimas, dulcique affatus amore est: 455 

" Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo 

Venerat exstinctarn, ferroque extrema secutam? 

Funeris heu tibi causa fui? Per sidera juro, 

Per superos, et si qua fides tellure sub ima est, 

Invitus, regina, tuo de litore cessi ; 460 

Sed me jussa de1'im, quae nunc has ire per umbras, 

Per loca senta situ cogunt noctemque profundam, 

Imperiis egera suis; nec credere quivi 

Runc tantum tibi me discessu ferre dolorem. 

Siste grad urn, teque aspectu ne subtrahe nostro. 465 

Quem fugis? extremum fato, quod te alloquor, hoc est." 

Talibus Aeneas ardentem et torva tuentem 

Lenibat dictis ani mum, lacrimasque ciebat ; 

Ilia solo fixos oculos aversa tenebat, 

Nec magis incepto vulturn sermone movetUl', 470 

Quam si dura silex aut stet Marpesia cautes. 

Tandem corripuit sese, atque inimica refugit 

In nemus umbriferum, conjunx ubi pristinus illi 

Respondet curis aequatque Sychaeus amorem. 

Nec minus Aeneas, casu concussus iniquo, 475 

Prosequitur lacrimans longe, et miseratur euntem.



At pater omnipotens densa inter nubila telum 

Contorsit, non iIle faces nec fumea taedis 

Lumina, praecipitemque immani turbine adegit. 

Nec non et Tit yon, Terrae omniparentis alumnum, 595 

Cernere erat, per tot a novem cui jugera corpus 

Porrigitur, rostroque immanis vultur obunco 

Immortale jecur ton dens fecullclaque poenis 

Viscera rimaturque epulis, babitatque sub alto 

Pectore, nec tibris requies datur ulla renntis. 600 

Quid memorem Lapitbas, Ixiona PiriLboumque? 

Quos super atra silex jam jam lapsura cadentique 

Imminet assimilis; lucent genialibus altis 

Aurea fulcra toris, epulaeque ante ora paratae 

Regifico luxu j Furiarum maxima juxta 605 

Accubat, et maniblls prohibet contingere mensas, 

Exsurgitque facem attollens, atque iutonat ore. 

Hic, quibus invisi fratl'es, dum vita manebat, 

Pulsatusve parens, et fraus innexa clienti, 

Ant qui divitiis soli incubuere repertis, 610 

N cc pat·tem posuere suis: quae maxima turba est : 

Ql1ique ob adulterium caesi, qui que arma secuti 

lmpia, nec veriti c1ominorum fall ere dextras, 

Inclusi poenam exspectant. Ne quaere doceri, 614 

Quam poenam, aut quae forma viros fortunave mersit. 

Saxum ingens volvunt alii, radiisque rotarnm 616 

Di tricti pendent j sedet, aeternumque sedebit, 

Iufelix Theseus j Phlegyasque miserrimus omnes 

Admonet et magna testatur voce per umbras: 

, Discite justitiam moniti, et non temncre divos.' 620 

Vendidit hie aura patriam clominumque potentem 

Imposuit, fixit lege» pretio atque refixit; 

Hie tbalamum iTwasit natae vetitosque hymenaeos j 

Ausi omnes immane Defas ausoque potiti. 

Non, mihi si linguae centum sint Ol'aqllc centum, 625 

Ferrea vox, omnes scelerum comprellderc form as, 

Omnia poellal'um percurrere nomina possim." 

Haec ubi dicta dedit Phoebi longaeva sacerdos, 

"Sed jam age, carpe "iam Ilt susceptum pertice mUDns I


VERGILI AENEIS VI. 131 

Accelercmus I" ait. " Oyclopum cducta caminis 630 

Moenia conspicio l1tque adverso fornice portas, 

Race ubi nos praccepta jubeot doponere dona." 

Dixerat, et pariter gressi pCI' opaca viat'um 

Corripiunt spatium medium, foribusquc propinquant .. 

Occupat Aeneas aditum, corpusque reccnti 635 

Spargit aqua, ramumque adverso in limine figit. 

His demum exactis, perfecto munere divae, 

Devenere locos laetos et amoena vireta 

Fortunatorum nemorum sedesque beatas. 

Largior hic campos aethcr et lumine vestit 640 

Pm'pureo, solcmquc suum, sua. idera nOl'unt. 

Pars in gramincis exercent membra palaestris, 

Oontendunt ludo et fulva luctantur arena; 

Pars pedibus plaudunt choreas et carmina c1icunt. 

Nec non Threlcius longa cum veste sacerdos 645 

Obloquitul' numflris septem discrimina yocum, 

J amque eadem digitis, jam pectine pulsat eburno. 

Ric genus antiquum Teucri, pulcberrima proles, 

Magnanimi beroes, nati melioribus annis, 

Ilusque Assaracu que et Trojae Darclanus auctor. 650 

Arma procu] currusquc virum miratur inanes; 

Stant terra defixae hastae, passimque soluti 

Per campum pascuntul' equi; quae gratia CUI'mum 

Al'mol'Umquc fuit vivis, quae cura nitentes 

Pascere cquos, eadem sequitur te11me l'epostos. 655 

Conspicit, ecce, alios dextra Iacvaque per herbam 

Vescentes laetumque cboro Paeana canentes 

Intel' odoratum lauri nemus, unde superne 

Plurimus Eridani per silvam volvitur amnis. 

Hie manus, ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi, 660 

Quique sacerdotes casti, dum vita manebat, 

Quique pii yates et Pboebo digna locuti, 

Inventas aut qui vitam cxcoluere per al'tes, 

Quique sui memores alios fecorc mcrendo; 

Omnibus his nivea cinguntur tempora vitta. 665 

Quos circumfusos sic est affata Sibylla, 

Musaeum ante omnes: (medium nam plurima turba 

R une habet, atque humel'is exstantcm suspicit altis;)



Ooncretam exemit labem, purumque relinquit 

Aetherium sensum atque aurl1i simplicis ignem. 

Has omnes, ubi mille rotam volvere per annos, 

Letbaeum ad fluvium deus evocat agmine magno, 

Scilicet immemores supm'a ut convexa revisant, 750 

Rursus et incipiant in corpora velie reverti." 

Dixerat Anchises, natumque unaque Sibyllam 

Oonventus trabit in medios turbamque sonantem, 

Et tumulum capit, uncle omnes Ion go ordine posset 

Ad versos legere, et venientum discel'e vultus. 155 

"Nuuc age, Dardaniam pl'olem quae delnde sequatur 

Gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes, 

Illustres auimas nostrumque in nomen ituras, 

Expediam clictis, et te tua fata docebo. 

IlIe, vides, pura juvenis qui nititur hasta, 760 

Proxima sorte tenet lucis loco" primus ad auras 

Aetherias Italo commixtus sanguine surget, 

Silvius, Albanum nomen, tua postuma proles: 

Quem tibi longaevo serum Lavinia conjunx 

Educet silvis regem regumque parenLem: 765 

Unde genus Longa nostrum dominabiLur Alba. 

Proximus ille Procas, Trojanae gloria gentis, 

Et Oapys, et Numitor, et qui te nomine reddet 

Silvius Aeneas, pariter pietate vel armis 

Egregius, si umquam regnandam acceperit Albam. 770 

Qui juvenes ! Quantas ostentant, asp ice, vires! 

Atque umbl'ata gerunt clvili temp ora quercu. 

Hi tibi N omentum et Gabios urbemque Fidenam, 

Hi Oollatillas imponent monLibus arces, 

Pometios Oastrumque Inui BolamC{ue Ooramque: 775 

Haec tum nomina erunt, nunc SUllt sine nomine terrae. 

Quin et avo comitem sese Mavol'tius adclet 

Romulus, ..issaraci quem sanguinis Ilia mater 

Educet. 'iden', ut geminae stant vertice cristae, 

Et pat.er ipse suo sllperllm jam signat honol'e? 780 

En, hujus, nate, auspiciis illa incluta Roma 

Imperium terris, animos aequabit Olympo, 

Septemque una sibi muro citcumc1abit arces,


P. VERGILI MARONIS 

AENEIDOS 

LIBER SEPTIMUS. 

Tu quoque litoribus nostris, AeneYa nutrix, 

Aeternam moriens famam, Caieta, dedisti; 

Et nunc servat honos sedem tuus, ossaque nomen 

Hesperia in magna, S1 qua est ea gloria, signat. 

At pius cxsequiis Aeneas rite solutis, 5 

Aggere composito tumuli, postquam alta quierunt 

Aequora, tendit iter velis, portumque relinquit. 

Adspirant aurae in noetem, nee candida cursus 

Luna negat, splendet tremulo sub lumine pontus. 

Proxima Circaeae raduntur litora terrae, 10 

Dives inaceessos ubi Solis filia lucos 

Assiduo resonat cantu, teetisque superhis 

Urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, 

Arguto tenues percurrens peetine telas. 

Hine exaudiri gemitus iraeque leonum, 15 

Vinela recusantum et sera sub nocte rudentum, 

Setigerique sues atque in praesepibus ursi 

Saevire, ac formae magnorum ululare luporum, 

Quos bominum ex facie dea saeva potentibus berbis 

Induerat Circe in vultus ac terga ferarum. 20 

Quae ne monstra pii paterentur talia 'rroes, 

Delati in portus, neu litora dira subirent, 

Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis, 

A..tque fugam dedit, et praeter vada fervida vexit. 

e 138 )


140 VERGILI AENEIS VII. 

Quam pater inventam, primas quum conderet arces, 

Ipse ferebatur Phoebo sacrasse Latinus, 

Laurentesque ab ea nomen posuisse eolonis. 

Hujus apes summum donsao (mirabile dietu I), 

Stl'idore ingenti liquid urn trans aethera veetae, 65 

Obsedere apicem, et, pedibus per mutua nexis, 

Examen subitum ramo frondeute pepeudit. 

Continuo vates "Externum eernimus" inquit 

" Ad ventare virum, et partes petere agmen easdem 

Pal'tibus ex isl1em, et summa dominarier aree." 10 

Praeterea, eastis adolet dum altaria taedis, 

Ut juxta genitol'em adstat Lavinia virgo, 

Visa (ncfas I) longis eOlliprendero crinibus ignem, 

Atque omnem ornatul11 flamma crepitante cremaI'i, 

Regalesque accensa comas, accensa coronam '15 

Insignem gemmis; tum fumida lumine fulvo 

Involvi, ac totis Vulcanum spargere teetis. 

Id vero horrendum ae visu mirabile ferri: 

N amque fore illustrem fama fatisque canebant 

Ipsam, sed populo magnum portendere bellum. 80 

At rex sollicitus monstris, oraeula Fauni, 

Fatidici genitoris, adit, lueosque sub alta 

Oonsulit .A.lbunea, nemorum quae maxima saero 

Fonte son at, saevamque exhalat opaca mephitim. 

Hinc Italae gentes omnisque Oenotria tell us 85 

In dubiis responsa petunt. Hue dona sacerdos 

Quum tulit, et caesarum Qvium sub noete silenti 

Pellibus incubuit stratis, somnosque petivit, 

Multa modis simulacra videt volitantia mil'is, 

Et varias audit voces, fruiturque deornm 90 

Colloquio, atque imis Acheronta alfatur A vernis. 

Hie et tum pater ipse petens responsa Latinus 

Centum lanigeras mactabat rite bidentes, 

Atque harum elfultus tergo stratisque jacebat 

Velleribus: subita ex alto vox reddita Iuco est: 95 

"Ne pete connubiis natam sociare Latiuis, 

o mea progenies, thalamis neu crede paratis : 

Externi venient generi, qui sanguine nostrum 

Nomen in astra ferant, quorumque ab stirpe nepotes


142 YERGILI AENEIS VII. 

Flumina, tum N octem N oetisque orientia signa 

Idaeumque Jovem Phrygiamque ex ordine matrem 

Invoeat, et dupliees caeloque Ereboque parentes. 140 

Hie pater omnipotens tel' caelo clarus ab alto 

Intonuit, radiisque ardentem lucis et auro 

Ipse manu quatiens ostendit ab aethere nubem. 

Diditur hie subito Trojana per agmina rumor, 

.Advenisse diem, quo debita moenia condant; 145 

Oertatim instaurant epulas, atque omine magno 

Orateras laeti statuunt et vina coronant. 

Postera quum prima lustrabat lampade ten· as 

Orta dies, urbem et fines et litora gentis 

Diversi explorant: haec fontis stagna Numicl, 150 

Rune Thybrim fiuvium, hie fortes habitare Latinos. 

Tum satus .Ancbisa delectos ordine ab omni 

Oentum oratores augusta ad mocnia regis 

Ire jubet, ramis velatos Palladis omnes, 

Donaque felTe vira, pacemque exposcere Teucris. 155 

Haud mora, festinant jussi rapidisque feruntur 

Passibus. Ipse humili designat mocnia fossa, 

Moliturque locum, primasque in litore sedes 

Oastrorum in marem pinnis atque aggere eingit. 

.hmque iter emcnsi, turres ae teeta Latinorum 160 

Ardua cernebant juvenes, muroque subibant . 

.Ante urbem pueri et primaevo flore juveutus 

Exerceutur equis, domitantque in pulvere currus, 

.A ut acres tcndunt arcus, aut lenta lacertis 

Spicula contorquent, cursuque ictuque lucessunt; 165 

Quum praevectus equo longaevi regis ad aures 

N untius ingentes ignota in ve te reportat 

.Advenisse viros. Ille intra tecta vocn.ri 

Imperat, et solio medius consedit n.vito. 

Tectum augustum, ingens, ccntum sublime eolumnis, 170 

Urbe fuit summa, Laurentis regia Piei, 

Ron·endum silvis et religione parcntum. 

Ric sceptra accipere et primos attollere fasces 

Regibus omen erat; hoc illis curia templum, 

Hae sarrii'! sedes epulis; hie ariete caeso 175



II Rex, genus egregium Fauni, nce fluetibus aetas 

Atra subegit hiems vestfl3 sueeedcre terris, 

Nee sidus rcgione viae litusve fefellit; 215 

Consilio hane omnes animisque volentibus urbem 

Afferimur, pulsi regnis, quae m(1xima quondam 

Extremo venicns Sol asplciebat Olympo. 

Ab Jove principium generis; J ovc Dardana pubes 

Gaudet avo; rex ipse J ovis de gente suprema, 220 

'1'1'o1us Aeneas, tua nos ad }imina misit. 

Quanta per ldacos saevis eITusa Myceuis 

'1'empestas ierit campos, quibus actus uterque 

Europae atque Asiae fatis concurrerit orbis, 

Audiit, et si quem tellus extrema refuso 225 

Submovet Oceano, et i quem extenta plagarum 

Quattuor in media dirimit pla.ga Solis iniqui. 

Diluvio ex illo tot vasta per aequora vecti 

Dis sedem exiguam patriis litusque rogamus 

lnnocuum, et cunctis undamque auramque patentem. 230 

Non crimus regno indecores; nec vestra feretur 

Fama levis, tantique abolescet gratia facti; 

Nec rrrojam Ausonios gremio excepisse pigebit. 

Fata per Aeneae jnro dextramque potentem, 

Sive fide seu qnis bello est expertus et armis: 235 

Multi nos populi, multae (ne temne, quod ultro 

Praeferimus manibus vittas ac verba precantia) 

Et petiere sibi et voluCl'e adjungcl'e gentes; 

Sed. nos fata deam vestras exquirere terras 

Imperiis egere suis. Hine Dardanus ortus ; 240 

Huc repetit jussisque ingentibus urget Apollo 

Tyrrhenum ad Thybrim et fontis vada sacra. Numici. 

Dat tibi practerea fortunae parva prioris 

Munera, reliquias Troja ex u,rdente receptas. 

IIoc pater Anchises auro libabat ad aras; 245 

Hoc Priami gestamen erat, quum jura vocatis 

More daret populis, sceptrumque. sacerque tiaras, 

Iliad umque labor vc tes." 

'l'alibus Ilionei dictis defixa Latinus 

Obllltu tenet ora, soloque immobilis haeret, 250


146 VERGILI .A.ENEIS VII. 

Dardaniam Siculo prospexit ab usque Pachyno. 

MoUri jam tecta videt, jam fidere terrae, 290 

Deseruisse rates. Stetit acri fixa dolore. 

Tum quassans caput, haec effundit pectore dicta: 

" Heu stirpem invisam, et fatis contraria nostris 

Fata Phrygum I num Sigeis occumbere campis, 

Num capti potuere capi? num incensa cremavit 295 

Troja viros? Medias acies mediosque per ignes 

Invenere viam. At, credo, mea numina tandem 

Fessa jacent, odiis aut exsaturata quievi- 

Quin etiam patria excussos infesta per undas 

Ausa sequi, et profugis toto me opponere ponto I 300 

Absumptae in '['eucros vires caelique marisque. 

Quid Syrtes aut Scylla mihi, quid vasta Charybdis 

Profuit? Optato conduntm Thybridis alveo, 

Securi pelagi atque mei. Mars perdere gentem 

Immanem Lapithum valuit; concessit in iras 305 

Ipse deum antiquam genitor Calydona Dianae: 

Quod scelus aut Lapithis tantum, aut Calydone merente? 

Ast ego, magna J ovis conjunx, nil linquere inausum 

Quae potui infelix, quae 111emet in omnia verti, 

Vincor ab Aenea! Quod si mea numina non sunt 310 

Magna satis, dubitem haud equidem implorare quod 

usquam est: 

Flectere si nequeo Superos, Acheronta movebo. 

Non dabitur regnis, esto, prohibere Latinis, 

Atque immota manet fatis Lavinia conjunx: 

At tl'ahere, atque moras tan tis licet addere rebus, 315 

At licet amborum populos exscindere regum. 

Hac gener atque socer coeant mercede suorum. 

Sanguine Trojano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo, 

Et Bellona manet te pronuba. Nee face tantum 

Cisseis praegnans ignes enixa jugales ; 320 

Quin idem Veneri pal·tus suus et Paris alter, 

Funestaeque iterum rccidiva in Pergama taedae." 

Haec ubi dicta dedit, telTas borrenda petivit. 

Luctificam Allecto dirarum ab sede de arum 

Infernisque ciet tenebris, cui tristia bella 325


148 YERGILI AENEIS VII. 

Ledaeamque Helenam Trojunas vexit ad urbes? 

Quid tua sancta fides? quid cura antiqua tuorum, 365 

Et consanguineo toties data dextera Turno ? 

8i gener externa petitur de gente Latinis, 

1dque sedet, Faunique premunt te jussa parentis, 

Omnem equidem sceptris terI'am quac libera nostris 

Dissidet, extern am reor, et sic dicere divos, 370 

Et Turno, si prima domus repetatur ol'igo, 

Inachus Acrisiusque patres mediaeque Mycenae," 

His ubi nequidquam dictis experta Latiuum 

Contra stare videt, penitusque in viscera lapsum 

Serpentis fUl'iale malum, totamque pererl'at, 3'1'5 

Tum vero infelix, ingentibus excita monstris, 

Immensam sine more furit lymphata per urbem : 

Ceu quondam torto volitans sub verbere turbo, 

Quem pueri magno in gyro vacua atria circum 

Intenti ludo exercent: iIle actus habena 380 

Curvatis fertur spatiis; stupet inscia supra 

Impubesque manus, mirata volubile buxum ; 

Dant animos plagae: non cursu segnior illo 

Per medias urbes agitur populosque feroces, 

Quin etiam in silvas, simulato Domine Bacchi, 385 

Majus adorta nefas majol'emque orsa furorem, 

Evolat, et natam fl'ondosis montibus abdit, 

Quo thalamum eripiat Teucris taedasque moretur, 

" Evoe Bacche " fremens, solum te virgine dignum 

Vociferans: etenim moUes tibi sumere thyrsos, 390 

Te lustrare choro, sacrum tibi pascere criuem, 

Fama volat, furiisque accensas pectore matres 

Idem omnes simul ardor agit nova quaCl'ere tecta: 

Deseruere domos; ventis dantcolla comasque, 

A st aliae tremulis ululatibus aethera. complent, 395 

Pampineasque geruut incinctac pellibus hastas. 

Ipsa inter medias flagrautem fervida pinum 

Sustinet, ac natac Turnique canit hYllleuaeos, 

Sauguineam torquens acielll, torvulllque repente 

Clamat: "10 matres, audite, ubi quaeque, Latinae! 400 

8i qua piis animis manet infelicis .Amatae


150 VERGILI .AENEIS VII. 

Immemor est nostri. 

Sed te victa situ veri que effeta senectus, 440 

o mater, curis nequidquam exercet, et arma 

Regum inter falsa vatem formidine ludit. 

Cura tibi divum effigies et templa tueri: 

Bella viri pacem que gerant, quis bella gerenda." 

Talibus Allecto dictis exarsit in iras. 445 

At juveni Ol'anti subitus tremor occupat artus ; 

Deriguere oculi: tot Erinys sibilat hydris, 

Tantaque se facies aperit. Tum flammea torquens 

Lumina, cunctantem et quaerentem dicere plura 

Repulit, et geminos erexit crinibus angues, 450 

Verberaque insonuit, rabidoque baec addidit ore: 

"En, ego victa situ, quam veri eIfeta senectus 

Arma inter regum falsa fOl'midine ludit 1 

Respice ad baec: ttdsum dirarum ab sede sororum ; 

Bella manu Ietumque gero." 455 

Sic eIfata, facem juveni conjecit, et atro 

Lumine fumantes fixit sub pectore taed·as. 

Olli somnum ingens mmpit pavor, ossaque et artus 

Perfundit toto proruptus corpore sud or. 

Arma amens fremit, arma toro tectisque requirit. 460 

Saevit amor ferri, et scelerata insania belli, 

Ira super : magno veluti quum ftamma sonore 

Virge a suggeritur costis undantis aerri, 

Exsultantque aestu latices, furit intus aquai 

Fumidus atque alte spumis exuberat amnis, 465 

N cc jam se capit unda, volat vapor ater ad auras. 

Ergo iter ad regem poll uta pace Latinum 

Indicit primis juvenum, et jubet arma parari, 

rrutari Italiam, detrudere finibus hostem : 

Se satis ambobus Teucrisque venire Latinisque. 470 

Haec ubi Clicta dedit, divosque in "uta vocavit, 

Certatim sese Rutuli exbortantur in anlla: 

Hunc decus egrcgium formae movet at que juventae, 

Runc atavi regcs, hunc claris dextera factis. 

Dum Turnus Rutu1')s animis audacibus implet, 475



Verum ubi nulla datur caecum exsuperare potestas 

Consilium, et saevae nutu J unonis eunt res, 

Multa deos aurasque pater testatus inanes, 

"Frangimur heu fatis," inquit, " ferimurque procell a I 

Ipsi has sacrilego pendetis sanguine poen:]'s, 595 

o miseri. Te, Turne, nefas, te triste manebit 

Supplicium, votisque deos venerabere seris. 

N am mihi parta quies, omnisque in limine POl'tlIS; 

Funere felici spolior." Nee plura locutus 

Sepsit se tectis, rerumque reliquit habenas. 600 

Mos el'at Hesperio in Latio, quem protinus urbes 

A,lbanae coluere sacrum, nunc maxima rerum 

Roma colit, quum prima moveut in proolia Martem, 

Sive Getis infene manu lacrimabile bellum 

Hyrcanisve Anibisve parant, seu tendere ad Indos 605 

Auroramque sequi Parthosque reposoere signu : 

Sunt geminae Belli portae (sic nomine dicunt) 

Religione sacrae et saevi formidine Martis; 

Centum aerei claudunt vectes aeternaque ferri 

Robora, nec custos absistit limine Janus: 610 

Has, ubi certa sedet patribus sententia pugnae, 

Ipse, Quirinali trabea cinctuque Ga,bino 

Insignis, reserat stridentia limina consul; 

Ipse vocat pugnas; sequitur tum cetera pubes, 

Aereaque assensu conspirant cornua rauco. 615 

Hoc et tum Aeneadis iudicere bella Latinus 

More jubebatur, tristesque recludere portas. 

Abstinuit tactu pater, aversusque refugit 

]



Et tereti pugnant mucrone veruque Sabello. 665 

Ipse pedes, tegumen torquens humane leonis, 

Terribili impexum seta, cum dentibus albis 

Indutus capiti, sic regia tecta subibat, 

Horridus, Herculeoque humeros inuexus amictn. 

Tum gemini fratres Tiburtia moenia linqnunt, 670 

Fratris Tiburti dictam cognomine gentem, 

Catillusque acerque Coras, Argiva ju ventus, 

Et primam ante aciem densa inter tela feruntur: 

Ceu duo nubigenae quum vertice montis ab alto 

Descendunt Centam'i, IIomolen Othrymque nivalem 675 

Linquentes cursu rapido; dat euntibus· ingens 

Silva locum, et magno cedunt virgulta fragore. 

Nec Praenestinae fundator defuit urbis, 

Vulcano genitum pecora inter agrestia regem 

Inventumque focis omnis quem creelielit aetas, 680 

Caeculus. IIunc legio late comitatur agrestis, 

Quiqne altum Praeneste viri, quique arva Gabinae 

J unonis gelidumque Anienem et 1'osciela 1'i vis 

Hernica saxa colunt, quos eli ves Anagnia pascit, 

Quos, Amascne pater. N on ill is omnibus a1'ma, 685 

N ec clipei curms ve sonant : pars maxima glandes 

Liventis plumbi spargit; pars spicula gestat 

Bina manu; fulvosque lupi de pelle galeros 

Tegmen habent capi ti; vcstigia nuda sinistri 

Inslituere pedis; crudus tegit altera pero. 690 

At Messapu , equllffi domitor, Xeptunia proles, 

Quem neque fas igni cuiquam nec sternel'e ferro, 

,T am pridem resides populos de uetaque bello 

Agmina in arma vocat subito, ferrumque retraetat. 

Hi Fescenllinas acies acquotique Faliscos, 695 

Hi Soractis habellt arces Flaviniaque arva, 

Et Cimini cum monte laC'ull1 lueosque Capeoos. 

Ihant aequati numero, I'cgemque canebant : 

Ceu quondam nivei liquida inter nubila eycni, 

Quum sese e pastu refemot ('t looga canoros 700


158 VERGILI .AENEIS VII. 

Contentus, late jam tum dicione premebat 

Sarrastes populos, et quae rigat aequora Sarnus, 

Quique Rufras Batulumque tenent atque arva Celemnae, 

Et quos mali ferae despectant moenia AbelJae, 740 

Teutonico ritu soliti torquere cateias ; 

Tegmina qUls capitum raptus de sub ere cortex, 

Aerataeque micant peltae, micat aereus ensis. 

Et te montosae misere in proeHa Nersae, 

Ufens, insignem fama et felicibus armis; 745 

Horrida praecipue cui gens, assuetaque multo 

Venatu nemorum, duris Aequicula glebis. 

Armati terram exercent, semperque recentes 

Convectare juvat praedas et vivere rapto. 

Quin et Mal'l'uvia venit de gente sacerdos, 750 

Fronde super galeam et felici comptus oliva, 

Archippi regis missu, fortissimus Umbro, 

Vipereo generi et .graviter spirantibus hydris 

Spargere qui somnos cantuque manu que sole bat, 

Mulcebatql1e iras et morsus arte levabat. 755 

Sed non Dardaniae medicari cuspidis ictum 

Evall1it, neque eum juvere in vulnera cantus 

Somniferi et Marsis quaesitae montibus berbae. 

Te nemus Angitiae, vitrea te Fucinns unda, 

Te liquidi flevere lacus. 760 

Ibat et Hippolyti proles pulcherrima bello, 

Virbius, insignem quem mater Aricia misit, 

Eductum Egeriae lucis humentia circum 

Litora, pinguis ubi et placabilis ara Dianae. 

Namque ferunt fama Hippolytum, postquam al'te 

novercae 765 

Occiderit patriasque explerit sanguine poenas 

Turbatis distractus equis, ad sidera rursus 

Aetberia et superas caeli venisse sub auras, 

Paeoniis l'evocatum herbis et amore Dianae. 

Tum pater omnipotens, aliquem iudignatus ab umbris 770 

Mortalem infernis ad lumina surgere vitae,



Gramina, nee teneras cursu laesisset al'istas ; 

Vel mare per medium, fiuctu suspensa tumenti, 810 

Ferret iter, ceJeres nee tingeret aequore plantas. 

Illam omnis tectis agrisque etfusa juventus 

Turbaque miratur matrum et prospectat euntem, 

A.ttonitis inhians animis, ut reg ius ostro 

Velet honos leves humeros, ut fibula crinem 815 

A.uro internectat, Lyciam ut gerat ipsa pharetram 

"Et pastoralem praefixa cuspide myrtum . 

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162 VERGILI AENEIS VIII. 

Erigitur summique ferit laquearia tecti. 25 

N ox erat, et terras animalia fessa per omnes 

Alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat, 

Quum pater in ripa gelidique sub aetheris axe 

Aeneas, tristi turbatus pectora bello, 

Procubuit seramque dedit per membra quietem. 30 

Ruic deus ipse loci fluvio 'l'ibel'inus amoeno 

Populeas inter senior se attollere frondes 

Visus; eum tenuis glauco velabat amictu 

Carbasus, et crines umbl'osa tegebat arundo; 

'l'um sic affari et curas bis demere dictis: 35 

" 0 sate gente dellm, Trojanam ex bostibus urbem 

Qui revehis nobis, actel'llaque Pergama servas, 

Exspectate solo Laurenti arvisquc Latinis, 

Ric tibi certa domus, certi, ne absiste, Penates j 

N eu belli terrere minis: tumor omnis et irae 40 

Concessere dellm. 

J amque tibi, ne vana putes haec fingere somnum, 

Litoreis ingens inventa sub ilieibus sus, 

Triginta eapitum fetus enixa, jacebit, 

Alba, solo recubans, albi circum ubera nati. 45 

Hic locus urbis erit, J'equies ea certa laborum, 

Ex quo tel' denis urbem redeuntibns annis 

Ascanius clari condet cognominis Albam. 

Hauel incerta cano. Nunc qua ratione quod instat 

Expedias victor, paucis, adverte, docebo. 50 

Arcaues his oris, genus a Pallante profectull1, 

Qui regem Evandrum comites, qui signa sccuti, 

Delegere locum et posucre in montibus urbem, 

Pallantis proavi de nomine Pallantcum. 

ili bellum assidue ducunt cum gentc Latina; 55 

Hos castris adbibc soeios, ct foedera junge. 

Ipse ego te ripis et recto flumine ciuc:am, 

Adversum remis superes subvectus ut amnem. 

Surge age, nate dea, primisque catlentiuus astris 

Junoni fer rite preces, iramquc minasque 60 

Supplicibus supera votis. Mihi victor bonorem 

Persolves. Ego sum, pleno quem flumine cernis



Tecta vident, qme nunc Romn,na potentia caelo 

Aequ[]'vit, tum res inopes Evandrus hn,bebat. 100 

Ocius ad vertunt proras, urbique propinquant. 

Forte die SOllell111em illo rex Arcas honorem 

Amphitryoniaclae magno divisque ferebn,t 

Anie urbem in Juco. PaJlas hUlc filius una, 

Una omnes juvennm primi pauperque senatus 105 

Tura dabant, tepidusque cruor fumabat ad aras. 

Ut celsas viclere rates, atquc inter opacum 

Allabi nemus et tacitis incumbere remis, 

Terrentur visu sabito, cunciique relictis 

Consurgunt mensis. .Audax quos rumpere Pallas 110 

Sacra vetat, raptoque volat telo obvius ipse, 

Et procul e tumulo "Juvenes, quae cautla subegit 

Ignotas tentare vias? Quo tenditis ?" inquit. 

" Qui genus? Uncle domo? Pacemne hue fertis, aU 

arma? " 

Tum pater Aenen,s puppi sic fatuI' ab alta, 115 

Paciferaeque maIlU ramnm praetendit olivae; 

" rrrojugeuas ac tela vieles inimica Latinis, 

Quos illi hello profugos egere superbo. 

Evanc1rulU petimul::!. Ferte haec, et eli cite, lectos 

Dardaniae veni,;se cluces, socia arma rogantes." 120 

Obstupuit tanto percussus nomine Pallas; 

" Egreelere 0 quicumque es," ait, " coram que parenteJl1 

Alloquere, ac nosiris succede penatibus bospes!" 

Excepitque mn,nu, elextramque amplexus inhaesit. 

Progressi subeunt Juco, fiuviumque relinquunt. 125 

Tum rcgem Aeneas dictis a[atur ami cis ; 

" Optime Grajugcnum, cui me Fortuna prccari 

Et vilta COlUptO. voluit prl1ctcndcrc ramos, 

Non cquic1em extillll1i, DanaCllu quod ductor et Arcas 

Quodqne ab stirpe forcs gemi nis conjullctus Atridis ; 130 

Sed mca me virtuR et sancta oracula divi'Ull, 

Cognatique patrcs, tua territl didita fama, 

Conjunxere tibi, et fati::; egere volentem. 

Dardanus, Iliacae primus pater urbis et auctor,



Annua, quae differre nefas, celebrate faventes 

N obiscum, et jam nunc sociorum assuescite mensis." 

Haec ubi dicta, dapes jubet et sublata reponi 115 

Pocula, gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili, 

Praccipuumque toro et villosi pelle leonis 

Accipit Aenean, solioque in vi tat aceruo. 

Tum lecti juvenes certatim araeque sacerdos 

Viscera tosta ferunt taurorum, onerantque canistris 180 

Dona laboratae Cereris, Baeehumque ministrant. 

Vescitur Aeneas, simul et 'l'rojana juventlls, 

Perpetui tergo bovis et lustralibus extis. 

Postquam exempta fames et amor compressus edendi, 

Rex Evandrus ait: "Non haec sollemnia nobis, 185 

Has ex more dapes, hane tanti numinis aram 

Vana supcrstitio veterumque ignara deorum 

Imposuit; saevis, hospes Trojane, pcriclis 

Servati facimus, meritosque novamllS honorcs. 

Jam primum saxis suspensam hanc asp ice rupem, 190 

Disjeclae proeul ut moles, desertaquc montis 

Stat domns, ct scopuli ingeutem traxere ruinam. 

Hic spclunca fUit, vasto suomota recessu, 

Semihominis Caci facies quam dim tenebat, 

Solis inaccessam racliis; scmpel'que recenti 195 

Caede tepcbat humus, foribusque affixa superbis 

Ora virllm tristi pendcbant pallida taboo 

Huic monstro Vulcanus erat pn,ter: iIlius atros 

Ore vomens igoes, magna se mole ferebat. 

Attulit et nobis aliquaodo optantibus aetas 200 

Auxilium adventumqne dei. Nam maximus ultor, 

Tergemioi ncec Geryonac spoliisque supcrbus, 

AlciJes aderat, t:1lll'osquc bac victor ag 'bat 

Ingentes; vallcmquc boyes awncmque tenebant. 

At furiis Caci Oleos efl'era, ne quid ioausum 205 

Aut intractatum scelerisve dolive fnisset, 

Qnattuor a stabulis praestanti corpore tauros 

A vertit, totidem forma superante juvencas. 

Atque hos, ne qua forent pedibus vestigia rectis,



Desuper Alcides telis premit, omniaque arma 

Advocat, et ramis vastisque molaribus instat. 250 

Ille autem (neque enim fuga jam super ulb pericli) 

Faucibus ingentem fumum, mirabile dictu, 

Evomit, involvitque domum caligine caeca, 

Prospectum eripiens oculi , glomeratque sub antro 

Fumiferam noctem commixtis igne tenebris. 255 

Non tulit A.lcides animis, seque ipse per ignem 

Praecipiti jccit saltu, qua plurimus undam 

FUllius agit nebuJaqlle ingens specus aestuat atm. 

Hic Cacum in tcnebris incendia vana vomentem 

Corripit, in nodum complexus, et angit inhaerens 260 

Elisos oculos et siccum sanguine guttur. 

Panditur extcmplo forilms domus atra l'cvulsis, 

Abstractaeque boyes abjul':1tacquc rapinae 

Caelo ostenduntur, pedibnsqne informc cadaver 

Protrahitur. N equennt expleri corda tuendo 265 

Terribiles oculos, vnltum villosaq ne setis 

Pectora semiferi, aLqne exstinctos faucibus ignes. 

Ex illo celebratus honos, lactique minores 

Sen'avere diem; primllsque Potilius auctor, 

Et domus IIerculei custos Pinaria sacri. 2'70 

Hanc aram luco statuit, quae Maxima semper 

Dicetur nobis, et erit quae ll1axima semper. 

Quare agile, 0 juvenes, tantarum in munere laudum 

Cingite fronde comatl et pocula porgile dextris, 

Coml11unemque vocate deUln, et date vina volentes." 2'75 

Dixcrat: Herculea bicolor quum populus umbra 

Velavitflue coma foliisque innexa pependit, 

Et sacer implevit dextram scyphus. Ocius omnes 

In mensam lacti libant, divosque precantur. 

Devexo interca propior fit Vesper Olympo. 280 

J amque sacer



Saecula: sic placida populos in pace regebat, 325 

Deterior donee paul:1tim ae deeolor aetas 

Et belli rabies et amot' success it habendi. 

Tum manus Ausonia et gentes venere Sieanae, 

Saepius et nomen posuit Satumia tellus ; 

Tum reges, asperque immani corpore Thybris, 330 

A quo post Itali fiuvium cognomine 1'bybrim 

Diximus; amisit verum vetus Albula Domen. 

Me pulsum patria pelagique extrema sequentem 

Fortuna omnipotens ct ineluctabile fatum 

His posuere locis, matrisque egere tremenda 335 

Oarmentis Nymphae monita et deus auctor Apollo." 

Vix ea dicta; dehinc progressus, mODstrat et aram, 

Et Oarmentalem Romani nomine pOltam 

Quam mcmorant, Nymphae pri cum Oarmentishonorem, 

Vatis fatidicae, cecinit quae prima futuros 340 

Aeneadas magnos et nobile Pallauteum. 

Hinc lucum ingentem, quem Romulus acer Asylum 

Retulit, et gelida monstrat sub rupe Lupereal, 

Parrhasio dictulll Panos de more Lycaei ; 

Nec non et sacri monstrat Demus Argileti, 345 

Testaturque locum, et letulU doeot bospitis Argi. 

Hine ad Tarpeiam sedem et Oapitolia ducit, 

Aurea nunc, olim silvestribus horrida dumis. 

Jam tum religio pavidos terrebat agrestes 

Dira loci j jam tum silvam saxumque tremebant. 350 

" Hoc nemus, hunc," inquit, "frondoso vertiee coUem, 

(Quis deus incertum est) habitat deus j Arcades ipsum 

Oredunt se vidisse J ovem, quum saepe nigrantem 

Aegida concuteret dextra, nimbosque cieret. 

Haec duo praeterea disjectis oppida muris, 355 

Reliquias veterumque vides monumenta virorum : 

Hanc Janus pater, hane Saturnus condidit arcem; 

J aniculum huic, illi fuerat Saturnia nomen." 

'l'alibus inter se dictis ad tecta subibant 

Pauperis Evandri, passimque armenta videbant 360 

Romanoquc Foro et lautis mugire Oarinis. 

Ut ventum ad sedes: "Haec" inquit " limina victor 

Alcides &ubiit, haec illum regia cepit;



Quod fieri ferro liquidove potest electro, 

Quantum ignes animaeque valent, absiste precando 

Viribus indubitare tuis." Ea verba locutus 

Optatos dedit amplexus, placidumque petivit 405 

Oonjugis infusus gremio per membra soporem. 

Inde ubi prima quies medio jam Noctis abactae 

Ourriculo expulerat somnum, quum femina primum, 

Oui tolerare colo vitam tenuique Minerva 

Impositum, einerem et sopitos suseitat ignes, 410 

Noctem addens oped, famulasque ad lumina longo 

Exereet penso, castum ut servare cubile 

Conjugis et possit pat·vos educere natos : 

Haud secus Ignipotens nee tempore segnior illo 

Mollibus e :Lratis opera ad fl1bl'ilia surgit. 415 

Insula Sieanium juxta latus Aeoliamque 

Erigitur Liparen, fumantibus ardua saxis, 

Quam subter specus et Oyclopum exesa caminis 

Antra Aetnaea tonant, validique incudibus ictus 

Auditi referunt gemitulU, striduntque cavern is 420 

Stricturae Ohalybum, et fornacibus ignis anbelat ; 

Vulcani domus, ct Vulcania nomine tell us. 

Hoc tunc Ignipotells caelo descenc1it ab alto. 

Ferrum cxerc bant vasto Oyclopes in antro, 

Brontesquc Steropesque etnudusmembra Pyragmon. 425 

IIis informatum manibns jam parte polita 

Fulmen erat; toto genitor quae plurima caelo 

Dejicit in ten'as ; pars imperfecta manebat: 

Trcs imbris torti radios, tre nnbis aquosae 

Addiderant, rutil i tres ignis et alitis Allstri ; 430 

Flllgores nunc tenineos sonitumql1e metumque 

Miseebant ope1'i , tlal\l1l1isque scquacibus ira8. 

Parte alia Marti currumque rotasque volueres 

Instabant, quibus iIle viro. , quibus excitat urbes ; 

Aegidaque bOl'l'ifcram, turbatae Palladis arma, 435 

Certatim squamis sel'pentum auroque lolihant, 

Connexosque angues, ipsamque in pectore divae 

Gorgona, deseeto vertentem lumina eollo. 

"'l'ollite cuncta," inquit, "coeptosque !mferte labore.;,


176 VERGILI .A.ENEIS VIII. 

Fama volat parvam subito vulgata per Ul'bem, 

Ocius ire equites Tyrrheni ad litora regis. 555 

Vota metu duplicant mah'es, propiusque periclo 

It timor, et major Martis jam apparet imago. 

Tum pater Evandrus, dextram complexus euntis, 

Haeret, inexpletus lacrimans, ae talia fatur: 

" 0 mihi praeteritos refel'at S1 Jupiter annos, 560 

Qualis eram, quum pl'imam aciem Praeneste sub ipsa 

8travi scutorumque incendi victor acervos, 

Et regem hac Erulum dextra sub Tartara misi, 

N ascenti cui tres animas Feronia mater 

(Horrendum dictu!) dederat, terna arma movenda; 565 

'1'er Leto steruendus erat; cui tum tamen omnes 

Abstulit haec animas dextra et totidem exuit armis: 

Non ego nunc dulci amplexu divellerer usquam, 

Nate, tuo, neque Jinitimus Mezentius umquam 

Huic capiti insultans, tot ferro saeva dedisset 510 

Funera, tam muWs viduasset civibus urbem. 

At vos, 0 superi, et divum tu maxime rector 

Jupiter, Arcadii, quaeso, miserescite regis, 

Et patrias audite preees: 8i numina vestra 

Incolumem Pallanta mihi, si fata reservant, 575 

Si visurus eum vivo et venturus in unum: 

Vitam oro j patior quemvis durare laborem. 

Sin aliquel11 infandum casum, Fortuna, minaris: 

Nunc, 0 nUllC liceat crudclem abrumpcre vitam, 

Dum eurae ambiguae, dum spes incerta futuri, 580 

Dum te, care puer, mea sera et sola voluptas, 

Complex u leneo; gravioT neu nuntius aures 

Vulueret." Haec genitor digressu dicta supremo 

Fuuc1ebat; famuli colhp urn in tecta ferebaut. 

J amque adeo exiera t portis equitatus apertis, 585 

Aeuea ' inter primos et fidus Acha-tes, 

Inde alii Trojac proceres; ipse ugminc Pallas 

In medio, chlumyde et pictb conspectus in armis: 

Qualis ubi Oceani perfusus Lucifer unda, 

Quem "Venus ante alios astrorum diligit ignes, 590 

Extulit os sacrum raelo tenebrasque resolvit.



Fecerat et viridi fetam Mavortis in antro 630 

Procubuisse Iupam; geminos huic ubera circum 

Ludere pendentes pueros, et Iambel'e matrem 

Impavidos; illom tereti cervice reflexa 

Mulcere alternos, et corpora fingere lingua. 

N ec procnl hinc Romam et raptas sine more Sabinas 635 

Oonsessu caveae, magnis Oireensibus actis, 

Addiderat, subitoque novum eonsul'gere bellum 

Romulidis Tatioque seni Ouribusque severis. 

Post idem, inter se posito certamiue, reges 

Armati J ovis ante aram paterasque tenentes 640 

Stabant ct cacsa jungebant foedcm pOl·ca. 

Haud procul inde citae Mettum in divertla quadrigae 

Distulerant, (at tu c1ictis, Albane, maneresl), 

Raptabatque viri mendacis viscera 'rullus 

Per silvam, et spal'si rorabant sanguiue vept·es. 645 

N ec non 'l'arquinium ejectum Porsenna jubebat 

Accipere, ingentique urbem obsiclione pl'emebat ; 

Aeneadae in ferrum pro Iibertate l'uebant. 

IlIum indignanti similem similemque minanti 

.Aspiceres, pontem auderet quia vellere Oocles, 650 

Et fiuvium vinclis innarct Oloelia ruptis. 

In summo custos Tarpeiae Manlius arcis 

Stabat pro templo et Capitolia celsa tenebat, 

Romuleoque recens horrobat regia culmo . 

.Atque hic auratis volitans argenteus anser 655 

Porticibus Gallos in limine adesse canebat; 

Galli pel' dumos aderant, arcemque tenebant, 

Defensi tenebris et dono noctis opoeae : 

Aurea caesaries ollis atque amea vestis j 

Virgatis lucent sagulis j tum lact a coHa 660 

Aura innectuntul' j duo quisque Alpina COl'Uscant 

Gaesa manu, scutis protecti corpora longis. 

Hic exsultantes Salios nudosque Lupercos, 

Lanigerosque apices et lapsa ancilia caelo 

Extuderat j castae ducebant sacra per urbcm 665 

Pilentis matl'es in mollibus. Hine procul addit 

Tartareas etiam sedes, alta o. tia Ditis, 

Et scelerum poenas, et te, Oatilina, minaci



Vela dare, et laxos jam jamque immittel'e funes. 

Illam inter caedes pallentcm mOlte futura 

Fecerat Ignipotens undis et Iapyge feni; nO 

Contra autem magno maerentem corpore Nilum, 

Pandentemquc sinus et tola veste vocantem 

Caeruleum in gremium latebrosaque flumina victos. 

At Caesar, triplici invectus Romana triumpho 

Moenia, dis Italis votum immortale sacmbat, 'r15 

Maxima tercentum totam dclubra per Urbem. 

Laetitia ludisque viae plausuquc frerncbant ; 

Omnibus in ternplis matrum chorus, omnibus arue ; 

Ante aras ten'am caesi travere juvenci. 

Ipse, seelens niveo candentis limine Phoebi, '120 

Dona recognoscit populorulll, aptatquc superbis 

Postibus; inceclunt victac longo ordinc gentes, 

Quam variae linguis, habitu tam vestis et armis. 

Hic Nomadum genus et discillctos Mulciber Afros, 

Hic Lelegas Oarasque sagittiferosque Gelonos 725 

Fillxerat; Euphrates ibat jam mollio!' undis, 

Extremique homillum Morini, Rhenusque bicornis, 

Indomitique Dabae, et pontcm indignatus Araxes. 

Talia per clipeum Vulcani, dona parentis, 

Miratur, rerum que ignarus imagine gaudet, 730 

Attollens humero famamque ct fata nepotum.


182 VERGILI AENEIS IX. 

Jamque omnis campis exercitus ibat apertis, 25 

Dives equum, di,,:es pictai vestis et n,uri: 

Messapus prim as n,cies, postremn, coercent 

Tyrrhidae juvenes; medio dux n,gmille Turnus 

[Vertitur arma tenens, et toto vertice suprn, est]: 

Ceu septem surgens sedatis amnibus altus 30 

Per tacitum Ganges, allt pingui fiumine Nilus 

Quum l'efiuit campis et jam se condidit alveo. 

Hic subitam nigra glomerari pulvere nubem 

Prospiciunt 'reucI'i, ac tenebras insurgere campis. 

Primus n,b adversa conclamat mole Cn,lcus: 35 

"Quis globus, 0 cives, caligine volvitur atra? 

Ferte citi ferrum, dn,te tela, ascendiLe muros : 

Hostis adest, heia 1 " Ingenti clam are per omnes 

Condunt se TeUCl'i portas, et moenia complent : 

N amque ita diseedens praeceperat optimus armis 40 

Aeneas : si qua interea fortuna [uisset, 

Neu struere auderent aciem, neu credere campo; 

Castra modo et tutos servarent aggere muros. 

Ergo etsi conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat, 

Objiciunt portas tamen, et praecepta fn,cessunt, 45 

Armatique cavis exspectant turribus hostem. 

Tlll'UUS, ut ante volans tardum praeccsserat agmen, 

Viginti lectis elJ.uitum comitatus et llrbi 

Improvisus adest; maculis quem Thracius albis 

Portat equus, cri taque tegit galen, aurea rubra. 50 

"Ecquis erit, mecum, juvenes, qui primus in hostem .. .? 

En 1" ait; et jaculum attorquens cmittit in auras, 

Principium pugnae, et campo sese arduus infert. 

Clamore excipiunt socii, fremituque sequuntur 

Horrisono; Teucrum mirantur inertin, corda, 55 

Non aequo dare se campo, non obvia ferre 

Arma viros, sed castra fovero. Huc tlll'bidus atque hue 

Lustrat equo muros, aditumque pel' avia quam'it. 

Ac vel uti plena lupus insidiatus ovili 

Quum fremit ad caul as, ventos perpe su et imbl'es, 60 

N octe super media: (tuti sub matribus agni 

Baln,tum exercent; ille asper et improbus ira 

Saevit in absentes: collecta fatigat edendi



Aequoris esse deas, qualis Nere'ia Doto 

Et Galatea secant spumantem pectore pontnm." 

Dixerat, idque ratum Stygii per ftumina fratris, 

Per pice torrentes atraque voragine ripas 105 

Annuit, et totum nutu trcmefecit Olympum. 

Ergo aderat promissa dies, et temp ora Parcae 

Debita complerant, quum Turni injuria Matrem 

Admonuit ratibus sacris depellere taedas. 

Hie primum nova lux oeulis oJIulsit, et ingens llO 

Visus ab Aurora eaelum transeurrere nimbus, 

Idacique chori; tum vox horrenda per auras 

Exeidit et 'l'roum Rutulorumque agmina eomplet: 

"N e trepidate meas, Teucri, defendere naves, 

Neve arm ate manus; maria ante exurere Turno, 115 

Quam sacras dabitur pinus. Vos ite solutae, 

Ite deae pelagi; genetrix jubet." Et sua quae que 

Continuo puppes abrumpunt vincula ripis, 

Delphinumquc modo demersis aequora rostris 

Ima petunt; bine virgineae (mirabile monstrum I) 120 

Reddunt se totidem facies, pontoque feruntur 

[Quot prius aeratae stoterant ad litora prorae J. 

Obstupuere animis Rutuli; oonterritus ipse 

Turbatis Messapus equis; cunctatur et amnis 

Rauca sonans, revocatquo pod om 'riberinus ab alto. 125 

At non audaci 'rurno fiducia cossit; 

Ultro animos tollit dictis, atque ineropat ultro: 

"Trojanos haec monstra petunt, his Jupiter ipse 

Auxilium soli tum eripuit; non tela neque ignes 

Exspeetant Rutulos. Ergo maria iuvia Teueris, 130 

Nee spc' ulla fugae: rcrum pars altera adempta est. 

Terra autem in nostl'is manibus: tot milia, gentes 

Arma ferunt Italac. Nil me fatalia terrent, 

Si qua Phryges prac se jaetaut, responsa deorum; 

Sat fatis Venel'ique datum, tetigore quod arva 135 

Fertilis Ausoniae Troos. Sunt et mea coutra 

Fata mihi, ferro sceleratam exscinc1ere gentem, 

Conjuge prae-epta; neo solos tangit Atridas 

/



Praemia posse rear solvi? Pulcherrima primum 

Di moresque dabunt vestri; tum cetera reddet 

Actutum pius Aeneas, atque integer aevi 255 

Ascanius, meriti tanti non immemor umquam." ... 

" Immo ego vos, cui sola salus gcnitore rcducto," 

Excipit Ascanius, "per maguos, Nise, Penates 

Assaracique Larem et canae penetralia Vestae 

Obtestor; quaecumque mihi fortuna fidesque est, 260 

1m vestris pono gremiis: revocate parentem, 

Reddite conspectum; nihil ilIo triste recepto. 

Bina dabo argento perfecta atque aspera signis 

Pocula, devicta genitor quae cepit Arisba, 

Et tripodas geminos, auri duo magna talenta, 265 

Cratera antiquum, quem dat Sidonia Dido. 

Si vera capere Italiam sceptrisque potil'i 

Contigerit vietori, et praedae dicere sortem: 

Vidisti, quo Turnus equo, quibus ibat in armis 

Aureus: ipsum ilium, clipeum cristasque rubentes 270 

Excipiam sarti, jam nune tua praemia, Nise. 

Praeterea bis sex genitor lectissima matrum 

Corpora captivosque dabit, suaque omnibus arma; 

Insuper his, campi quod rex habet ipse Latinus. 

Te vera, mea quem spatiis propioribus aetas 275 

Insequitur, venerande puer, jam pectore toto 

Accipio et eomitem casus complector in omnes. 

Nulla meis sine tc quaeretur gloria rebus; 

Seu pacem seu bclla geram, tibi maxima rerum 

Verborumque fides." Contra quem talia falur 280 

EuryaJus: "Me nulla dies tam fortibus au sis 

Dissimilem arguerit; tan tum : fortuna secuuda 

Aut ad versa cadat. Sed te super omnia dona 

Unum oro: gcnetrix Priami de gentc vetusta 

Est mihi, quam miseram tenuit non Ilia tellus 285 

:Mecum excedentem, non moenia regis Acestae: 

lIanc ego nunc ignaram hujus quodcnmqne pericli est 

Inque salutatam lin quo : N ox et tua te tis 

De:l.."tera, quod nequeam lacrimas perfenc parentis; 

At tu, oro, solare inopem, et RUCCUl're relictae. 290 

Hanc sine me spem ferre tui: audentior ibo



Armigerumque Remi premit aurigamque, suh ipsis 330 

N actus equis, ferro que secat pendentia colla. 

Tum caput ipsi aufel't domino, truncumque relinquit 

Sanguine singultantem; atro tcpefacta cruOl'e 

Terra iorique madent. Nec non Lamyrumque Ltlr 

mumque, 

Et juvenem Serranum, illa qui plurima nocte 335 

Luserat, insignis facie, multoque jaccbat 

Membra deo victus: felix, si pl'othms ilium 

.Aequasset nocti ludum in lucemque tulissot. 

Impastus ceu plena leo per ovilia turbans 

(Sua-det enim vosana fames) manditque trahitque 340 

Molle pecus mutumque metu, fremit are cruento. 

N ec minor Euryali cacdes; inccnsus ct ipse 

Perfurit, ae multam in media inc nomine plebem, 

Fadumque Herbesumque subit Rhootumque Abarimque, 

Ignaros, Rhoetum vigilantem ct cuncta vielentem, 345 

Sed magnum mctuens se post Cl'atera togcbat; 

Pectore in adverso tatum cui comminus ensom 

Oondielit assurgenti, et multa morte recepit. 

Purpuream vomit ilIe animam, ot cum sanguine muda 

Vina refcrt moriens. Hie furta forvidus ins tat; 350 

Jamque ad Messapi socios tcndebat; ibi ignem 

Deficere extremum et reJigatos ritc videbat 

Oarpere gramen equos: brevitcr quum talia Nisus 

(Sensit enim nimia caede atque cupidine ferri) 

" Absistamus " ait, " Dam lux inimica propinquat. 355 

Poenarum exhaustum satis cst, via facta per hostes." 

Multa virum solido argento perfecta relinquunt 

Armaque, craterasque simul, pulchrosque tapetas. 

Euryalus phaleras Rhamnetis et auroa bullis 

Oingula, Tiburti Remulo ditissimus olim 360 

Quae mittit dona hospitio, quum jungoret absens, 

Oaedicus, ille suo moriens dat habere nepoti, 

Post mortem bello Rutuli pugnaque potiti, 

Haec rapit, atque humeris nequidquam fortibus apta t h 

Tum galeam Messapi habilem cristisque decoram 36 

Induit. Excedunt eastris, et tuta capessunt.



Si qua tuis umquam pro me patel' Hyl'tacus aris 

Dona tulit, si qua ipse meis venatibus auxi, 

Suspendive tholo, aut sacra ad fastigia fixi j 

Runc sine me turbare globum, et l'ege tela per auras!" 

Dixerat, et toto counixus corpore ferrum 41(1 

Oonjicit. Rasta volans uoctis ui verberat umbras, 

Et venit aversi in tergum Sulmonis, ibique 

Frangitur, ac fisso transit praecordia ligno. 

Volvitur ille vomens calidum de pectore Jlumen 

Frigidus, et longis singultibus ilia pulsat. 415 

Diversi circumspiciunt: hoc acrior idem 

Ecce aliud summa telum libl'abat ab aure. 

Dum trepidant, it basta Tago per tempus utrumque, 

Stridens, trajectoque baesit tepefacta cerebro. 

Saevit atrox Volscens, nec teli conspicit usquam 420 

Auctorem, nec quo se ardens immittere possit. 

"Tu tamen interea calido mihi sanguine poenas 

Persolves amborulU," iuquit; simul ense recluse 

Ibat in Euryalum. TUlll vero exterritus, amens, 

Oonclamat Nisus: ncc se celare tencbl'is 425 

Amplius, aut tantum potl1it per rene dolorem : 

" Me, me I adsum qui feci, in me convertite ferrum, 

o Rutuli I mea fraus olUnis; nihil iste nec ausus, 

N ec potuit; caelum hoc et conscia sidcra testor; 

Tantum infelicem nimium dilexit amicum." 4.30 

Talia dicta dabat; sed viribus ensis adactus 

Transabiit costas, et candida pectora rumpit. 

Volvitur Euryalus leto, pulchrosquc pel' al'tus 

It cruor, inque humeros cervix collapsa recumbit: 

Purpurcus vcluti quum flos, succi sus aratro, 435 

Languescit moriens, lassove papavera eollo 

Demisere caput, pluvia quum forte gravantur. 

A t Nisus l'uit in medios, solnmque per omnes 

Volscentem petit, in solo Volscente moratur. 

Quem circum glomerati hostes binc comminus atque bia C 

Proturbant. Instat non secius, ac rotat ensem 44,1 

Fulmineum, donec Rutu1i clamn.ntis in ore 

Ooudidit adverso, et moriens animam abstulit hostL 

Tum super exanimum sese projecit amicum 

Oonfossus, placidaque ibi demum morte quievit.



Dat tell us gemitum, et c1ipeum super into oat iugeos. 

Talis in Euboico Baial'llm litore quondam nO 

Saxea pila cadit, magnis quam molibLl::i ani.e 

Oonstructam ponto jaciunt; sic ilb l'llinam 

Prona trahit, penitusque vadis illisa reculllbit ; 

Miscent se maria, et nigrae :1ttolluntur arenae ; 

'l'um 60nitu Prochyt:1 alta trcmit, dU1'U111que cubile 715 

Inarime Jovis imperiis imposta 'l'yphoco. 

Hic Mars armipotens animum viresque Latinis 

Addidit, et stilllulos :1cres sub pectore vcrtit, 

Immisitque Fugam Teucris atrul1)(Jue 'l'imorem. 

Undique conveniunt, quoniam data copi:1 pugnae, 720 

Bellatol'que animo deus incidit. 

Pand:1l'lls, ut fuso gerlUanulU corpore ceruit, 

Et quo sit fortuna loco, qui casus agat res, 

Portam vi multa couverso canline tOl'quet, 

Obnixus Intis humeris, multosque suorum 725 

Moeoihus exclusos duro in certamine Iinqnit ; 

Ast alios secum includit l'Ilcipitque I'uente , 

Demens 1 qui Rutulum in medio non a::;mine regem 

Viclerit irrumpentem, ultroque incluserit urbi, 

Immanem vel uti pecora. inter inertia tigrim. 730 

Oontinuo novt\, lux oculis e[fulsit, et anna 

HOl'l'endum sonuere; tremunt in I'ertice cristae 

Sanguineae, clipeoque micantia fulmina mittit. 

Agnoscunt faciem invisam atque immania membra 

Turbati subito Aeneadae. Tum Pandarus ingens 735 

Emieat, et mortis fraternae fervidus ira 

EJfatur: "Non haec dotali r gia Amatae, 

Nee muris eohibet patriis media Anlea Turnum. 

Oastra inimica vides; nulla hine exire potestas." 

Olli ubridens sedato pectore Turnu : 740 

"Ineipe, si qua animo viltu " et con er dextram: 

Hie etiam inventum Priamo narrabi Aebillen." 

Dixerat. Ille rudem nodis et cortice crudo 

Intorquet summis adnixus viribus hastam: 

Excepere aurae j valnus aturnia Juno 745 

Detorsit veniens, portaeqae infigitur hasta



Ediderit? juvenum primos tot miserit Orco? 785 

Non infelicis patriae veterumque deOl·um 

Et magni Aeneae, segnes, miseretque pudetque ? " 

Talibus aceensi firmantur, et agmine denso 

Consistunt. 'i'Ul·nus paulatim excedere pugna, 

Et fluvium petere ae partem, quae cingitur unda. 790 

Aerius boe Teucri elamore ineumbere magno, 

Et glomerare manum: ceu saevum turbn. leonem 

Quum telis premit infensis, at territus ille, 

Asper, acerba tuens, retro redit, et neque terga 

Ira dare aut virtus patitur, nee tendere contra, 795 

Ille quidem hoc cupiens, potis est per tela virosque. 

Haud aliter retro dubius vestigia Turnus 

Improperata refert, et mens exaestuat ira. 

Quin etiam bis tum medios invaserat hostes, 

Bis eonfusa fuga per muros agmina vertit; 800 

Sed manus e castris propere coit omnis in unum; 

Nee contra vires audet Saturnia Juno 

Sufficere; aeriam caelo nam Jupiter Irim 

Demisit, germanae haud mollia jusHa ferentem, 

Ni Turnus cedat Teucrorum moenibus altis. 805 

Ergo nec clipeo juvenis subsistere tantum, 

Nee dextra valet: injectis sic undique telis 

Obruitur. Strepit assiduo cava tempora circum 

Tinnitu galea, et saxis solida aera fatiscunt, 

Discussaeque jubae capiti, nec sufficit umbo 810 

Ictibus j ingeminant hastls et Troes et ipse 

Fulmineus .M:nestheus. Tum toto corpore sudor 

Liquitur et piceum (nee respirare potestas) 

Flumen agit j fessos quatit aeger anhelitus artus. 

Tum demum praeceps saltu sese omnibus armis 815 

In fiuvium dedit. Ille suo cum gurgite fiavo 

Accepit venientem ac mollibus extulit unelis, 

Et laetum sociis abluta caede remisit.


204 VERGILI AENEIS X. 

Aggeribus mUl'orum, et inunclant sanguine fossas. 

Aeueas ignal'w, alJest. N umquamne levari 25 

Obsidione inc,,? :\Iuri" it rum imminet hostis 

N ascentis Trojae, nee non excrcitus altel', 

Atque iterum in Teucros Aetolis ul'git ab Arpis 

Tydides. Eqllidem credo, mea vulnera l'cstant, 

Et tua progenies mOl'talia demorol' arm a I 30 

8i sine pace tua atque inviLo numine Troes 

Italiam petiere, luant pcccata, neque iIlos 

Juveris auxilio; sin tot responsa secuti, 

Quae 8upcri Mancsque dalJant : cur nunc tua quisquam 

Vertel'e jussa pate. t, aut cur nova condcre fata? 35 

Quid repetam exustas Er)'cino iu litore classes? 

Quid tempe"tatum l'egcm vcntosque furentes 

Aeolia excitos? aut actam nubibus Irim ? 

Nunc etiam ;Vlancs (haec intentala manebat 

SOl'S rerum) movei, ct superis illlmissa repente 40 

Allccto medias ltaltim bacchata per urbes. 

Nil super impcrio moveor; 'pcravimus ista, 

Dum fortuna fuit; vineant, quo vinecre ma\'is. 

Si nulla est regia, Teueris quam det tua eonjunx 

Dura, pel' evcr::lae, genitor, fumantia Trojae 45 

Excidia obtestor, ]iccat uimittere ab armis 

Incolumem aseanium, lieeat supcres e nepotem. 

Aeneas sane ignotis jactetur in undis, 

Et, quameumque viatu dedcrit Fortuna, sequatur; 

Hunc tegere et dirae vale am subducere pugnae. 50 

Est Amatbus, est celsa mihi Paphus atque Oythera, 

Idaliaeque domus: po itis inglorius armis 

Exigat hic aevum. Magna dicione jubeto 

Carthago premat Au olliam; nibil urbibus in de 

Obstabit 'ryriis. Quid pcstem evadere belli 55 

J uvit et Argolieo8 medium fugis"e per ignes, 

Totque maris va taeque exlU1u'ta pcricula terrae, 

Dum Latium Teucri rccidivaque Pergama quaerunt? 

Non satius, einercs patriae insedisse supremos 

Atque solum, quo 'rroja fuit? Xanthum et Simoenta 60 

Redde, oro, miseris, itel'Umque revolvere casus 

Da, pater, Iliacos Teucl'is." Tum regia Juno,



Infit: (eo dicente dellm domus alta silescit, 

Et tremefacta solo tellus, sUet urduus aether, 

Tum Zephyri posuere, premit placida aequora pontus:) 

" Accipite ergo animis atque haec mea figitc dicta. 

Quandoquidem Ausonios conjungi foedera '1'eucris 105 

Haudlicitum, nec vestra capit discordia fiuem : 

Quae caique est fortuna hodie, quam quisque secat spern, 

Tros Rutulu ve fuat, nullo discrimiue habebo, 

Seu fatis Itallim castra obsidione tenentur, 

Sive crrore malo Trojae monitisquc sinistris. 110 

Nec Rutulos solvo. Sua cuique exorsa laborem 

Fortunamque ferent. Rex Jupiter omnibus idem. 

E'ata viam invenient." 8tygii pcr £lumina featris, 

Per pice torrentes atraque voragine ripas 

Adnuit, et totum nutu tremcfecit Olympum. 115 

Hic finis fandi. 80lio tum Jupiter aureo 

8m'git, caelicolae medium quem adlimina ducunt. 

Interea Rutuli portis Cll'cum omnibus instant 

8ternere cacde viros, et moenia cingerc flammis. 

At Jegio Aeneadum vallis ob c sa tenetur, 

Nec spes ulla fugae; miscri stant tmribus altis 

N eqwdquam, et rara muros cinxere corona: 

Asius Imbrasidcs Hicetaoniusque Tbymo tes 

Assaracique duo et senior CUIll Oastore '1'bymbris 

Prima acies; hos germani Sarpcdouis ambo 

Et Clanls et Thaemon Lycia eomitantur ab alta. 

Fert ingens toto connixus corpore saxum, 

Haud partem exiguam montis, Lyrne iu Acmon, 

N ec Clytio genitore minor, nec fratre Menestheo. 

ili jaculis, illi certant defendere saxis, 

Molirique igocm, nervoque aptare sagittas. 

Ipse inter medios, Veneris justissima cura, 

Dardaniu caput, ecce, puer detectus hooestum, 

Qualis gemma, micat, fulvum quae dividit aurum, 

Aut collo decus aut capiti ; vel quale per artem 

Inclusum buxo, aut Oricia terebintho, 

Lucet ehm; fusos cervix cui lactea crines 

Accipit et molli subnectit circulus auro. 

120 

125 

130



Tertius, ille bominum clivumque intcrpres Asilas, 115 

Cui pecuclum fibrae, caeli cui siclera parent 

Et linguae volucrum et pl'aesagi fulmiuis ignes, 

Mille rapit densos acie atque borrentibus bastis. 

Hos parere jubent Alpbeae ab origine PisR.e, 

Urbs Etrusca solo. Sequitur pulcberrimus Astur, 180 

Astur equo fidens et versicoloribus armis. 

Tercentum adjiciunt (mens omnibus una sequendi) 

Qui Oaerete dorno, qui sunt Minionis in arvis, 

Et Pyrgi vetcres, intempestaeque Graviscae. 

Non ego te, Lignrum duct or fortissime bello, 185 

Transierim, Oiuyra, et paucis comitate Oupavo, 

Oujus olorinae surgunt de vertice pennae, 

Orimen arnor vcstruro, formaeque in igllc paternae. 

N amque ferunt, luctu Oycnum Pbaetbontis amati, 

Populeas inter frondes umbnunquc sorornm 190 

Dum canit et roaestum Musa solatur amorem, 

Oancntem molli pluma duxissc scnectam, . 

Linquentem terms et sidera \'oce sequentem. 

Filius, acquales comitatus classe cater vas, 

Ingentem rcmis Centaurum promovet: ille 195 

Instat aquae, saxumque unc1is immane minatur 

Arcluus, et longa sulcat maria alta carina. 

Ille etiam patriis agmen ciet Ocnus ab oris, 

Fatidicae l\fantus ct Tusci filius arunis, 

Qui muros matrisque dedit tibi, Mantua, nomen, 200 

Mantua, dives avis; sed non genus omnibus unum: 

Gens illi triplex, populi sub g-ente quatcrni ; 

Ipsa caput populis; Tuseo de sanguine vires. 

Hinc quoque quingentos in se Mezentius armat, 

Quos patre Benaco ,elatus arundinc glauca 206 

Mincius infesta duccbat in aequora pinu. 

It gravis Aulcstes. centenaquc arborc fluctum 

Verberat assurgen : spum:1Ut ,ada marmore verso. 

Hunc vebit immanis Triton et cacrula concha 

Exterrens freta, cui laterum tenu:; bispida nanti 210 

Frons hominem praefert, in pl'istim desinit alvus; 

Spumea semifero sub pectore murmurat unda.



Tum breviter supera aspectans con vex a precatur : 

" Alma parens Idaea dCllm, cui Dindyma cordi 

Turrigeraeque mbes bijugique ad freua leones, 

Tu mihi nunc puguac princeps, tu rite propiuques 

Augurium, Phrygibusque adsispede, diva, secundo." 255 

Tantum efi'atus, et intcrca rcvoluta rucbat 

Matura, jam luce dies uoctemque fugarat. 

Principio sociis edicit, signa sequanLur, 

Atque animos aptent armis, pugnaeque parent se. 

J"amque in conspectu Teucros habet et Slla castra, 260 

Stans celsa in puppi; clipeum quum deinde sinistra 

Extulit ardentem. Clamorem ad sidera tollunt 

Dardanidae e mmis: ,pes addita suscitat i1'as j 

Tela manu jaciunt: quo,les sub nubibus atris 

Strymoniae dant signa g1'ues, atque aethera t1'anant 265 

Cum sonitu, fugiulltque N otos clamore secundo. 

At Rutulo regi ducibusque ea mira videri 

Ausoniis, donee versas ad litora puppes 

Respiciunt, totumque allabi classihus aequoI'. 

Al'dct apex cupiti, cristisque a vertico flamma 270 

Funditur, et vastos umbo vomit ael'eus ignes: 

N on secus ac liquida si quando noete eometae 

Sanguinei lugubre I'ubent, aut Sirius ardor, 

111e sitim morbosque ferens mortalibus aegI'is, 

N aseitur et laevo contristat lumine coelum. 275 

Haud tamen audaei Turno fiducia eessit 

Litol'a praecipere, et venientes pellere terra. 

[Ultro animos tollit dietis, atque incl'epat ultro ;] 

" Quod votis opta tis, adest, pel'fringere dextra : 

In manibus Mars ipse viris. N une conjugis csto 28 0 

Quisque suae tectique memor j nunc magna refel'to· 

Facta, patrum laudes. Ultro occur ramus ad ulldalll, 

Dum trepidi, egressisque labant vestigia prima. 

Audentes Fortuna juvat." 

Haec ait, et ecum versat, quos ducere contra, 

Vel quibus obsessos possit concredere muros. 

I nterea Aeneas soeios de puppihus altis



Te fugiens fratremque 'l'yreu; curruque volutus 

Caedit semianimis Rutulorum calcibus arva. 

Ac velut, optato ventis aestate coortis, 

Dispersa immittit silvis incendia pastor; 

Correptis subito mediis, exteuditur una 

Hon·ida per latos acies Vulcania campos; 

!lIe sedens victor ilammas despectat ovantes : 

N on aliter socillm virtus coit OIunis in unum, 

Teque juvat, Palla. Sed bellis acer Halaesus 

Tendit in adversos, scque in sua colligit arma. 

Hic mactat Ladona Pheretaque Demodocumque ; 

Strymonio dextram fulgenti deripit ense 

Elatam in jugulum; saxe ferit ora Thoantis, 

Ossaque dispersit cerebro permixta eruento. 

Fata canens silvis genitor celarat Halaesum; 

Ut senior leto cauentia lumina sol vit, 

Injecere mauum Parcae, telisque sacrarunt 

Evandri. Quom sic Pallas petit ante precatus: 

" Da nunc, Thybri pater, ferro, quod missile libra, 

Fortunam atquc viam dud per pectus Halaesi. 

Haec arma exuviasque viri tua quercu habebit." 

Audiit illa deus; dum texit Imaona Halaesus, 

Arcadia infelix tela dat pectus inerll111lll . 

.A t non cae de viri tanta I erterrita Lausus, 

Pars ingens belli, siuit agmina: priwus .Abantem 

Oppositum interimit, pugnae nodumque 11l0ramque. 

Sternitur Arcadiae prole, sternuntur Elmsci, 

Et vos, a Graiis imperrlita corpora, Teucri. 

Agmina concurrunt ducibusqlle et viribus aequis; 

Extremi addensent acies; nee turba moveri 

Tela manusque init. Hinc Pallas instat et urget, 

Hinc contra Lausus; nec multum discrepat aetas; 

Egregii forma, sed quis Fortnua negarat 

In patriam reditus. Ipsos concurrere passus 

Haud tamen inter se magui regnator Olympi ; 

Max illos sua fatn. maneut majore suh boste. 

Interea soror a Imn. monet suer-cdcre Lauso 

Tnrnum, qui volucri cunu medium serat agmen. 

406 

416



In Pallanta diu librans jacit, atque ita fatuI': 480 

" Aspice, num mage sit nostrum penetrabile telum." 

Dixerat; at clipeum, tot ferri terga, tot aeris, 

Quem pellis toties obeat circumdata tam'i, 

Vibranti cuspis medium transverberat ictu, 

Loricaeque moras et pectus perforat ingens. 

Illc rapit calidum frustra de vulnere telum: 

Una cademque via sanguis animusque sequuntur, 

Oorruit in vuluus; sonitum super arma declere; 

Et ten'am hostilem moriens petit ore cruento. 

485 

Quem Tumus supcr adsistens, 490 

" Arcades, baec" in quit " memores mea dicta referte 

Evandro: Qualem meruit, Pallanta remitto. 

Quisquis honos tumuli, quidquid solamen humandi est, 

Largior. Haud illi stabunt Aenela parvo 

Hospitia." Et laevo pressit pede, talia fatus, 495 

Exanimcm, rapiens immania pondera baltei, 

Impressumqllc nefas: una sub nocte jugali 

Oaesa manus juvenum foede, thalamique cruenti; 

Quae Clonus Eurytides multo caelaverat auro. 

Quo nunc Turnus ovat spolio gaudetque potitus. 

Ncscia mens bominum fati sortisque futurae, 

Et servare modum, rebus sublata secundis 1 

500 

Tumo tempus erit, magno quum optavcl'it emptum 

Intactum Pallanta, ct quam polia ista diemque 

Oderit. At socii multo gemitu lacrimisque 505 

Impositum scuto referunt Pallanta frequentes. 

o dolor atque decus magnum rccliture p:1l'enti I 

Haec te prima dies bello dedit, haec eadem aufert, 

Quum .. tamen ingentes Rutulorum linquis acervos I 

N ec jam fama mali tauti, sed certior aucior 510 

Advolat Aencae, tenui discrimine leti 

Esse suos; tempus, versis Sllccurrere Tellcris. 

Proxima qllaeq\le metit gladio, latumqllo per ag-mcO 

Ardcns limitcm agiL ferro, to, Tume. sllperbulll 516 

Oaedo nova quaerollf;. Pallas, Evander, in ip::;is 

Omnia sunt oculis, mensae, quas advena primas 

Tnnc adiit, dextraeque datae. Sulmone creatos



"Istic nunc, mctuende, jace I on te optima mater 

Condet humo, patrioque onerabit membra sepulchro; 

Alitibus linquere feris, ant gurgite met'sum 

Unda feret, piscesque impasti vulnera lambent." 560 

Protinus Antaeum et Lucam, prima agmioa 'rumi, 

Persequitur, fortemque Numam, fulvumque Oamertern, 

Magnanimo Volscente satum, ditissimus agri 

Qui fuit Ausonidum, et tacitis regnavit Amyclis. 

Aegaeon qualis, centum cui brachia dicunL 565 

Oentenasque manus, quinquaginta oribus ignem 

Pectoribusque arsisse, J ovis quum fulmiua contra 

. Tot paribus streperet clipeis, tot stringeret enses : 

Sic toto Aeneas desaevit in aequore victor, 

Ut semel intepuit mucro. Quin ecce Niphaei 570 

Quadrijugis in equos adversaque pectora tendit j 

Atque ilIi longe gradientem et dira frementem 

Ut videre, metu versi retroque ruentes 

Effunduntque duccm, rapiuntque ad litora currum. 

Interea bijugis infert se Lucagus albis 515 

In medios, fraterquc Liger j sed frater babenis 

Flectit equos, strictum rotat acer Lucagus ensem. 

Haud tulit Aeneas tanto fervore furentcs: 

Inuit, adversaque ingens apparuit basta. 

Cui Liger: 

"Non Diomedis equos, nec cur rum cernis Achillis, 

Aut Phrygiae campos; nunc belli finis et aevi 

His dabitur terris." Vesano talia late 

Dicta volant Ligeri: sed non et 1'1'01us heros 5 

Dicta parat contra; jaculum nam torquct in hostem. 58 

Lucagus ut pronus pendens in verb era telo 

Admouuit bijugo , projecto dum pede laevo 

Aptat se pugnae, subit oras hasta 1 cr i mas 

Fulgentis clipei, tum ]aevum perforat ingucn; 

Excussus curru moribunc1lls volvitur arvis. 

Quem pius Aeneas dictis affatur amaris : 

"Lucage, nulla tuos curra fuga segnis cquorum 

Prodic1it, aut vanae vertere ex hostibus umbrae; 

Ipse rotis saliens juga deseris." IIacc ita fatus 

Arripuit bijugos. Frater tendebat inertes



Substitit, infremuitque ferox et inhorruit arm os, 

Nec cuiquam irasci propiusve accedere virtus, 

Sed jaculis tutisque procul clamoribus instant; 

llle autem impavidus partes cunctatur in omnes, 

Dentibus infrendens, et tergo decutit bastas; 7] 5 

Haud aliter, justae qui bus est Mezentius irae, 

Non ulli est animus stricto conCUl'l'ere ferro; 

Missilibus longe et vasto c1amore lacessunt. 

Venerat antiquis Oorythi de finibus Acron, 

Graius homo, infectos linquens profugus hymenaeos: 720 

Hunc ubi miscentem longe media agmina vidit, 

Purpureum pennis et pactae conjngis ostro ; 

Impastus stabula alta leo ceu saepe peragrans 

(Suadet enim vesana fames), si forte fugacem 

Oonspexit capream aut surgentem in cornua cervum, 725 

Gaudet, bians immane, com(Lsque arrexit, et haeret 

Visceribus super incumbens, lavit impl'oba taeter 

Ora cruor; 

Sic rllit in densos alacel' Mezentius bostes. 

Sternitul' infelix Acron, et calcibu atram 730 

Tundit humum exspil'ans, infractaque tela cruentat. 

Atque idem fugientem haud est diguatus Oroden 

Sternere, nec jacta caecum dare cuspide vulllus; 

Obvius adverso que occW'rit, scque viro vir 

Oontulit, haud furto melior, sed fortibus armis. 735 

Tum super abjectum posito pede nixus et hasta, 

" Pars belli haud temnenda, viri, jacct altus Orodes." 

Oonclamant socii laetum paeana seeuti. 

Ille autem exspirans; "Non me, quicumque es, inul to , 

Victor, Ilec longum laetabere; te quoque fata 740 

Prospectant paria, atque eadem mox arva tenebis." 

Ad quem subridens mixta Mezentius ira; 

"Nunc morere; ast de me divllm pater at que hominum ret 

Viderit 1" Hoc dicens eduxit corpore telum; , 

01Ii dura quies oculos et ferreus urget 7'J,.> 

Somnus, in aeternam c1auduntur lumina noctem. 

Oaedicus Alcathoum obtrnncat j Sacrator' Hydaspell; 

Partheniumque Rapo et praedurum viribus Orsen ;


230 VERGILI AENEIS XI. 

Intersintque patris lacrimis, solatia luctus 

Exigua ingentis, rnisero sed debita patri. 

Hand segnes alii crates et molle feretrum 

Arbuteis texnnt vii·gis et vimine querno, 

Exstrnetosque toros obtentu frondis inumbrant. 

ilie jnvenem agresti sublimem stramine ponnnt, 

Qnalem virgineo demessum poll ice fiorem 

Sen mo1lis violae seu langnentis hyaeint,hi, 

Cui neque fulgor adhuc, nee dum sua forma recessit, 70 

N on jam mater alit tellus, viresque ministrat. 

Tum geminas vestes auroque ostroque rigentes 

Extulit Aeneas, quas illi laeta labornm 

Ipsa suis quondam manibns Sidonia Dido 

j



Et jam Fama volans, tallti praenuntia Juctus, 

Evandrum Evandrique domos et moeuia replot, 140 

Quae modo victorem Latio Pallallta ferebat. 

Arcades ad portas ruere, et de more vetusto 

Funereas rapuere faccs; lucet via longo 

Ordine fiammarum, et late discriminat agros. 

Contra turba Phrygum ycnien. plangentia jnngit 145 

Agmina. Quae post quam maLrcs succcdel'e tectis 

Viderunt, muestam inccndunt clamoribus urbem. 

At non Evandrum potis est \Tis nlla tenere; 

Sed vcnit in mcdios. Feretro Pallanta reposto 149 

Procubuit supcr, atque baeret lacrimansque gemensque, 

Et via vix tandcm voci Jaxata dol ore est: 151 

"Non haec, 0 Palla, dederas promissa parenti. 

Cautius ut saevo velles te crederc Marti! 

Haud ignarus eram, quantum nova gloria in armis 

Et praedulce decus primo certamine posset. 155 

Primitiae jnvenis miserac, belJique propinqui 

Dura rudimcnta I et nulli exaudita dcorum 

Vota preeesque meae! tuque, 0 sanctissi III a CODjUDX, 

Felix morte Lua, nequo in hune servata dolol'em ! 

Contra ego "i\'cndo viei mca fala, superstes 160 

Re::;tarem ut genitor. Troum socia anna secutum 

Obruerent Rutuli telis! animam ipse dedissom, 

Alque baec pompa domum me, non PalJanta, referret I 

Nec vos arguerim, Teueri, Dec foedera, Dec quas 

Junximu bospitio dextras; SOl'S ista seneciae 165 

Debita erat nostrae. Quod si immatul'a manebat 

Mol'S gnatul11. caesis Volscorum milibus ante, 

Ducentem in Latium Teucro , cecidisse juvabit. 

Quin ego non alio digner te funere, Palla, 

Quam pius Aencas, et quam magni Phl'yges, ct quam 170 

Tyrrhenique duces, TYl'rhenum excrcitl1s omnis. 

Magna tropaea ferunt, quos dot tua dextera Leto. 

Tu quoque nunc stares immanis truncu in armis, 

E:-; 'et par aetas et idem tli robur ab annis, 

Turne. Sed infelix Teucros quid demoror armis? 176 

Vadite et haec memores regi mandata refel'te: 

Quod vitam moror invisam, Pallante perempto,



Ambo animis, ambo insignes praestantibus armis j 

Hie pietate prior. Cocant in foedera rlextrae, 

Qua datur; ast armis eonCUl'l'ant arma cavete I' 

Et responsa simul quae sint, rex optime, regis 

Audisti, et quae sit magno sentcntia bello." 295 

Vix ea legati, variusque per ora cucurrit 

Ausonidum turbata fremor: ceu saxa I1lorantur 

Quum rapidos :uunes, fit clauso gUl'gite murmur, 

Vicinaeque fremunt ripae cl'epitantibus undis. 

Ut primum placati animi, et trepida ora quierunt, 300 

Praefatus divos solio rex infit ab alto: 

" Ante equidem summa de re statuisse, Latini, 

Et vellem, et fucrat melius; non tempore tali 

Cogere eoncilium, quum muros assidet hostis. 

Bellum importunum, cives, cum gente deorum 305 

Invieli que viris gerimus, quos nulla fatigant 

Proelia, nce vieti po sunt absistere ferro. 

Spem si quam adseitis Aetoltim habuistis in armis, 

Ponite. Spes sibi quisque; sed baeequam angusta, videtis. 

Cetera qua rerum jaeeant pereulsa ruina, 310 

Ante oeulos interque manus sunt omnia vestras. 

Nee quemquam ineuso: poluit quae plurima virtus 

Esse, fuit; toto eel'tatum e t corpore regni. 

Nunc adeo, quae sit dubiae sententia menti, 

Expediam et paueis - animos adbibete-doeebo, 315 

Est antiquus ager Tuseo mihi proximus amni, 

Longus in oceasum, fines super usque Sieauos; 

A.urunci Rlltulique serunt, et vomere duros 

Exel'cent colles, atque horum asperrima paseunt, 

Haec olllnis regio et celsi plaga pinea monti 320 

Cedat amicitiae Teucrorum j et foeueris aequas 

Dieamus leges, ,.;ociosque in rel!na vocemus; 

Considant, si tantus amor, et moeuia eondant. 

Sin alios fines aliamque capessere gentem 

Est animus, pOSsulltque solo decedere nostro, 

Bis denas !tala texamus robore nayes, 

Seu plures eomplere valent; (jaee\' omnis ad undaIll 

Materies;) ipsi numerumque modumque earinis



Vidimus, ingentes et desolavimus agros. 

Aut, si fama movet, si tantum pectore robur 

Concipis, et si adeo dotalis regia cordi est, 

Aude, atque adversum fidens fer pcctus in hostem. 370 

Scilicet, ut 1'urno contingat regia conjunx, 

Nos, animae viles, inhumata infletaque turba, 

Sternamur campis. Etiam tu, si qua tibi vis, 

Si patrii quid Martis habes, ilium aspice contra, 

Qui vocat 1" 375 

Talibus exarsit dictis violentia 'l'urni ; 

Dat gemitum, rumpitque has imo pectore voces: 

"Larga quidem, Drance, semper tibi copia fandi 

Tum, quum bella mftnus poscunt; patribusque vocatis 

Primus ades; sed non replenda cst curia verbis, 380 

Quae tuto tibi magna volant, dum distinet hostem 

Agger murorum, nec inundant sanguine fossae. 

Proinde tona eloquio, (solitum tibi,) meque timoris 

Argue tu, Drance, quando tot stragis acervos 

Teucrorum tna dextra dedit, passimque tropaeis 385 

Insignis agros. Possit quid vivida virtus, 

Experiare licet; nec longe scilicet bostes 

QnaeJ'cndi nobis; eircumstallt undique mnros. 

Imus in adversos! - Quid cessas? an tibi Mavors 

Ventosa in lingua pedibusque fugacibus istis 390 

Semper erit? 

, Pulsus' ego? aut quisquam merito, foedissime, pulsuUl 

Arguet, Iliaco tumidum qui crescere Tbybrim 

Sanguine, et Evandri totam cum surpe videbit 

Procubuisse domum, atque exutos Arcadas armis? 395 

Haud ita rue experti Bitias et Pandarus ingens, 

Et quos mille die victor sub Tartara misi, 

Illclusus ruut'is bostilique aggcre scptus. 

, Nulla salus bello' CapiLi cane talia, demens, 

Dardallio rebusque tuis. Proinde omnia magno 40 0 

N e cessa turbl11'e metu, atque extollere vires 

Gentis bis victae, contm premere arma Latini. t 

Nunc et:Myrmidonum proceres Phrygia arma tremesCuo. , 

Nunc et Tydides et Larissaeus Achilles,



.Armorumque dotis, quam densis fl'ondibus (Ltrum 

Urget utrimque latus, teuuis quo sernita ducit, 

.Angustaeque ferunt fauces aditusque maligni ; 525 

Hanc super in spcculis summoque in vertice montis 

Planities ignota jacet, tutique recepLus, 

Seu dextra laevaque velis occUJ'l'Cl'C pugnae, 

Sive instare jugis et grandia volvere saxa. 

Hue juvenis nota fertur regione viarum, 530 

Arripuitque locum et silvis inscdit iniqnis. 

Velocem interea superis in sedibus Opim, 

Unam ex virginibus sociis sacraque caterva, 

Compellabat et has tristes Latonia voces 

Orc dabat: "Graditur bellum ad crudele Camilla, 535 

o virgo, et nostris nequidquam cingitur armis, 

Cara mihi ante alias." (N eque enim novus iste DianlLc Venit amor, subitaque animum dulcedine movit. 

Pulsus ob invidiam regno viresque superbas 

Priverno anti qua Metabus quum excederet urbe, 540 

Infantem fugiens media inter proelia belli 

Sustulit exsilio com item, matrisque vocavit 

Nomine Casmillae, mutata parte, Camillam. 

Ipse sinu prae se portans, juga longa petebat 

Solorum nemorum; tela undique saeva premebant, 545 

Et cil'cumfuso volitabant militc Volsci. 

Ecce, fugae medio, summis Amasenus abundans 

Spumabat ripis; tantus se nubibus imber 

Ruperat. IlIe, innare parans, infantis amore 

'rardatur, cal'Oque oneri timet. Omnia secum 550 

Vel"anti subito vix haec sententia sedit : 

Tctum iromane, manu valida quod forte gerebat 

Bellator, solidum nodis et robore coeto, 

Huic natam, libro ct silvestri subere clausaro, 55 

Implicat, atque habilem mediac circumligat hastac j 5 

Quam dextra ingcl1Li libruui:l ita. ad aethera fatuI': 

" Alma, tibi banc, nemorum cultrix, Latonia virgo, 

Ipse pater famulum voveo; tua prima per auras 

Tela tenens supplex bostcm fugit: accipe, testor, 560 

Diva, tuam, quae nunc dubiis committitur auris."



Saucius at serpens sinuosa volumina versat, 

Arrcctisque horret squamis, et sibilat ore, 

Arduus insurgens; ilIa haud minus urget ohunco 755 

Luctantem rostro, simu1 acthera verberat alis: 

Haud aliter praedam 1'iburtum ex agmine 1'archon 

Portat ovans. Ducis exemplum eventumque secuti 

Maeonidae incurrunt. Tum fatis debitus Arruns 

Velocem jaculo et multa prior arte Oamillam 760 

Oircuit, et, quae sit fortuna facillima, tentat. 

Qua se cumque furens medio tulit agmine virgo, 

Hac Arruns suhit, et tacitus vestigia lustrat ; 

Qua victrix redit illa pedcrnque ex hoste reportat, 

Hac ju venis furtim celeres c1etorquet habenas. 765 

Hos aditus, jamque hos aditus omnemque pererrat 

Undique cll'cuitum, et certam quatit improbus hastaro. 

Forte sacer Cybelae Ohloreus, olimque sacel'dos, 

Insignis longe Phrygiis fulgebat in armis, 

Spumantemque agitabat equum, quem pellis aenis 770 

In plumam squamis auro conserta tegebat ; 

Ipse, peregrina ferrugine clarus et ostro, 

Spicula torque bat Lyeio Gortynia cornu; 

Aureus ex humel'is sonat arcus, et aurea vati 

Cassida; tum eroeeam ehlamydemque sinusque erepantes 

775 

Carbaseos fu]vo in nodum eollegerat auro, 

Pictus acu tunieas et barbara tegmina crurum. 

Hunc virgo, ive ut templis praefigeret arma 

TroIa, captivo si ve ut se ferret in auro 

Venatrix, unum ex omni certamine pugnue 780 

Oaeca equebatur, totumque incauta per agmen 

Femineo praedae et spoliorum ardebat amore: 

1'elum ex in idiis quum tandem tempore capto 

Concitat ct superos Arruns sic voce precatur: 

" umme deum, sancti custos Soractis Apollo, 

Quem primi coli mus, cui pineus ardor acervo 

Pascitur, ct medium freti pietate per ignero 

Cultores multa premimu vestigia pruna, 

De, pater, hoc nostris aboleri dedecus armis,


250 VEHGILI AENE1S XI. 

Ad terram non spontc fiuens. Tum frigida toto 

Paulatim exsolvit se corpore, lentaque colla 

Et cap tum leta posuit caput, arm a relinquens, 830 

Vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras. 

Tum vera immensus sllrgens ferit aurea clamor 

Sidera; dejecta crudescit pugna Camilla; 

Incurrunt densi simul omnis copia Teucrum 

'ryrrbenique duces Evandrique Arcades alae. 835 

.At Triviae custos jam dudum in montibus Opis 

.Alta sedet summis, spectatque interrita pugnas. 

Utque procul medio juvenum in c1amore furentum 

Prospexit tristi multatam morte CamiIlam, 

Ingemuitque deditque bas imo pectore voces: 

" Heu nimium, vil-go, nimiuID crudele luisti 

Supplicium, Teucros conata lacessere bello! 

N ec tibi desertae in dumis coluisse Dianam 

Profuit, aut nostras bumero gessisse sagittas. 

Non tamen indecorem tua to regina reliquit 

840 

845 

Extrema jam in morte, neque hoc sine nomine letuDl 

Per gentes erit, aut farnam patieris inultae: 

N am quicumque tuum violavit vulnere corpus, 

Morte Iuet merita." Fuit ingens monte sub alto 

Regis Dercenni terreno ex aggere bustum 850 

Antiqui LUlll'entis, opaeaque ilice tectum j 

IIic dea se primum rapido puIcberrima nisu 

Sistit, et Arruntem tllnlulo speclllatur ab alto. 

Ut vidit laetantem animis ac vana tUlUcntem, -5 

" Cur," inquit, "divcrsus abis? IIuc c1irige gressuUl, 8:> 

TIue peri Lure veni, capias ut digna Cnmillac 

Pmemia. 'rune etiam telis moriere Dilluue? " 

Dixit, et aumta volucrem Threlssa sagittam 

Depromp::lit pharetra, COrllllque infensa l.etendit, 

Et duxit longe, donee curvatn. coirent 

Inter se capita, et IDanihus jam tangeret aequis, 

Lacva aciem ferri, dextra nel'l'oqlle papillam. 

Extemplo teli stridorcm aurasqlle sonantes 

Audiit una bruns, baesitque in corpore ferrum-


254 VERGILI .AENEIS XII. 

Nee genus indecores. Sine me haec haud mollia fatn 25 

Sublatis aperire dolis, simul hoc animo bauri : 

Me natam llulli veterum sociare pro corum 

Fas erat, idquo omnes divique hominesque canebant; 

Victus amore tui, cognato sanguine victus, 

Oonjugis et macstae lacrimis, vincla omnia rnpi, 30 

Promissam eripui genero, arma impia sumpsi. 

Ex illo qui me casus, quae, Turne, sequantur 

Bella, vides, quantos primus patiare labores. 

Bis magna victi pugna vix mbe tuemur 

Spes !talas; recalent nostro 'l'hybrina fluenta 35 

Sanguine adhuc, campique ingentes ossibus albent. 

Quo referor toties? quae mentem insania lUutat? 

Si Turno exstincto socios sum adseire paratus, 

Our non incolumi potius certamina tolIo? 

Quid consanguinei Rutu!i, quid cetera dicet 40 

Italia, ad mortem 8i te (Fors dicta refutet I) 

Prodiderim, natam et connubia nostra petelltem ? 

Respice res bello varias; miserere parentis 

Longaevi, quem nunc maestum patria Ardea longe 

Dividit." llaudquaquam c1ictis violentia rrurni .j.6 

Flectitur; exsuperat magis, aegrescitque medendo. 

Ut primum fari potuit, sic institit ore: 

" Quam pro me curam geris, hanc precor, optime, pro roC 

Deponas, letumque sinas pro laude paeisei: 

Et nos tela, pater, ferrum que haud debile c1extra 

Spargimus; et nostro sequitur de vulnere sanguis. 

Longe illi dea mater erit, quae nube fugacem 

Feminea tegat, et vanis sese occulat umbris." 

At regina, nova pugnae eonterrita sorte, 5 

Flebat, et ardentem gene rum moritura tenebat: 5 

" Turne, per has ego te laerimas, per si quis Amatae 

Tangit honos animum, (spes tu nunc una, senectac 

Tu requios miserae; deeus imperiumque Latini 

To penes; in te omnis domu inelillata recwubit,) 60 

Unum oro: desiste manum committere Teucris. 

Qui te cumque manent isto eertamine casus, 

Et me, Turne, manent: simul haec invisa relinquaDl 

50


256 VERGILI AENEIS XII. 

His agitur furiis, totoque ardelltis ab ore 

Scintillae absistunt, ocuJis micat acribus iguis : 

Mugitus veluti quum pritllum in proelia taurus 

Terrificos ciet atque intsci in cornua tentat, 

Arboris obnixus trunco, ventosquc hLCessit 

Ictibus, aut sparsa ad pugnam proludit arena. 

Nee minus intcrea maternis saevus in armis 

Aeneas aeuit .Martem et se suseitat ira, 

Oblato gaudens eomponi foedere bellum. 

Tum soeios maestique mctum solatur Iuli, 

Fata docens, regique jubet responsa Latino 

Certa referre viros, et pacis dicere leges. 

Postera vix summos spargcbat lumine montes 

Orta dies, quum primum alto se gurgite tollunt 

Solis equi, lucemque e1ati::l naribus eillant: 

Campum ad certameu magnac sub moenibus urbis 

Dimensi Rutulique viri Teucrique pal'ahant, 

In medioque focos et dis communibu aras 

Grumineas. Alii fonLemque ignemque ferebant, 

Velati limo, et verbena tcmpora vineLi. 

Procedit legio Au ouidum, pilataque plenis 

Agmina se fundunt portis. Hinc Trolus omnis 

Tyrrhenusque ruit variis exercitus armis, 

Haud secus instructi ferro, quam i a peru Martis 

Pugua vocet. Nee non mediis in milibus ipsi 

Duetores auro volitant ostroque superbi, 

Et genu Assaraci Mnestheu::l, et fortis Asilas, 

Et 1fessapus equum domitor, Neptuuia proles. 

Utque, dato signa, spatia in sua quisque reeessit, 

Defigunt tellure hastas et scuta reclinant. 

Tum ·tudio eJIusae matre et vulgus inermum 

Im·alidique senes lunes et tecta domorum 

Obsedere, alii portis sublimiuu;:; au stant. 

105 

110 

At Juno e summa, qui nunc A.lbanus habetur,. 135 

(Tum neque nomen erat nec bonos aut gloria mantI,) 

Prospiciens tUlllulo campum a pectabat et aJl1bas



Nulla viam Fortuna reg it, nibil auctor Apollo 405 

Subvenit j et saevus campis magis ac magis horror 

Crebrescit, propiusque malum est. Jam pulvere caelum 

Stare vident: subeunt equites, et spicula castris 

Densa cadunt mediis; it tristis ad aethem clamor 

Bellantum juvennm et duro sub Marte cadentum. 410 

Hic Venus, indigno nati concussa dol ore, 

Dictamnum genetrix Cretaea carpit ab Ida, 

PulJeribus caulem foliis et flore com:1Dtem 

Purpureo; non illa feris incognita capris 

Gmmina, quum tergo volucres haesere sagittac. 415 

Hoc Venus, obscuro faciem cirCllmdata !limbo, 

Detulit; hoc fu urn labris splendentibus amnem 

Inficit, occulte mcdicans, spargitque salubres 

Ambrosiae succos et odoriforam panaceam. 

Fovit ea vulnus lympba Jongacvus Iapyx 420 

Ignorans, subitoque omnis de corpore fugit 

Quippe dolor, omnis stetit imo vulnere sanguis; 

J amque secuta manum, nullo cogente, sagitta 

Excidit, atque novae l'ecliol'e in pristina vires. 

"A l'ma cili properate viro! Quid statis?" Iapyx 425 

Conclamat, primusque animos acceodit in hostem. 

"N on haec humanis opibus, non arto magistra 

Proveniuut, neqne te, Aenea, mea dextera servat; 

.Major agit deus, atque opera ad majora remittit." 

Ille, avidus pugnae, suras incIn erat auro 430 

Hinc atqne hioc, oditque moras, hastamque coruscs,t. 

Postquam habilis lateri clipeus loricaque tergo est, 

Ascanium fusis circum complcctitur armis, 

Summaque per galeam delibans oscula fatur: 

"Disce, puor, virtutcm ex me verumquc laborem, 435 

Fortunam ex aliis. Nunc te mea dextera bello 

Defcnsum dabit, et magna inter praemia ducet. 

Tn facito, mox quum matum adoleverit aetas, 

Sis memor, et te, animo repetcntem exempla tuoruUl, 

Et patel' Aeneas et avunculus excitet Hector." 440 

Haec ubi dicta dedit, portis sese extulit ingens, 

Telum immane manu quatiens; simul I1gmine denso



Vestigatqlle virum et disjecta per agmina magna 

Voce vocat. Quoties oculos conjecit in hostem, 

Alipedumque fugam cursu tentavit equorum, 

.A. versos toties currus J uturna retol'si t. 485 

lIeu, quid agat? Vario nequidquam fiuctuat aestu, 

Divel'saeque vocant animum in contraria curae. 

Ruic Messapus, uti laeva duo forte gerebat 

Lenta, levis cursu, praefixa hastilia ferro, 

Rorum unum certo contorqllcns dirigit ictu. 490 

Substitit Aeneas, et se coUegit in arma, 

Pop lite subsidcns; apicem tamen inc ita summum 

Hasta tulit, summasque excussit vertice crist as. 

Tum vero assurgunt irae; insidiisque subactus, 

Diversos ubi sentit equos currumque referri, 495 

Multa J ovem et laesi tcstatus foederis aras, 

J am tandem invadit medios, et Marte secundo 

Terribilis saevam nullo discrimine caedem 

Suscitat, irarumque omnes effundit habcnas. 499 

Quis mihi nunc tot acerba deus, quis carmine cae des 

Diversas, obitumque ducum, quos aequore toto 501 

Inque vicem nunc 'l'urnus agit, nunc Trolus heros, 

Expediat? tanton' placuit concurrere motu, 

Jupiter, aeterna gentes in pace futuras? 

Aeneas Rutulum Sucronem (ea prima mentes 505 

Pugna loco statuit Teucros) baud multa morantem 

Excipit in latus, et, qua fata cclerrima, crudum 

Tmnsadigit costas et crates pectoris ensem. 

Turnus cquo dcjectum Amycum fratremque Diorem, 

Congressus pedes, hunc venientem cuspide longa, 510 

Hunc mucrone ferit, curruque abscisa duorum 

Suspendit capita, et l'orantia sanguine pOl·tat. 

Ille Talon Tanaimque eci fortemquc Cetbegum, 

'rres uno cOllgressu, et maestum mittit Oniten, 

Nomen Echionium matrisque genus Peridiae ; 515 

Hic frat res Lycia missos et Apollinis agris, 

Et juvenem exosum nequidquam bella Menoeicll, 

Arcada, piscosae cui circum £lumina Lernae 

Ars fuerat pauperque domus, nee nota potentum


268 VERGILI AE::-< J£lS XlI. 

Huc atquc hnc acies circumtulit, aspicit urbem 

Immunem tanh belli atque impune quietam. 

Continuo pugnae accendit majoris illlago : 560 

Mnesthea Sergestumque vocat fortemque Serestum 

Ductores, tumulumque cap it, quo cetera Teucrum 

Concurrit legio, nec scuta aut picula densi 

Deponunt. Celso medius stalls aggere fatuI': 

"Ne qua meis esto dictis mora, (Jupiter hac stat,) 565 

Neu quis ob inceptum subitum mihi segnior ito. 

Urbem hodie, causam belli, regna ipsa Latini, 

Ni frenum accipere et victi parere fatentur, 

Eruam, et aequa solo fumantia culmina ponam. 

Scilicet exspectem, libeat dum proelia Turno 570 

N ostra pati, rursusque velit concurrere victus? 

Hoc caput, 0 cives, haec belli summa nefandi. 

Ferte faces propere, foedu que repo cite flammis 1 » 

Dixerat, atque animis pariter cerLantibus omnes 

Dant cuneum, densaque ad muros mole feruntur. 575 

Scalae improviso, subitusque apparuit ignis. 

Discurrunt alii ad portns, primosque trucidnnt j 

Ferrum alii torqueut, et obumbrant aethera telis. 

Ipse inter primos dextram sub moenia tendit 

Aeneas, magnaque incusat voce Latinum, 580 

Testaturque deos, iterurn se ad pl'oelia cogi, 

Bis jam Halos hostes, haec altera foedera rumpi. 

Exoritur trepidos inter discordia cives: 

Urbem alii reserare jubent et pandere portas 

Dardanidis, ipsumque trahunt in moenia regem j 585 

Arma ferunt alii, et pergunt defendere muros: 

Inclusas ut quum latebroso in pumice pastor 

Vestigavit apes, fumoque implevit amaro j 

Illae intus trepidae rerum per cerea castra 

Discurrunt, magnisque acuunt stridoribus iras; 590 

Volvitur ater odor tectis; tum murmure caeco 

Intus saxa sonant, vacuas it fumus ad auras . 

.A.ccidit haec fessis etiam fortuna Latinis, 

Quae totam luctu concussit funditus urbem. 

Regina ut tectis venientem prospicit hostem, 595


VERGILI AENEIS XII. 271 

Ecce autem flammis inter tabulata volutus 

Ad caelum undabat vertex, turrimque tenebat, 

TUl'l'im, eompactis trabibus quam eduxerat ipse, 

Subdideratque rotas, pontcsque instraverat altos. 615 

" Jam jam fata, soror, superant; ahsiste morari j 

Quo deus et quo elura vocat Fortuna, sequamur. 

Stat eonferre manum Aeneae, stat, quielquid aeerbi est, 

Morte pati; noque me indecorem, gennana, videbis 

Amplius. Hune, oro, sine me furere ante furorem." 680 

Dixit, et e CUJ'I'U saltum dedit ocius arvis, 

Pm'que bostes, per tela 1'uit, maestamque so1'orem 

Deserit, ae 1'apido cursu media agmina l'Umpit. 

Ac vel uti montis saxnl11 de vertice praeceps 

Quum wit, avnlsum vento, seu turbidllS imber 685 

Proluit, aut anuis solvit sublapsa vetustas ; 

Fertur in abruptum magno mons improbus actu, 

Exsultatque solo, silvas, armenta, virosque 

Involvens secum: disjecta per agmina 'l'urnus 

Sic urbis ruit ad muros, ubi plurima fuso 690 

Sanguine terra mudct, striduntque bastilibus aurae; 

Significatque manu, et magno simul incipit ore: 

" Parcite jam, Rutuli, et vas tela inhibete, Latini: 

Quaecllmque est Fortuna, mea est; me verius unum 

Pro vobis foedus luere, ef. decerncre ferro." 695 

Discessere omnes meelii, spatiumquc dedere. 

At pater Aeneas, audito nomine 'I'urni, 

Deserit et muros, et sum mas deserit arces, 

Pmeeipitatque moras omnes, opera omnia rump it, 

Laetitia exsultan , borrendumque intonat armis: 100 

Qllantus Athas, aut quantus Eryx, aut ipse, comscis 

Quum fremit ilicibus, quantlls, gaudetque nivali 

V crtice se atwllens pater Appenninus ad auras. 

Jam vera et R utul i certati III ct Troes et om nes 

Convertere ocnlos !tali, quiqlle alta tenebant 105 

MOenia, quique i]1)OS pulsabant ariete muros, 

Armaque deposucre hUlllel'is. Stupet ipse Latinus, 

Ingeote , g"rnitos dil'ersis pm'tibus orbis, 

Inter f..(' ("oiisse viros et tcrnel'e f('1'I'0.



Atque illi, ut vacuo patuel'Ullt aequore campi, no 

Procm'su rapido, conjectis emillus bastis, 

Invadunt Martem clipeis atque aere sonoro. 

Dat gemitum tell us ; tum crebros ensibus ictus 

COllgeminallt; fors et virtus miscelltur in unum. 

Ac velut ingenti Sila summove Taburno 715 

Quum duo conversis inimica in proelia tauri 

Frontibus incurrunt, (pavidi ces ere magistri, 

Stat pecus omne metu mutum, mussantque juvencae, 

Quis nemori imperitet, quem tota armenta sequantur;) 

I11i inter sese multa vi vulnel'a miscent, 720 

Cornllaque obnixi infigunt, et sanguine largo 

Colla armosque lavant; gemitu nemus omne remugit: 

N on aliter '1'1'OS Aeneas et Daunins heros 

Concurrllnt clipeis; inO'ens fragor aethera complet. 

Jupiter ipse d ua . aequato examine lances 725 

Sustinet, et fata imponit divers a duorum, 

Quem damnet labor, et quo vergat pondere Ie tum. 

Emieat hic, impune putans, et corpore toto 

Alte subIa tum consurgit Turnus in ensem, 

Et fcrit. Exclamant Troes trepidique Latini, 730 

.Arrectaeque amborum acies. .At perfidus ensis 

Frangitur, in medioque ardentem deserit ictu, 

Ni fuga subsidio 8ubeat. Fugit ocior Euro, 

Ut capulum ignotum dextramque aspexit inermem. 

J



Accessit, telumque alta ab radice revellit. 

Olli sublimes, armis animisque refecti, 

Hic gladio fide us, hic acer et arduus hasta, 

Adsistunt contra certamina Martis auheli. 790 

J unonem interea rex omnipotentis Olympi 

Alloquitur, fuJva pugnas de nube tuentem: 

" Quae jam finis erit, conjunx? quid denique restat? 

Indigetem Aenean seis ipsa, et scire fateris, 

Deberi caelo, fatisque ad sidcra tolli. 795 

Quid struis? aut qua spe gelidis in nubibus haeres? 

Mortalin' decuit violari vulnere divum, 

Aut enseln (quid enim siue te J uturna valeret?) 

Ereptum reddi Turno, et vim crescere victis ? 

Desine jam tandem, precibusque inflectere llostris ; 800 

Nec te tantus edat tacitam dolor, et mihi curae 

Saepe tuo dulci tristes ex ore recursent. 

Ventum ad supremum est. Terris agitare vel undis 

Trojanos potuisti, infandum accendere bellum, 

Deformare domum, et luctu lUiscere hymenaeos ; 805 

Ulterius tentare veto." Sic Jupiter orsus; 

Sic dea submisso contra Saturnia vultu: 

"Ista quidem quia nota mihi tua, magne, voluntas, 

Jupiter, et Turnum et terras invita reliqui; 

Nee tu me aeria solam nunc sede videres 810 

Digna indigna pati, sed flammis cincta sub ipsa 

Starem acie traberemque illimiea in proelia Teuero::;. 

Juturnam miseI'o, fate or, succurrere rratri 

Suasi, et pro vita majora audere probavi ; 

Non ut tela tamen, non ut contenderet arcum: 815 

Adjuro Stygii caput implacabile fontis, 

Una superstitio superis quae reddita divis. 

Et nunc cedo equidem, pugnasque exosa relinquo. 

Illud te, nulla fati quod lege tenetur, 

Pro Latio obtestor, pro majestate tUOl'um : 820 

Quum jam connubiis pacem felicibus (esto) 

Component, quum jam leges et foedera jungent, 

Ne vetus indigenas nomen mutare Latinos, 

Neu Troas fieri jubeas 'l'eucrosque vocari,


VERGIJ,I AENEIS xu. 275 

Aut vocem mutare viros, aut vertere vestem. 825 

Sit Latium, sint Albani per saecula reges, 

Sit Romana potens !tala virtute propago ; 

Occirlit, occideritque sinas cum nomine 'l'roja." 

OUi subridens bominum rerum que reportor; 

" Es germana J ovis Saturnique altera proles ; 830 

Iramm tantos vol vis sub pectore fluctus! 

Verum age, et inceptum frustra submitte furorem: 

Do, quod vis, et me victusque volensque remitto. 

Sermonem Ausonii patrium moresque tenebunt, 

Utque est, nomen erit; commixti corpore tantum 835 

Subsident Teucri. Morem ritusque sacrorum 

Adjiciam, faciamque OIunes uno ore Latinos. 

Hinc genus Ausonio mixtum quod sanguine sUI'get, 

Supra homines, supra ire deos pietate videbis, 

Nec gens ulla tuos aeque celebl'abit honorcs." 840 

Annuit his Juno, et mentem laetata l'etol'sit j 

Interea excedit caeIo, nubemque relinquit. 

His actis aliud Genitor secum ipse volutat, 

Juturnamque parat fratris dimittere ab armis. 

Dicuntur geminae pestes cognomine Dirae, 845 

Quas et Tartaream N ox intempesta Megaeram 

Uno eodemque tulit partu, paribusque revinxit 

Serpentum spiris, ventosasque addidit n.las. 

Hae Jovis ad solium saeviquc in limine regis 

Apparent, acuuntque metum mortalibus aegris, 850 

Si quando letum horrificum morbosque dellm rex 

},folitur, meritas aut bello territat urbes. 

Rarum unam celerem demisit ab aetbere summo 

Jupiter, inque omen Juturnae occurrere jussit. 

Ilia vol at, celeriquc ad terram turbine fertur. 855 

N on secus ac nervo per nubem impulsa sagitta, 

Al'matam saevi Parthus quam felle veneni, 

Parthus sive Oydon, telum immedicabile, torsit, 

Stridens et celeres incognita transilit umbras: 

Talis se sata N octe tulit, terrasque petivit. 860 

Postquam acies vic1et Iliaca atque agmina Turni, 

.A.litis in parvae subitam collecta figuram,



Aeneas, volvens oculos, dcxtl'amque repressit j 

Et jam jamque magis cunctantem fiectcre sermo 940 

Ooeperat, infelix humero quum apparuit alto 

Balteus, et notis fulserunt cingula bullis 

Pallantis pueri, vietum quem vulncre Turnus 

Straverat atque humeris inimieum insigne gerebat. 

IlIe, oeulis postquam saevi monumenta doloris 945 

Exuviasque hausit, furiis aeeensns, et ira 

rrerribilis: "Tune hine spoliis indutc meorum 

Eripiare mihi? Pallas te hoc vulnere, Pallas 

Immolat, et poenam scelerato ex sanguine sumit." 

Hoc dicens ferrum adverso sub pectore condit 950 

Fervidus. Ast illi solvuntur frigore membra, 

Vitaque cum gemitu fugit indignata sub umbras.


NOTES.


BOOK 1. 283 

visible. Aeneas thanks Dido for her generosity (579-612). Dido hids 

him welcome, sends food to the crews at the ships, nnd orders a splendid 

banquet in the palace (614-642). Aeneas sends for bis son, Ascanius 

(643- 656). Venus, substituting Cupid for Ascanius, inflames Queen 

Dido with a passionate love for her guest (657-722). The banquet in 

Dido's palace. The timo passes in song and talk, till Dido begs Aeneas 

to tell the whole story of the fall of Troy and his seven years of wandering 

(699-\'56). 

1- 3. Arma - litora. Ioill9 of at'nIO ana the mall, ,"hoft"ot, front the 

eaaoto of T,'oy, by fate an exile, cam. to Italy ana the Lavi",'an .ho,·eo. 

Italiam and lit or a, terminal accusatives after a verb of motion, the 

preposition i71 (which would be inserted in the best prose except before 

names of towns) being omitted by poetical usage. H. 379, 4; A. & S. 

237, Relu. 5, (c.); B.948.-Fat!l. II. 414; A. & S. 247; B. 873; 

A. 54, I. - Profugus. H. 363; A. & S. 204; B. 622; A. 46. - Lavinia, 

pronounced La-,Jin.ya. (H. 669, II. 3; A. & S. 306, (3); n. 1519, 3.) 

The epithct "Lavin ian" is applied by anticipation to the shores where 

the city Lavinium was afterwardB built by Aeneas. 

3. lIla, the one; in apposition with qui. - Jactatus and passus are 

participles agreeing with ille. - Terris et alto, on lanet auet Oil the 

deep; the preposition in, is omitted be foro tbese ablatives of place, hy 

& frequent pootieallieense similar to tbat in the omission of tbe preposition 

hefore the accusatives in the second and third lines. Terri. is pnrposely 

plural, (lit., lalldB,) Aeneas, while seeking a settlement, having 

been driven about from country to country. 

4. Superum, of the godB; gen. plural for ."peror"",. H. 45, 5, (4); 

A. & S. 53; B. 66; A. 10, 6. - Memorem, ever mindful, and therefore 

relentless. Well rendered by Conington in his translation of oaeva. 

71Jemorem JUllon'is iram, "fell Juno's 'ttnjorgetti,tJg bate." 

5, 6. Dum conder et urhem inferretque deos Latio, while he was 

striving to found a city aud bring (his) gods into Latinm. The idea 

of otriv;n9 to found, otriv;"g to bring, is implied in the subjunctivc after 

dum. H. 522, II.; A. & S. 263, 4, (1); B. ] 238; A. 62, II. 2. W. mys 

"the subjunctive here expresscs ,riBl! and ilwUnation.'· S. gil-es COltderet 

a potcntial force: "till he was able to found." Others tr. "until 

he founded." Sce nofmann on Latin Temporal Particles. 

6. Latio, dat., where in prose ill with the aCC. would be used. H. 379, 

5; A. & S. 225, IV., Rem. 2; B. 837; A. 51, II. n. - Genus unde Latinum, 

whence arose the Lati" race. It was tbe tradition that Aeneas 

united the AborigineB, whom he found in Italy, with the Trojans, under 

the name" Latins"; that his son Ascanius founded Alba (" and the 

Alban nobles," Alballique patreB); and that from his descendants arose 

the principal founders of Rome.


298 NOTES. 

266. Rutulis. Dat. of reference, after tran8ie,·;"t. Lit. for, 118 

regards. But the general idea is, "ofter the conquest ot' the Rutulian8.' 

W. quotes a Soimilar use of the Greek dat. from Demosth. in 

Mid. c. 24. 

267. Iulo. Dat. by nttraction in ",pposition with ClLi. In what two 

other cases might it have been put? H.387, and 1 anJ 2; A. & S. 204, 

Rem 8, (a), and (b); B. 632,622,6:11; A. 51, VI.: 50, I. 4; 46. 

268. Res Ilia, the Ilia" stnte. Re8=respublica.-Regno, in its 

power. A bl. showing in ,.itat "cspcct the signification of stctit is taken. 

269. Magnos orbes =annos. -Volvendis. A. & S. 274, Rem. 9. 

Volvo mensibus. H. 428; A. "" S. 211, Rem. 6; B. 888; A. 54, II. 

271. Alba, or Alba Longa, was built on the Alban mount, on the 

north-eastern Ehore of the lake Albanus, and called, according to Sir 

William Gell, the "long white" town, from its being built Chiefly in 

one long street, and from its white houses, or the white (or gray) rocks 

on which it stood. But Alba is probably from All', a lUouutlLiu llOight. 

273-4. Sacerdos, regina, Ilia. Fr. translates these words as f,ollows: 

A prie8te88, da Itghtel' of a king, of T,·oja .. deRcelit. Rhea Syl via, 

or ilia, a Vest:..1 virgin, by Mars the mother of Romulus and Remus 

(geminam Jlmlem), was the daughter of the Alban king Numitor. 

275. Lupa.e nutricis. The infants Romulus aud Remus were said to 

ba\'e been nourished by a she-wolf. 

279. Quin, "ay, even. 

281. Consilia.-referet, shl'1l change her plans for the better. 

282. Toga.tam. The toga was the characteristic dress of the Romans. 

283. Placitum, SC. e8t miM. 

284--5. Aeneas was the great-grandson of A •• aracu., the son of Tr08. 

Phthia (a city of Phthill. or Phthi5tis, in the S.E. of 'fhesslI.ly) was the 

bome of Achilles, Mycenae (in Argolis) of Agamemnon, A,·go. of Diomede. 

286. Ca.esar, i. e. Angustns. 

287. Qui terminet. This pres. subj., in a relative clause depending 

upon a verb in the future tense, and denoting cle.tiny, is translated hy 

the auxiliary .hall. See note on qui - lene"ent, line 236. 

288-90. Augustus, having been adopted by O. JuliUl! Caesar, received 

the flomen (Julius) of the Julian gens. The Caesars traced their origin 

to Ascanius, for whom the name lulu, (11$ tho original of Julius) was 

del'ised.-Caelo, poet. aLl. ofpliwe.-Vocabitur, etc. Augustus was deifiod 

by the Romans.-Hic quoque, he also, i.e. as well as Aeneas (259 sq). 

292. Cana. white-haired, - with her hoary locks. Fides was older


BOOK I. 305 

459. Jam, i. e. by this time. O. 

461. Sunt- Iaudi, lW'e, too, lia. "'Q)·th its Oto.1 (: ••. its fitting) 

reward8. "Laudi" being in idea the suhject of the proposition, Bua 

refers to it. - Laudi. H. 387; A. & S. 22G; B. 821; A. 51, VI. 

462. Rerum, 10" "';810rt,me8. Ohjective gen. A. & S. 211, Rem. 12. 

It Res" is applied to the oirculllstances and vicissitudes of life, whether 

good or bad. 

465. Multo.. 11.371, I, 3), (2); A. &; S. 205, Rem. 10; B. 717; A. 52, IV. 

466-493. Of tbe eight piotures on the temple w,tlls each two were 

companion-pieces, viz.: 1. 'rhe victory of the Trojans under Heotor; 

2. The victory of the Greeks under Achillcs. 3. The death of Rhesus; 

4. 'rhe death of Trollus. 5. Tbe Trojan matrons suppliants before 

tbe statue of Minerva; 6. Priam as a suppliant before Aebilles. 7. The 

hattIe of Memnon; 8. The battle of Achilles. Wby were these subjects 

chosen for paintings to adorn the temple of J",IO' See line 24. 

466. Uti, halO. An interrogative particle, and hence introducing tbe 

subj. in dependent clauses. 

467,468. Hac, sc. pa,·te. - Phryges, so. luge,·ent. - Fugerent, 1OOl'e 

fleeing, while Aeneas was looking at them. So with the other impel" 

fects. By making the action expressed in these verbs contemporaneou8 

with that in videbat, thc poet indicates the life·Ukeness with which the 

paintings brought the scenes before the eyes of his horo. 

469. Rhesus was a Thracian prince, an ally of tbe Trojans. "An 

oracle had declared that Troy would never be taken, if the snow-white 

horses of Rhesus should once drink the wator of the Xanthus, and 

feed upon the grass of the Trojan plain. But as soon as Rhesus had 

rea.ched tho Trojan territory, and had pitched his tents late at night, 

Ulysses and Diomedes penetrnted into his camp, slew Rhesus himself, 

and carried off his borses." - Niveis tentoria velis. Homer represent. 

the Greeks and Trojans as cncamped, not in tentB, hut in hut. of planks 

thatcbed with grass; hut Virgil here, as often, ascribes to tbe Homeric 

age the customs of his own. To him, as to us, a "tented field" presents 

a more attrnctive picture than a hutted lleld. 

472. Ardentes equos, thefienj .teed •. -Avertit. Historical present, 

hence followed by the pluperf. in tho next line, (the 1Iwallillg governIng 

instead of the form.) 

473. Gustassent = gustavissent. - Xanthus (otherwise called Scaroander), 

a river of the Troad. 

474. Tronus, 0. SOn of Priam. - Amissis armis, i. e. all but his 

apear (line 4.78). 

476 Trollus has fallon backwards from the car (which of course had 

20 Vir.


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674. Mihi agetur, 8hall be regarded by me. 

676. Afforet. H . 488, r. 1 and 2; A. & S. 263, T. an d Rem.; B. 1196 ; 

A. 68, 1. - Certos - fidos. " Trusty messengers." 

577. Dimittam =in diversas partes miltam.-Extrema, sc. loea ; 

the fran tiers. F. 

578. Qnibus, in a" y . I ndefinite pronoun. 

579. Animum. Ace. of specification. H. 380; A. & S. 234, II. 

582. Nate dea. Goddess-horn! Nate, voc. of the participle 1I at". , 

alld dea abl. of origin. H. 425,3,1) ; A. & S. 246; B. 918; A. 54, VI II. 

587. Purgat, se. 8e. 

588. Restitit, 8tood /o,·th to view. 

589. Os humerosque. Synecdochical accusative, (acc. of specifica. 

tion.) II. 38 0, and 1 ; A. & S. 23·), II ; B. '728; A. 52, IV. Note. 

591. Purpureum lumen, the "osy (rather than the purple) Ught, i. e. 

tbe rosy bloom of youth. - Honores, graces; " gratiam, pulchritudi. 

nem ." 

592. Manus, the halld8 of artists. 

593. Parius. The sparkling marble of Paras, one of the Cyclades, 

is famons for its beauty and for its adaptedness for sculpture. 

594. Cunctis. Connect in translation with ;"']1I'OV;8118. 

597. 0 sola miserata, 0 thou who alolle haBt pitied; lit. 0 alone 

h aving pitied. - 598- 600. Quae nos socias, sc. libi or teCllnl. - R eliquias 

DanaUm, i. e. relictos (11010 OCCi808) a D:lllais. See note on line 30. 

- Exhaustis (R., MS. Vat., Serv.) = perlatis. Othcrs, e",.IIIW8108. 

599. Omnium. H . 399, and 2, 2); A. & S. 213, Rem. 1, (3); B. 7'76. 

600. Urbe, domo. A bl. of tbe respect in wbich, or of th at a8 regards 

whicb. H. 429; A. & S. 250. T hese nouns limit 1108 .ocia.. C. rnlls 

tbem instrumental or modal ablatives. 

601. Non - nostrae, 'il i. not ill ow' pOlO.'·_ Op is, H . 401 and 402, I.; 

A. & S. 211, Rem. 8. (3) ; B. 780; A. 50, I. 1. 

602. Sparsa, sc. e8t. Aeneas bad left companions in Crete (Aen. 

Ur. 190), and knew tlmt Trojans had settled in Sicily (I. 549-50) and 

In Epirus (III. 294, .qq.). Otbers were scattered over the earth as 

captives. _ Gentis. H. 396, III. 3; A. &; S. 212, R. 3; B. '763; A. 50, IL3. 

603. Qua, nom. pI. ncut. of the indefinite pronoun.-Quid, any thin g, 

spoken emphatically, i. e. anything valued, held in honor. 

603, 605. Di tibi ferant, "'''Y the god. bn'"g thee. Subj. of wiEh or 

prayer. 

607. Montibus convexa, the lwllolO" of (he mountai" •. "Montibus," 

dative. - Umbrae, the 8hadow8 of tho mountains themselves. 

608. 1'01 us - pascl)t, lit. while the hea.vens shall feed the stars..


310 N OTES. 

The ancients believed tbat the stars were nourished by the vapors arising 

from the earth and sea, or tbat they fed upon the fiery particles in the 

aether itself. 

610. Vocant expresses that he is dependent on destiny, and so implies 

that he will have to leave Dido. Cf. Aen. III. 494, and V. 656. 

614-15. Casu, misfortune, disaster. - Ore locuta est . Such pleonasms 

are frequent in classical writers. cr. the phrase, " ITo opened 

his mouth and taught them." - Quis casus, .ol,at ill-jo)'tlllle. 

617. Tune, etc., so. e.. Art thou that Aeneas? 

619. Teucer, (son of Telamon, king of Salamis, and of IIesione, a 

daughter of Laomedon and sister of Priam,) being refused admission 

in Salamis by his father on his return from Troy, founded a new Salamis 

in Cyprus. Virgil supposes him to have sought the assistance of 

Belus, king of Tyre, whom he represents to have conquered the Cyprians 

shortly before. - 621. Genitor, (my) father. 

623. Cognitus, sc. eat. " A n instance of p,·otoz.llgnln J ; . e., a predicate 

(coy"ill/B) common to sevcral subjects (ca.uB, IIomell, rege8), but 

agrceing in gender and number with one only, and that the one nearest 

to it." n. 

624. P elasgi, i. e. Grecian. Tllose most ancient inhabitants of Greece 

arc often put for the nation. 

625. Ipse hostis. 'feucer him.elf, enemy tbough be was. HOBti •• 

H. 363; A. & S. 204. - Ferebat, IIBed to extol. - Teucros, the Trojans. 

626. Stirpe. When ab is used with ortus, "e111ote .. origin is generally 

denoted than when the preposition is omitted.- Vole bat, ; . e., gave himself 

out to be, would have it that he was. - 632. Templis = in templis. 

Honorem, a thanksgiving. - 635. Suum, gen . pI. of B" •• 

636. Mu.nera and laetitiam are in appositi"n with the accusatives 

in tbe two preceding lines. - Dii, an old contraction for diei, of the dny. 

- Mu.nera - dii, lit. as gifts and the enjoyment of the day i i. e., as 

gifts "nu (the menns for) the day" enjoyment. Another reading is, de; 

(i. e. Bacchi), "the joy of Bacchus," i. e. wine. 'fho passage is a difficult 

one, and it is not impossible tbat Virgil would have improved it, 

if he had Ii"ed to complete the line. 

637. Domus i nterior. II. 441,6; A. & S. 205, Rem. 17 ; B.662. 

639. Vestes, coverlel.. , .... pply ,".1""111'("". " I n oonnise narrution 

and description, substantives are often used "lone without verbs." W. 

- Ostro, abl. of the m:\[eril... II. 425, 1. 

640. I ngens argentum, n great (number of) silver (vessels), or 

limply, mn s of silver plate. - Mensis = in mellBie. 

645. F erat , "report," he SllyS. - F erat and duoat , subj. in oratio


BOOK 1. 311 

obliqua, for the imperativo of direet discourse. Aeneas said' Aseanio 

Cer etc. ipsumque due." TIeyne. 

646. Cari, fond. 

M7. Rl:inis. H. 386, 2 ; A. & S. 224, Rem. 2; B. 855, 1075; A. 55, V. 

648. Pallam. The pnlla was lL long and ample cloak or mantle, 

reaching from tho nock to the feet, nnd worn by deities, prophets, and 

women. Whole figures, and even bistorical or mythological snbjects, 

.... ere often embroidered upon it, sometimes with gold throad. It was a 

rectangular piece, nearly or quite 8quare, and folded in va.rious ways. 

649. Velamen, etc. A veil toith an emb"oidered border


BOOK 1. 313 

Mediamque looavit, sc • • e,. and placed herself in the middle, the place 

of bonor. A t one side of ber :tt tbo Trojans, at the other the Cartha. 

ginians. 

700. DiBoumbitur = discumbunt. H. 301, 3; A. '" S. 184, 2, (b). 

Nutico thc forco of dia: thcy recline in different places. I n tbe Homeric 

age people ant at their meals as we do now; in Virgil'. time tbey re. 

clined on couches. - Strato super ostro, on the outspread purple (i. e. 

on thc purple t"pcstry spread over the couches). 

701. ManibuB, for the lwuda, i. e. for washing. Water was poured 

from a ewer upon tho bn nds of ,he guest, a basin being held underneath. 

-" Cererem -expediunt-serve out the bread promptly from t he 

baskets. Expcdilfllt= p,·of.n"", says Serv." C. 

702. Tonsis villiB, toilh closely.cnt pile (or nap). H. 428; A. '" S. 

211, Rem. 6; B. 888; A. 54, II. 

703. Quibus cura, 8e. eBt. - Ordine, in fit order. - Longam penum 

struere, to a.·ra"ge the lO"[1 BerieB of viandB (for the different courses). 

C.'s translation, "to replenish a store (of provision) that will last for a 

long time," i. ingeniously derived, but is not RO well adapted to the context 

as the one ordinarily given. 

705. Aliae, sc. fanmlae. 

70B. Qui onerent et ponant, to load, etc. ; the relative with the subj. 

denoting the purpoBe. II. 500; A. '" S. 264, 5. The in die. would simply 

tell what the servants do; the suhj . denotes their dul,y, what they are 

"eqlli"cd to do. 

707. Nee non, tlor 1to!=and.-Et Tyrii, !be TyrianB, too. Strict 

etiquette is ubserved; the queen seats her"elf first, then her guests, and 

last of nll, her courtiers. - Frequentes, ill throng •. 

70S. Pictis, se. aClt,. embroidered. 

712. Pesti = exitio. 

713. Mentem , aco. of specification or limitation. H. 380; A. '" S.234, 

II. ; Z. 458. "Acc. of the remoter object. Aen. VII. 74; Ecl. III. 106." W. 

714. Phoenissa, tho Phoenioian lady, i . t . Dido. 

716. Implevit, has Bati.fied. 

718. Raeret, Be. ill puero. C. quotes Tennyson: "And her eyes on 

alI my motions with a mute observance hung." 

719. Miserae, sr. ei,. dative. H . 386; A. '" S. 224. It is a dative 

of disadv,mtnge. The verbs named in tbese rules do not take the dat. 

beca",e they nrc componnded with prepositions. 

720. Cupid's mother is called' f Acidalian," from a spring near Oreho 

!llenoR, in Boeotia. where tbe Graces, Venus's attendants, hathed. 

721. Praever tere, to 81U'P,.,·8e. - Vivo amore, with living love, i. Co 

With love fryr a lidng objecl.


BOOR II. 317 

Rem. Ulysses was distinguished among the Grecian chiefs for his 

superior prudence and sagacity, and it WaS to him, most of all, that the 

destruotion of Troy was owing. 

8. 'l'emperet (ijo. sibil, could "efrain, (lit., "can refrain," by a lively 

use of the present.) Potential subj., in a question implying a negative 

answer (No 0"0). H.485, and 486. II.; A. &; S. 260, II. Rem. 5. 

Caelo. In prose a preposition would bo used, de caelo. H.422, 2; A. 

& S. 255, Rem. 3, (b); 13. 947, 9


820 N OT E S . 

follows ho,·tanwr, with tbe omission of Itl. Z. 624; U. 493, 2; A. & S. 

262, Rem. 4. - Quae sit fiducia (ei ) capto, (lit. what is the confidence 

to him taken captive,) what is his ground of confidence now that he is 

a prisoner, i. e. what intelligence he can uffer, or what service perform, 

80 as not to meet the captive's doom. 

76. This line is bracketed bere as wanting in several of the best 

MSS., and not noticed by Servius. Lines or words inclosed in brackets 

are of doubtful authenticity. - For midine, his assllmed fear. 

77. Fueri t quodcumque, (lit. whatever shall have been,) •• halever 

.hallll.appen./ i. 9 . come what will, "quioumque me sequfLtur eventus," 

(Servius.) The future perf. has sometimes tbe meaning of a quickly 

completed future action, and is used where we should expect the simple 

future. Sinon says, I will eonfess everytb in'g, whatever vengeance you 

shall at once wreak upon me, -whatc,'er punishment shull be inflicted 

8 0 suddenly, that it shall at once have been inflicted. H. 473, 1;. A. &; 

S. 259, Rem. (5). See Z. 511; M. 340, Obs. 4; B. 1099; A. 57, III. 

78. Me, sc. e88e. 

79. Hoc primum, sc. fatebol" "Hoc," i. e. that I am a Greek. 

80. Improba agrees with Fortuna. 

81. Fando, i. e. by report. - Aliquod, indef. adj. pronoun agreei ng 

with 110men (82) . 

82. Belidae, of the descendant of Belus. (The long i suggests another 

form of tho name, Beleus.) - P alamedes, son of Nltuplius, king of Euhoea, 

(nnd gra.ndson of the gro.nd-daughter of Belus, king of Egypt,) 

compelled Ulysses to tal{e part in the Trojan war. Vexed at this, and 

also envious of his superior fame in war, Ulysses brought against him 

a false-accusation of treachery, in consequence of which he was stoned 

to death_ The story is ]Xlst-Homeric. - Incluta (= {"clyla) in the 

nom., or the abl. case? H. 615, and 1; A. &; S. 29-!, 1, and Exc. 

Fama. II. 414; A. &-, S. 247; B. 873; A. 54, I. 

83. Falsa sub proditione, ""der a falle inf0,.,nation (in the legal 

sense - 0 •• "8«1;0") . So C. All other editors, "nder a falo. eharge of 

trea80n. - Pelasgi, i . e. the Achivi, the Greel,.. The Pelasgians were 

the earliest inhabitants of Greece, the "dark backgrollnd" of her 

history. 

84. I nfando 'lndicio, by •• icl .. d le8Iim.;"y. Ulysses forged a Jetter 

from Priam to Palamedes, and concealed it, with a sum of gold, in Pnlamedes' 

tent, where they were found and used as testimony against 

him.-Vetabat. The indicative gives tbe actltal reason why Palurnedes 

was put to death. - 85. Lumine = vita. 

87. Primis ab annis, from my earliest years,-from my oarly youth.

BOOK II. 321 

88. Regno, in hi. "nyal dilJllity. 

89. Et nos, i. e. I "Z.". 

94, 95. Fora - tulisset, si r emeassem: 'f any oha7loe ",oltld b"illg 

.t abollt, if 1 ,"oltld 1"et",.,., elc. (Lit. should have brougbt it about, 

should have returned.) "p,·o,,,,·.i is past, and at this pa.t t;'IIC tbo 

opportunity was conceived as oompleted (pillpe>fect) prior to the threatened 

revenge." In d'-red discourse, we should have tbe fut. per f. n. 

533,4; A . .:10 S. 266, 2, Rem. 4. Tho English idiom is less preciso in 

sllch relations of timo than the Latin. 

98. Terrere, spargere, quaerere. Historical infinitives. H. 545, 

I.; A. &; S. 209, Rem. 5, and note 7; B. 1137 j A. 49, III. 

99. Vulgum. This is the only instance in Virgil in which vulgus 

is masculine.-Conscius, cOII.cinll. of hi. g"iit.-Arma, ,aeapoll. (agai".1 

IIIe), i. e. means for Sinon's destruction. So Donatus, W., L., F. Other 

explanations of tbe phrase q"ae'· .. ·e-a1·ma are far-fetched. 

100. Enim, like tbe Greek yap, implies D,n ellipsis; Aud (et obtained 

by resolving ?!ec into et lion) that he was seeking weapons against me 

wns evident, jo/' he did 7lot "e8t, etc. Sucb is tbo nctual forca of the 

word. I n translation, we may imitate tbe oonciseness of tbe original, 

and gain very much the 8ame general effect, by reudering nec requievit 

el


BOOK II. 327 

299. Quamquam, etc. Order : quamquam domus parentis Anchisae 

recessit (lay "etired) secreta (sepamte, standing apart), obteetaque arborib 

us. - 301. Clarescunt. II. 281; A. & S. 173; B. 588; A. 36, 1. 

302. Excutior, middle; I "oltse myseif.- 306. Boum labores, lpya 

(low>, IIesiod. wE"y, 46. - 307. Inscius, sc. causae. 

309. Fides, the truth, the fact, "res fidem faciens." 

311. Vulcano = ign.. Metonymy. Cf. Cic. de N. n. 2, 23, 60. 

312. Ucalegon, i. e. tli. hottse of Ucalegou. So Apollo is put for his 

temple, III. 275. - 314. Rationis. II. 396, III. 4); A. & S. 212, R. 4; 

B. 762; A. 50, II. 4. - 315. Bello, lor battle; dat. of the purpose. 

317. A"d it occurs to me that it is glol';o1ls to die in a,.,,,s. Supply 

eBBe with puichruln. - Mori is the subject of eBse uuderstood. 

321. Limina, so. Acneae. 

322. Res summa, the supreme interest; i. e. the state, our country, 

our en use. - Quo - loco, "how stands the main affair 7" A. - Quam 

arcem, What Btronghold (t1'e we taking, (for tho citadcl is evidently lost.) 

323. Gemitu. Modal ab!. - 325. Dardaniae, dative. - Fuimus, toe 

ha1>e been, but we aro no longer. So/llit Troja. II. 4'71,1; A. & S. 259 

Rem. 1, (2), (a); B. 1095. 

326. Argos, ace. of terminus. n. 3'79; A. & S. 23'7; B. 938; A. 55, 

III. 2. - 328. Adstans, Blandin!l e.·eel. C. 

329. Miscet = passim facit vel passim jactat. 

330. Portis. n. 414, 4; A. & S. 255, 2. See note on line 187. 

331. (Tot milia) adsunt quot milia umquam venere magnis lIIycenis. 

332. Angusta viarum = a"!lllstaB via.. II. 396, III.; A. & S.212, 

Rem. 3, note 4; B. 762 elld; A. 60, II. 3. 

334. Primi, i. e. at tbe entrance. 

335. Caeco Marte, in the bU"d .ncounter,- the engo.gement o.t ra.udom. 

336. Numine divo.m, by tiLe will of the !l0dB. 

337. Er inys. The bcst 1\18S. give the single (( n." The referenoe 

is to the demon of battle. 

341. Agglomerant, sc. Be. 

344. Gener , as a son-in.law; hoping 10 be a son·in ·lllw. 

345. Qui non audierit, in that (01' because) h. diel 1I0t heed. 8ubj. 

in a relative clause denoting the reason. "Wretch, not to heed." C. 

347. Audere in, ventw';"!l "po". "The present. inf., nftcr verbs of 

sense, is often equivalent to the pres. participle." A. & S. 272, Rem. 

6. F. Audcre ill, to have conrage sufficient fur. C. 

848. Super = ;I1Bllper. - His, sc. verbis. 

349. Si- sequi. Order: si vobis est certa cupido sequi (me 'til aliquem) 

audentom extremfl (pericula).- 350. Sit . Indirect question.


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414. Ajax. Ajax Oileus, wbo loved Cassandra. 

416. Rupto t urbine, a h"rricane having bW'Bt fm·th. 

417. Laetus - equis, Em'us eXlLlt;"g i11 '"i. eaBler,. Bteed.. "Eols," 

from tbe region of t.he morning. "Equis," abl. of cause. 

418. Saevitque, etc. Order: Spumeusque Nereus sRevit tridenti, 

Btque ciet, etc. Tbe trident, which properly belongs to Neptune, is 

sometimes assigned to N e-reus (diBsyliable), one of tbe sea-gods; its 

tbree prongs symbolizo Neptune's triple dominion over lakes, rivers, 

nnd sens. - Nereus, tbe wise and kindly" old man of tbe sea." 

420. Quos, any; indefinite pronoun. 

423. Atque - signant, and "",rIc am' 'peech, different ;a so,md (i. e. in 

pronunciation or 'ICcent) fwm their own.- Sono. H. 429; A. & S. 250, 1. 

424. Numero. We should sny, by "",,,bers. 

425. Divae. Minerva. - Aram. The altar stood ;n f"ollt of tbe 

temple. 

426. Unus strengtbcm;' justissimus," tbe one justest, the v.,·y jllsteat, 

justi simus omnium. A. & S. 127, note 2; M. 310, obs. 2. 

427. Aequi. II. 399, and 2, 1); A. & S. 213, and Rem. 1, (2). 

428. Dis aliter visum (est), it seemed olhel'lo;se to the gods. Not 

implying that the gods did not recognize bis justice, but tbat tbey did 

Il ot delll witb him accordingly. 

430. Infula, the fillet whicb be wore as priest of Apollo. 

431, 432. Meorum, 8C. civillm.-Testor, sc. vas. 

433. Supply me as tbc subject of vitavisse lind meruisse (434). H. 

645, 2, I); A. &; S.239, Rem. 2. - Vices , ordinarily translated here 

da1l.?e,·.; but from the primury idea in tl,e word of 0/le1'1lal;011, "give 

Rnd tal


336 NOTES. 

660. Et - animo, ""d thi. ,·e.ohltio" ... .fixed ,'" (thy) ",i"a.-Animo, 

poetical ablative of place. 

661. Isti leto, /0" that dea lh thou .eekest. For !he reference of i,t. 

to tho second person, see II. 450 ; A. & S. 207, Rem. 25: B.1028. 

664. Hoc erat, quod, was this (the reason) that; '0((' it/or 1M., that. 

668. Lux ultima. = the l".t dny. 

681. Inter manus. CreUsa held I ulu s in her arms, and was pressing 

bim upon Aeneas. 

682-3. Levis apex, a Zig"t p oi1lted-flame. - Visus, se . •• t. - Taetu. 

H. 429; A. &; S. 250, 1; B. 889 ; A. 54, I. (speci fication). 

685. Trepidare, histor ical infinitive. 

690. Aspiee - tantum, looT, {'«ilh/avo .. ) "pon II. ill Ihi. 011e IlIi"y(lit. 

thi s thing ouly). H oc, acc. of specifioation. W. ma kes it acc. of kindred 

signification, ::I.fter (t8pice 1108: "Cast upon us but tbis one propitioul 

glance." 

693. Thunder on the left was held as a good omen by the Romuns. 

699. Anchise, lifts himself up from his recumben t posture. 

706. Aestus, accusativo. 

707. Imponere, impernt. pass. (with the forre of a middle), place Ihy. 

SElf IIP0>!. 

708. Labor iste, this labor 0/ ca"ryi"y Ihee. l 8te is the demonstra. 

tive of the second person. 

711. Longe, 01 80me ciiRI""ce, 80 as not to attraot tbe atton tion of the 

enemy. The senants, too, wore sent by different routes (ex dive .. ,o, 71 6.) 

713. Egressis (sc. iiN), dat. of reference and interest. II. 389 i A. &. 

S. 228, note. (See note on J(lct(l1Iti, r. 102.) 

114. Cupressus. The student will notice many instances in whioh .. 

83crcu tree is spoken of in connection with an altar or a shrine. 

719. Aen. must be purified after blood-pollution.-Vivo, i. e. ,·",,,,illg. 

721. Humeros and colla, ace. of specification, after '-".'erl1O ... 

722. Super , "bove, to be taken ad\'erhinlly with iIl81.,.,,0)'. 

724. Who docs not realize the scene here described? B. 

729. Comiti, oneri, for llIy cumpltnion, ctc. n. 385, 3. 

735. Mihi trepido, dnt. .. f tlislulvnntnge, limiting cOIl/I/smn eripu;1 

me"!e"'. Il. a86, 2: A. ,to 22·1. Relll. 2. - Neseio quod, J T",olo !lot 

wl'al, (i. e. Rome).- Male ami cum lIu/riellllly. 

737. Nota regione viarum, frio',; tI .. /"WIC,I (i. e. the habitual) direc. 

liou 0/ II .. ",ay. 

738 Misero mi (= mihi) erepta (est), w"ulllflched /m"; 111e III/happy 

H . 386, 2 j A. & S. 224, Rem. 2 j B. 855, 8 .... 6; 1075 j A. 51, V. Note. 

fato mi, a conjecture of R. The MSS.: tatone.


BOOK III. 

ARGUMENT. 

IN tbe winter after tbe overtbrow of Troy, Aeneas builds a fieet (1-8). 

He sails witb a number of fellow-exiles in tbe spring or summer of tbe 

second year, and spends tbe winter in Tbracc, wbere be begins to found 

a city; but the sbade of Polydiirus warns bim to avoid the curset! land 

(8-68). In tbe tbird year, he goes to Delos, and consults tbe oracle, 

but, misinterpreting tbe response, stecrs for Creto instead of Italy (73- 

120). III omens and a plague retard tbe building of his rising city; 

but, warned by the gods, in the fifth year he directs his course to Italy 

(121-191). He is wafted in a storm to the Slrophltdes, thence to Actium, 

where he celebrates games in honor of Apollo (192-290). In tbe 

sixtb year, be !nnds in Epirus, and Hnds it ruled over by nelenus, one 

of the sons of Priam, to whom, after the death of Pyrrhus, the kingdom 

bad fallen, and along with it Andromache, formerly the wife of nector. 

ne is received with great kindness, and instructed by IIelenus in all tho 

lllbors and dangers tbat yet await him on his voyage (291-505). Crossing 

to the Italian shore, he coasts southwal'd, approaches the district of 

Sicily near to Aetna, escapes tbe Cyclopes, and again stands out to Sell 

(506-683). Avoiding Scylla and Cbarybdis, ho reaches Drepanum, 

where his fULher Anchises dies; thence setting sail, he is driven to Carthage, 

wbere be arrives in tbe summer of tbe seventh year, probably as 

winter is drawing on (684-718). 

1. Res Asiae, the kill[Jdono of Asia. 

2. Visum (est) superis, ;1 seemed gO


BOOK III. 339 

local separation, and is usod of a little distance as well as a great. 

Theace wus sepnmted from the 'I'road only by the narrow IIel1espont 

thut Leander and Byron swam acrOSS. 

19. To "'y Dionaeall 1IIother. Venus was tbe daughter of Dione. 

22. Quo, poetioal au!. of plaoo. -Quo summo, 011 the top of wldeh. 

28. Huio, I"ollt t}d8. Dat. of' referenoe, in.tead of tbe abl. of sou roe. 

-Atro sanguine, ;n dm'k blood. Ab!. of dosoription. II. 428; A. & 

S. 211, Rem. 6; B. 888; A. 54, II: 

36. That they should duly "ender Ihe portent (visus) propitiou8, and 

lillhlen (mitigate) tl,e omell. On tbe subjunotives, II. 493, 2; A. & S. 

262, Rem. 4; B. 1204 end; A. 64, IV. 

39. Eloquar, sileam, (shall I speale, etc.,) subj. in a question of propriety. 

II. 486, II.; A. & S. 260, R. 5; B. ]180; A. 60, 3. 

41. Jam, at laBt, (after tbis tbird effort.) 

43. "Non" (42) governing the whole sentenoe, gives aut the foroe 

of 1Ieo. "No,. does thiB blood flow /r01/l the tree." J., l!'orb., and C. tr. 

differently, supplying I extern liS ' to I eruor.' 

45. Polydorus, a son of Priam. - Hie, ad verb. - Confixum, so. l1Ie. 

46. Jaeulis -aeutis, haB Bhot lip ;Hlo Bha,.p j'aveUII8. II. nod W. 

.Jaeulis, (dativo) =;1/ .iael'la. II. 38+, II. 2,1) ; A. & S.225, IV. Rem. 2. 

Some scholars tllke jae. ae. as modal nbl.- 50. Mandarat = mandaverat. 

Alendum. II. 565, 3; A. & S. 27+, Rem. 7; B. 1315. 

54. Res Agamemnonias, the /o,·tll"es 0/ Agamelllllon, 

56- 7. Quid oognllto aoc. with cogis, pectora object acc. - Sacra, a.em'sed. 

58- 9. Pnmum, in tbe first pl:lcc. - Monstra, "rodi,gie •. 

63. Tumulo (UM.) = in tu1/lu/llm. 'V. Earth is aducd to the casual 

mound already existing (line 22).-Stant, are ereeted.-Arae. Two in 

number; cf. III. 305 . 

67. Sanguinis saeri, i. e. of the blood of victims. 

68. Supremum, adverbial aoe., /0" the laBt time. 

71. Deducunt, (baul down from tho shore,) lau"ch. 

73. Sacm tellu (Delos) col. meu. mar., gratissima matri Nereidum, eto. 

75-6. IVhic!. (.nlten) to(lllderill[J abOlli (all) BeaB and ,"orc8. tile grateful 

A,·ol .. r (Apollo) bOlllld to 111'Y .I{YOO/ll)8 aull G!JaroB. "Pius" denotes 

Apollo's alfection ror h is birth plare and gratituue for his mother's shelter. 

80. Idem, lit. the sume Illan, i. e. Ilt the B'II>le time king and priest, 

88. Quem sequimur, i. e. whe. is to be our guide? A lively lise of the 

pres. for tho fut. 

102. Monumenta, I,·aditio" •. 

104. Crete is caUed " J ovis magni insula." as the birthplace of Jove.


BOOK III. 341 

180. Gem. par., the tw%ld lineage; one ancestor from Crete (108), 

another from Italy. 

181. N. v. e. 1., by a modern erro" in regard to a?lc;ent place •• 

184. Portendere. Supply eam (i. e. Cassnndram) as subject. 

187. Creder et, who cOltld beUeve '0, in those days; It lively use of the 

imperf., where we should prefer the pluperf.: "who would hnve thought 

so." C. Potential subjunctive. H . 486, 4; A. & S. 260, Rem. 2. 

191. Aequor, gov. by cnTrim"., by an extension of the principle of 

oognate I1CC. (as in "currimus curs urn.") H. 371, 3; A. & S.232, 2. 

195. Inhorruit tenebris, g"ew "ough Cor wa. ,'UJ/led) ill the da"k shad •. 

201- 3. Discernere. II. 545, 2, 1); A. & S. 239, Rem. 2; B. 1139; 

A. 67, r. 2 elld. - Tres adeo soles, three IDhole days. 

206. Visa, .. I. - Aperire, to disclo ••. - Fumum, a sign of human 

habitation. 

212. H arpyiae, (lit. the plunderers). P ronounced Har-pwi-at 

C" Aprrulal). In Homer, personified storm-winds. 

213. Clausa (est iis), loa. shllt again.t them. The Argonauts, Zetes 

!tnd Calais, drove the IIarpies from the house of Phineus, where they 

bad de,'oured or defiled the food on his tables, to punish his crime. 

221. Nullo custode, abI. absol. 

224. Toros, couches or seats of turf. 

232. Ex diverso, se. loco vel tract... The adj. is used !ubstantively. 

234-5. Edico with subj. I di,·.ct, with info I ",,,,o,,,,ce.- Capessant. 

H. 530, II. 3, 2) j A. & S. 266, 2, Rem. 1, (b), and Rem. 2.- Gerendum 

(esse) . II. 5aO, T.; A. &; S. 266, 2, and Rem. 2; H.528. Orat.obliqua. 

236- 7. H aud secus ac, 1Iot othenoi.e Iha1l.-Tectos and Iatentia, by 

p"olepois (anticipation) denote the result of the action. 

239. Some high rock serves the trumpeter of Aeneas as watch· tower. 

241. Foedare, info used as a noun in apposition with proeliu.. 

246. Infelix vates, an ;)lo!L.picio". p1'Ophet. 

248. Laomedontiadae, .'1e cMld,..,. of Laomedoll. Saronstic, reminding 

thom of L.'s treachery in defrauding Apollo and Neptune. 

249. Patrio, Olt" /athe,.'.. They were daughters of Pontus or Noptunc. 

Others: ow' n'ghl/"l. 

252. Virgil identifies or confuses the H:trpios with the Furies. C. 

253. Vocatis, b';ng involced to favor your course. W. 

267. Subigat. Subj. after anteq"a",. - Malis, (from mala.) ."ith ab- 

'rWIPI"e . 

267. Exc.l. r., "to ense the unrolled .heels" (i. O. the ropes fastened 

to lhe bottom of the sail a.t its two corners). Before setting sail, tbese 

ropes would lie in a coil or bundle.


BOOK III. 343 

330. Orestes, already frantic with the consciousness of having mur· 

dered his mother, (8cel. Fm'i;s agilallls,) and still more maddened at 

the loss of IIermione, who had heen hetrothed (0 him, (ereptae cOlliltyis,) 

slew Pyrrhus at Delphi, while he was worsbipping nt the altar erected to 

his father Achilles (palrias aras)." Fr. 

336. Jugis, to the ?l/olIltlai,..lop.. II. 386 j A. & S. 224; B. 826. 

339. Quid, sc. facil, how fares 1 "Whnt of the boy Ascauius? "-Ves. 

aitur, etc., "a?la doe. she b,·eatl .. Ihe vital ai,', IOho for Ihee, tohell Troy 

(was) alrendy -." But here some look or sign on tbe part of Aeneas 

indicates to Andromacbe that Creiisa is no more j and she breaks off 

her inquiry after the motber, to return to tho boy. Trojn may be pre· 

sumed to bo ab!. abso!. with some pnrticiple wbich was to follow in the 

unfinished sentence. Another reading (340) Que",. 

341. Tamen, still, in spite of her death. - Cura = desideriulII. 

343. Avunculus. Rector was Cretisa's brother. 

348-9. Multum, used adverbially.-Magnis, sc. Pergamis. 

351. It was a custom of the Romans, returning afcer a long absenoe, 

to embrace nnd kiss the door.posts of their houses. Cf. II. 490. 

353. The cloisters (pOl·ticI/8) seem to have surrounded the hall (atlla), 

which appears to be used in Virg., in the case of a palace, as equivalent 

to a/rillm. C. 

360. Qui sentis, i. e. thou, whosc senses are alive to. 

362-3. Religio, responses or auspioes; prospera, favorable. 

368. Sequens (= si sequar), protasis, possim, apodosis. H. 503, 2, 

1); A. &; S. 261, Rem. 4. 

376. Jupiter draws tbe decrees of fate like lots out of the urn; "olvil 

vice8, 1. e. ordains the succession of events j is fJertitur ordo, such an 

order of things is revolving, (i. e. is on the point of being ful1illed in thy 

fortunes.) 

381-3. Ital., the Italy, (tbat part tbou art to seek j) obj. of d1·vidit.tonga 

- terris, al a long distallce, a f,"' and palhles. journey separate. 

from our far lands, i. e. from Epirus. Forb. and C. Others: 101lg;s 

dill. lerri •. 'divides by a long stretch of country.' 

386. Inferni lacus, i .•. Avernus. - Circe is oalled Aeacaa from Aca 

in Col chis. 

398. Graiis, poeticnl dat. of the agent. H. 388, 3; A. &; S. 225, II. 

401. Hic -muro, here 1'S that little Petelia, the city of Ihe Alehaoea'l 

leader Philnetetes, Bltpportcd by its wall. 

403. Steterint, shall have anchored. 

405. Velare, illlperat. pass., veil thyself. The covering of the head 

during SAcrifice was a. distinctively Roman custom, the Greeks sacri. 

ficing with the hcad uncovcred.-Comas, ace. of specifioation.


344 NOTES. 

412. Laeva tellus, the left or southern side of Sicily, round whioh 

Aeneas was to sail "longo circuitu," so as to avoid the passage between 

Soylla nnd Cbarybdis. C. 

421. Ter, three times a day. 

440. Mittere, tbou shalt be conducted. Future indio. passive. 

444. Leaves would be among the earliest materials for writing. 

446. Digerit in numerum, a". an·aug .. in order. 

453. Tanti, of ao great cOIl.equellce; (followed by quin adens.) 

457. Volens, ,vitb good will; "graciously." -460. Ven., bere passive. 

467. Loricam, eto., i. e. a coat of ohain-mail, made of metal plates 

fastened together with small cbains, these chains being three-ply and 

of gold. Couple hamia with conaerlam, allro witb trilice ... 

470. Duces, guidea. - 476. Bis. Cf. Aen. II. G.l2-3 and not.e. 

484. Nee - honore, nor is ehe bebind (ber husband) in the honor 

(paid her guests). Many editors and J\ISS.: hOllori. 

486. Et haec, theae gifts alBa, (as well as tbose of my busband.) 

Quae sint, et testentur, 10 be, ele. H. 500; A. &, S. 264, 5. Purpose. 

489. Super, ... e. remaining. - .Aa/yalla.·, son of nee tor nnd Andro. 

mnche. 

499. Fuerit, fut. perf. "Its filliBhed foundation, it is boped, will b. 

less in danger than tbat of ancient Troy." 

503. Epiro, Hespel'ia, abl. of plnce, in omitted by poetical usage. 

505. Nepotes. After his victory at Actium, Augustus founded Nico. 

polis in Epirus, and decreed that its inhabitants sbould be recognized 

as kin8men by the Romans. 

510. Having caat lata for the oa'·8. In anticipation of an early start 

(512-519), before their bivouac tbey determine the succession of rowers 

for the next day. 

517. Auro. The allusion is to the brightness of the .tars which form 

the belt and sword of Orion. - Orion ... 

518. Constare, nre uniform, composed, tranquil. - Caelo, poet. abl. 

of place. 

540. Bello, dative of the end for which. - 545. Velamur. Re1lective. 

546. Praeceptis, in accordance toil" Ihe preupl •. - Maxima, aa Ik. 

me.t impo,otfTl1t. 

549. Velatarum, covered witb sails.-Obvertimus, so. lerme. "As 

the wind bellies out the sails towards tbe sea, tbe retaining anle.n1l,," 

(sail-yards) nnd their borns point in tbe same proportion toward 

land." - Cornua, tbe extremities of the antennae. 

560. Eripite nos e periculo. 561. Haud minus ac, 1I0t other wi,. (lit. 

not le28) than (a.). -565. Desedimus, perf. of deB.do.


BOOK IV. 347 

perhaps, than the minstrel himeelf expected." Our sympathies are all 

with Dido; and when aeneas sets sail, he appears to us rather as the 

shameless deserter, th:m as the pious follower of the will oC the gods. 

1, 2. Dido has he en wounded by Cupid. See Aen. I. 719-22.-Cura, 

i. e. the anxiety of love.-Venis, poeticnlab!. of place, where we should 

have in veni. in Ciceronian prose. II. 422, 1, 2), in fin.; A. & S. 254, 

Rem. 3, in fin. H. and C. make it instrumental ab!.: ,oil" her veins. 

Caeco, hidden. 

3. Multa virtus, the great valor (lit. tbe manifold valor, - proved 

by many deeds). Otbors take mulla and ","ltl/. as equivalent to ",,,ltu711 

adverbially, i. e. saepe. 

4. Gentis, of hi. allce.t,·y.-Vultus, hi. looh. 

10. Quis 110\"US bospes (est) hic, (q ui) successit nostris sedibus? 

11. Quem=q.wlem.-Ore. II. 420; a. & S. 250, I.-Armis, 8hould .. · •• 

-Forti pectore et armis, abi. of characteristio. II. 428; A. & S. 211, 

Rem. 6. 

12. I elo ill deed believe, 1101' i. my confielence .mfolmeleel, that 'til tho 

race q( tlle gods (i. e. that he is the offspring of the gods.) 

13. GOIDardice betrays ifJlloble .0111.; hut he is no COlVard. 

17. Sillce filII fi"Bt pa88ion disappointed me (" played me false." C.). 

cheated (= and cheated me of my hopes) by death (the death of Sychaeus). 

18. Pertaes. {uisset, se. me.-Thalami taedaeque, H. 410, III. j A. 

&; S. 215. Taedae. A torch was lIome beCore a Roman bride, when she 

Was conducted to the bouse of her husband. 

19. Potui sue., I lIIiyht I",,'e !lield«l; the empbatic indic. in the apodosis 

instend of the Sll bj. H. 511, II. 2 j A. & S. 259, Rem. 4, (1), and 

(b); B 1276; A. 59, IV. 2, R. - Culpae, i. e. a second marriage. 

24. Optem, leI me choo.e ,·ather. - Dehiscat. II. 4.93, 2 ; A. & S. 262, 

Rem. 4; B. 1204 elt(l; A. 68, II . • nd. 

27. Pudor, i .•. the ro pect due hoI' former husbaud. 

31. 0 dilecta (tuae) sorori (II. 388, 4; A. &; S. 225, II.; n. 844, U5, 

A. 51, VIII. eltd), magisltlce(=I1itll). 

32. Wilt tho" wa8te "'Day, pinil/g aloll., all (the days of) thy youth' 

33. Noris= nOI'oris. Flit. of lIovi. - Veneris praemia, tho joys of 

Wedded love. 

35. Esto, grallt tltal; (taken with what follows.) - Mariti =proci. 

36. tihyae, Tyro, defining mariti; gen. of souroe and ahl. of source. 

38. Amori. H. 385, and 5; A. & S. 223, RelII. 2 j n. 831. 

39. Consederis, suhj. in an indirect question.-Arvis = ill arvi •• 

43. Tyro,/rom Ty,·e. A bi. of source.-Quid dicam, wlt.'1 "eed I.peak 2


BO OK I V. 349 

137. Circumdata, attired i".- Chlamydem. H. 37,1, 7; A. &, S. 234, 

Rem. 1, (a.)-Pict o limbo, abl. of characteristic. H. 428; A. & .S. 211. 

R em. 6: B. 888; A. 54, II. 

138. In aurum. Her bair gathered into n. knot, is bound either by 

a fillet of gold, or by a net of golden tbreads. 

150-·1. Tantum, i. e. quantllm ApoliiniB. Aeneas is compareu with 

Apollo, in respect, first, of the grace and ease of his movements, secondly, 

of his beauty. C.-Ventum, sc. CBI. 

152. Dejectae, d.-iv." by the attendants. O. Others," having thrown 

themselves down," (pass. as middle,) i. e.leapillg. 

153. Decurrer e, perf. ind., as shown by the metro. Cervi tra"Bmittllnt 

(Be) CUI'BU (= tl'a"Bc",.,."nt) patentes campos, atque fuga (ill flight) 

gl . pulv. agm., etc. 

164. Amnes, Im'rentB made by the sbower; n. striking and frequent 

phenomenon in Italy and Greece. 

168. Conllubiis, dat. nfler COIIBCiIl8. H. 399, 5, 1); A. & S. 213, Item. 7. 

174. F (III/ e, (i. e. Rumor,) tlwn whom there is 110 other pe8t (malum) 

llIol'e 8wiji. 

176. At firBt small from fea.·. - Metu, nbl. of cause. 

178. Terra wn s em'aged ((t tlte wrath of the god8 which had thrust the 

Titans, bel' sons, tlown to Tartarus. 

179. Coeo, (Pl'. Ceo), see p. 412. 

182-4. Oculi, sc . .. mt.-C. medio t . que=inter caelum et terram. 

185. Somno. II. 384; 11. & S. 223. "Nor bows to sleep her eyes-" Con. 

191- 2. Oratio obliqua. The prinoipal olauses, (De",'BBe A.llea1l, (eo. ) 

f ov.,-e Memem,) noo. with inf.; and the subordinate relutive olause 

(di[Jnelt'" Dido), subj . - Viro, (aB Iter) "u8band. 

193. Quam longa (sit), ns long ns it is,-the whole winter. 

195. Doa foeda (i. e. Fame) diffundit haeo in or a viro'm. 

198. Ham. satus, Iarbas, son of Hammon or Ammon and Garamantis; 

an unsuccessful suitor for Dido's hand. Ham., ahl. of source. 

200. Po suit, he erected a hundred temples, etc., hut p"oviouBly (aaoraverat) 

he had cOllBecrated the ever-burning light. 

202. Pillglle fuit 80lum j from the sacrifices: .fl. fuerunt lim_ Cf. I . 639. 

203. Amens animi. H. 399, 3,4; 11. & S. 213, Rem. 1, n.. Speoif. 

204. Media inter numina divum, ill the ",idBt of the Btatues (lit. 

POWers and presenoe) of ill, gods. 

205. Multa Jovem orasse. II. 374; 11_ & S. 231; B. 734; A. 52, III. 

206. Nunc, lI0to (and never hefore. Thy worship was introduoed 

by me.) 

209. Caeci, i.e. aimless; blind as not striking those they ought to strike. 

211- 12. See Aen. 1. 365- 8. 

213. Loci leges = dominion over the place.


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216. Aen. is oalled "that Paris" contemptuously. The reprollch of 

effeminaoy is made aguinst the Trojans by pocts later than theHomerio 

times. 

216. Maeonin, an old name of Lydia whioh hordered on Phrygin. 

Mentum, 3CC. of specification (with 8flb1lixIIB). - Mitra, a cap" fast· 

ened below tbe chin by ribb0ns, wbich partly covered the jaws aud 

temples." - On essenceu hair as a reproaoh, cf. XII. 110. 

217. Rapto, perf. part. of rap;o used as noun: ld, p,·cy. 

218. Quippe, fO"Booth, in sarcasm. -Fam. inanem, a1l idle fame; 

eitber "tbe reputation of Jove as a god" (C.), or his reputed relation 

to larbas (line 198). 

219. Suppliants laid hold of the altars with thcir hn,nds. 

225. Exspectat, linge'·B. -F. datas, a'8igned by 'he fate •. 

228. Bis. First, from Diomede (II. 5, 311 sqq.), nnd finally from the 

Greeks at the sack of Troy (Acn. II. 589 sqq.). 

229. Sed (p"omiBit ilium) fore.-Grav.imperiis, teemi"g ,oith empire. 

230. Qui regeret, prod., mit. II. 501, I.; A. & S. 264,1 and (b). 

Genus proderet, .holdd Ilaud dOllm a li"e. C. -Qui, talem ut is. 

232-3. Accendit, sc. eIl1ll.-Nec, etc., alld lie ""dertoke. "0 ellterpl'i •• 

Mmulf for (super) Iii. 01011 ""101011. 

237. Summa. Noun, not adjective.-Hic- esto, be tholl our herald 

oftlti. me8sage. W. lind C. Hie = de hac reo 

244. Lum. m. resignat, openB tlle;,' eye. ill death. lIen., Forb., O. 

In accordance with the Roman custom of clQsing a friend's eyes at the 

moment of death, and afterwards opening them again when the body 

was laid on the funeral pile, this action is attributed to Meroury, the 

conductor of sonls, the object being that the dead might see their way 

to the lower world. Others, either with the same translation, or taking 

morte as ab!. of separation, explain it, bring. the dead to Z,fe. Other tr. 

of ,·uigllat." urelaxesj JJ H seals ngain; n (( oloses." 

247. Duri, the much.enduri"g. 

252. Nitens, poiBillg kim.elf all. 

257. Litus governed by ad. An unusual post.position of the prep. 

258. Avo. Atlas was tbe fatber of Maia, the mother of Mercury. 

283. Quid agat, what can he do' H. 486, II.; A. & S. 260, Rem. 5. 

289-94. A good example of the o)'atio obliquo. The imperatives of 

direct discourse are put in the subj., (aplellt, cog., par., digsim.); the 

principal declarative clause has the acc. with the inf., - ... e tell/plOW' 

rom ( •• ,e),-and the subordinate clause introduced by quando takes the 

8ubj. For Bit (290), inasmuoh as it would be subj. in direct discourse 

til well, the rule of indirect question must be given. - Aditus, the


BOOK I V. 351 

approaches, or avenues, (to her feelings.) - Quae (293), sc. sint. -Quia 

r . d. (sit) modus, lo7wt method ,,/flY be filli1lg jo,' h.is case. 

298. Tuta, (evell t7


352 NOTES. 

the .o/e app,·oacli .. to (the heart of) the he"o, and the (propcr) occasion. 

(to use them). Noras=nove"" •. 

426. AuJis was the rendezvous of the Grecian fleet before it set sail 

for Troy. 

427. Cinerem - revelli, I,ave I di.t",,,bed tlte a."e. 0" t"e 8ltade. 

434-6. Dolere, i. e. to bear my grief. - Extr. remittam. I a8k 1M. 

la8t grace, -pity Ihy 8i8tel', - which, tolWI hc .hall ltace g"all ied (1't), 1 

will "epay with i11lerest (lit. heaped up) by my death. After "pity thy 

sister" we may supply in thought If (wd urge him. to beBlow it/' , or, with 

R .,-'Iwlw is ,-educed to SllC};, II'U.pplicatio1J8/' No pa8sage in V. bus given 

editors greater difficulty than this. I follow the hest MSS. Other 

readings: dederi. and cumulata. Conjectures: o"a (435), L. ; (ingan ious 

but needless): fIIonte (436) R.; (ab.III·d). 

437- 8. Fletus, lea'iul appealII. C.-Fel·t q. r efertq., bea,·. agai11 a"d 

agai", i. e. to Aeneas; lit. both hem', ond bem" agai". 

452. Perag., relinq., subj. of rcsult after gilD (=ut eo). H . 489; 

A. & S. 262. We should have expeoted thc imperf. after vidit: "but the 

Bame latitude which allows the pres. to be used historically for the pas t 

in tbe iudie. is extended to the other moods." O. See H. 482, 2. 

457·-9. Templum. A chapello tbe Di Manes.-Veller., woollen fillets. 

460. Hinc voc. et ver. vil'i vacanti. (of ber husband calling upon 

ber) visa (sunt) exaudiri. Notice the allitemtion. 

463-5. Queri, historical inf.- Longas - voces, all(l drew out her 10119 

lIoteR i1lto a wail. - Aeneas drives her, in her dreams. 

468. Alld to be .eelting/D'· (her) TY"ian8, in a deBolate lalld. 

470- 3. In his madness, inflicted by the Furies in consequence of his 

resisting the introduction of the rites of Bacchus into Thebes, Pantheua 

saw the sun and city double. Orestes, son of Agamemnon, having 

slain his mother, was driven mad by the Furies. To escape them, 

he took refuge in the temple of Apollo; but when he would go out, he 

saw them sitting on the threshold. Saaenis agitatus, d"iv ... ov.r tl .. 

,tage: RCaenis ab1. of place. Virgil alludes to the story of Orestes a8 

told in Greek and Roman plays. 

477-9. Spem- serenat, i. e. she shows a joyful hope on her face. 

Vel - amantem, lit., or releaBe me, loving, f"om loin> j i. e. release me 

from my love for him.-O. finem, tho ocea/l'. limit to the world. 

482-90. Aptum, from apo, Btudded. - Templi, of the Bacred ellclo 

.ure, i. e. the garden, guarded by the drngon.- Ramos, the brnnobeS 

whicb bore tbe golden apples. - Movet, she calls up. 

493. That "'Hoillingly I gird my.el/ toith magic art.. Aeeingier =' 

accingi. H. 239, 6; A. &; S. 162, 6. The pass. is here used liS middle.


BOOK IV. 353 

494. Tecto int., i. e. in the ""'pill";"',, or un roofed space in the oentro 

of the great holl (atl';u",). - Sub auras, lit. "p t(l the .Try. 

500. Anna's charaoter, unsuspicious and devoid of penetration, is 

well cbosen to render tbe working out of tbe catastrophe more easy and 

Datum!. B. 

502. Concipit, docs .he cOllceive oJ.-Quam morte Sych., Ihan (those 

whicb Dido suffered) al the death oj Sychaeus. 

508- 11. An effigy (of Aeneas). - Tbree hundred gods: not literally, 

bu t giving tbe idea of a great number. - Diana was called by tbree 

names: L""a in heaven, Dialla on earth, and Hecate in the lower 

regions. 

516. Amor, a, love-chM11I. The ancients believed that foals were born 

witb tubercles ou tbeir forebeads, wbicb were bitten off by thcir dams; 

if removed in any other way, tbe dam refused to rear the foal. This 

flesh (hippomane8) was supposed to act as a philtre. 

618. Vine.,". e. of ber sandal. Tbo bare foot and loosened robe were 

common in sacred rites, especiaJly wben one would be loosed from love. 

520. Si quod num ., just. memorque, babet curae (has for a care, 

regards) amantes non aeq. foed., preeatur (id numen). 

524-36. Med. lapsu, i. e. at midnight.- Somno, ill Bleep.- N oet em, 

,;, e. tbo quiet of tho night.-Quos - sim dedign. H. 515, II.; 5] 6, 4,; 

A. & S. 264, 2; B. 1290; A. 61, 3, n. Mar., a8 81£itor.. A. & S. 230, R. 2. 

537- 47. Igitur, then, implies tbat a. neg. answer has been given to 

the preoeding question.-Ultima, the extreme.t, i. e. tbe most degmding. 

- Quiane. An ellipsis is implied in "e. Am I to follow tbem, beca" •• 

they m'e plea8ed (juvat eos) to have beell Jornw'ly ,·.lidved b.y my aid, etc. 

-Fac (me) velle, supp08e me 10 be willio'g. - Inferar, i . e. shall I follow 

and Ilttack his ships? - Morere, imperat. of 1IIo,';or. 

551- 2. More ferae, ;, e. in solitude. - Sychaeo, bere an adj. 

566- 9. Jam, with tbe fut., at o1lce.-Trabibus, with the ships (of 

tbe Cartbaginians). _ Varium. H. 438, 4; 441; A. '" S. 204, Rem. 9; 

205, Rem. 7, (2); B. 659. 

591. n 1userit, fut. perf. See note on II. 581. 

596- '7. }'acta impia, (hi.) ,oic!.·.d deeds, i. e. the perfidy of Aeneas. 

Otbers, " TLei' impious deeds;" i. e. Dido's own faithlossness to tbe memory 

of Sychaeus.-Tune. dec., ; . e. thou ougbtest to bave distrusted his 

fi delity, when thou wert giving bim a share of tby power. 

598-606. Ejll., quem, etc.- 603- 6. Fuerat. H . 511, II. 2 ; A. d; S. 259, 

Rem . 4, and (b); B. 1276; A. 59, IY. 2, D.-F uisset. Concessive subj. H. 

516, II. 1; A. & S. 260, Rem. 3 ; B. 1281, N. lJ,; A. 60, IV. - Imple( Vi)b. 

23 Vir.

372 NOTES. 

them in review, are all in Virgil's most spirited style. - BLACKWOOD'S 

MAGAZINE. 


1-18. Aenela. Cf. II. 543, note.-Caieta (pr. Ca-lIe-ta), the nurse of 

Aeneas; represented by Virgil as giving to the town and promontory 

of Cnieta in Latium their name.-Qua (indefinite pronoun), any.-Pius. 

Cf. I. 10, note. - Quierunt = q",·eve,·,ml. - Velis, abl. of means. - In 

noctam, the hreezes blolV ;1110 the 1I;ghl. A poetical expression, for 

which in plain prose we should simply ::lay ,in the 'night. So llanu, 1'm'Bf·l. 

III. p. 339. Otbers: toward. or at th" "l'P"""ch of night.-Inaccessos, 

d'I11gero"8 to apl"·o{fch. W.-Solis filia, Ciree.- Tectis, nb1. of place, 

the prep. in omitted by poetical license. -In lumina, for li!Jht in the 

n;ght. In with the ace. of the end. -Exaudiri, saeviro, ululare, historical 

info H. 545, I; A. & S. 209, R. 5, and n. 7; B. 1137; A. 49, III. 

21-38. Quae talia monstra, Bitch p01·ten/OttB trans/ormatio!!B ao the8e. 

- Posuere, sc. Be. - Quae tempora. TimeB in the sense of ciroumstances, 

couditio". - Fuerit, indirect question. 

46-66. Senior. Comparative to denote a high degree of a quality; 

as we say, an elderly man.-Fauno and nympha. H. 425, 3, 1); A. & 

S. 246. - Oriens, sc.p>·oleB. Whatever male offspriug of his began to 

live.-Filia, Lavinia. - Plenis annis, abl. of description.-Avis, abl. 

of cause. -Regia conjunx, (Am1ita), the ,oife 0/ the king (Latinus). 

Tecti medio. In the ;'''l'IIlVillnz. Cf. II. 512, and IV. 494, notes . 

. Uedio, poetical ahl. of place. - Comam, acc. of speoification. H. 380; 

A. & S. 234, II. Cf. II. 629, noto. - Sacrasse = 8acl'avi8Be. - Take 

summum with apicem. 

70-99. Partibus ex isdem, /1'0'" the 8""" "egioa that tho bees came 

from, i .•. the lower sen.. B. - Dominarier. Tho old infinitive in -lr. 

H. 239, 6; A. & S. 162, 6.-Visa, so. est.-Ornatum, ace. of specific ation. 

-Totis tectis. II. 422, 1, 1); A. & S. 254, Rom. 2, (h) in fin. 

Ferri (historical inf.), ,0aB ,·.ga,·ded.-Canebant, se. vate •. - Monstris. 

the portentB. Ah!. of cause.-Genitoris. Faunus was the father of Latinus. 

-Nemorum quae maxima, so. aqllal"lnt, 10hieh, g"eateol (of the 

BtreamB) of the/m·eRtB. H., Forh., L. Wagner takes Albunea to he the 

nnme of a wood.-Acheronta, i. e. decs inferos et Manos.-lmis Avernis, 

poeticnl abl. of place. - Qui ferant (a relative clause defining the 

quality of the nD'tecedent) = taleo 1It /era"t. H. 501, I.; A. & S. 26·1, 

1, (a) and (b); B. 1218,1220, b; A. 65, I. 

111-127. Cereale solum, "their '0heatell board." - Augent, heap. 

Malis, from ",ala. -Fatalis. Cf. III. 255-7. - Quadris. The round 

cakes wore marked off into four quarters by lines stumped on the surfaoe.


BOOK VII. 375 

553-71. Stant, a)'e fi"mly fixed.-Raud velit, ,"auld II0t be willillg. 

Superest (559), tmesis.- Rupto Acheronte, where Achero .. burs/sfo)·IT. 

to the upper ail'.-Quis=q,dbtts.-Levabat. Cf. Tennyson: 

"This lump of cClrth has left /tis estate 

The /iglller by the loss of his wdght." 

The imperf. denotes the continuance of the effect of the action. 

577-98. Medio in, in ITte midst oj, belongs to iglli (" the fiery pas. 

sion") os ,tell as .,."'"ine. - Martemque fatigant, and demand tOa,·. 

Strictly, fatigue Lati"". with their shouts demanding war. - Nefas 

(596), tTty ''''piety, i. e. the penalty of thy impiety.-Omnisque-portlls, 

alld I am qnite at tTte th,·e.hold of the porI, (i. e. just ready to enter the 

peaceful haven of the grave.) -Funere spolior, only of a happy deatl. 

I am Tabbed. Rest awaits me, although the horrors of war will sadden 

my last hours. 

607-26. Belli portae, i. e. the temple of Janus.- The trabea was 

a white toga, ornamented with purple horizontal stripes, and worn hy 

the Latin and early Roman kings; here attributed to Romulus. The 

Gabine cincture was" a mode of wearing the tog:1, introduced from 

G abii. The toga was thrown over the body in such a way that its 

lowest lnppet was brought round and girt the waist, w!lile the rest of it 

en veloped the bead." - Voca t, in vites, calls forth. - Leves, poli.hed. 

637. 'I'il e toatch·100rd goe. fMth, the 8ignal for war. 

653- 69. Esset. H. 501, III.; A. & S. 264,9. - Oras, tlLe ,·egio/lB. 

Torquens, th,.owillg a"o,md himself. - It seems best, with L., A., and 

others, to take i1ldlttlt. as a noun in the ncc. pl., in apposition with 

legllmell.' "a covering with its white tceth for the head." The lion's 

upper jaw encircled the forehead of Aventinus, while the lower jaw was 

drawn under his chin. -Rerculeo. Hercules wore thc skin of the 

Nemean lion. 

671- 85. Fratris, of their b,·othe)·. - Order (679-80): regem, quem 

omnis aetas credo genitum (esse) Vulc., etc. - Quos (tu pascis). 

701-19. Amnis, tho Cayster.-Asia palus, in Lydia.-Clausus. Liv. 

2, l6.-Prisci Quirites, the ancient inhabitants of Cures.-Se1ltrns, a 

mountain not elsewhere named. -Infaustum, from the defeat. of tbe 

Romans by the Gnuls, B. C. 390.-"The morning setting of Orion took 

place in the beginning of Dccember, and was always accompnnied with 

storms." 

'724-49. Curru, dnt.-Felicia Baccho,jrniif"Z in the vine.-Aequora, 

p/nill8.-The aclydes were dnrts with thongs nttnohed, by which, after 

huving heen hurled, they could be drawn bnck.- Comminus (732), 

(wh ich they usc) in close tight. - Celemna, n city of Campania, near 

'rennulll. - Rapto, Oil their prey. Participle us noun.


376 NOTES. 

757-80. In wlnera, againRt (i. e. for healing) WOlin d •• - Bello = ad 

beliltm. - Pinguis, victim is abundans. W. - Novercae, Pbaedra. 

Occiderit. Oratio obliqun. - Patrias - poenas, and had .ated hi. 

fathe,.'. vellgeance with hi. blood. - Phoebigenam, Aescu1a.pius. - Ubi 

exigeret=ut ibi exigeret. H. 500; A. & S. 264,5, and Rem. 2.-Currum 

et juvenem effudiire. Zeugma. Supply everle,..",t to go,oern wrr"",. 

Hippolytus was thrown from his chariot and killed, Neptune, 

at the prayer of his son Theseus, having sent sea-monsters which frightened 

the horses. 

784-802. Vertitur (passive as middle) = incedit, moveB p"oltdly, or 

with strength and mnjesty.-Toto vertice, ab!. of the measure of difference.-Crinita, 

nom., jUba, ab!. Prove liy scanning.-Aetnaeos, like 

(or as great as) those of Aetna. Poetic exaggeration. - IlIa, the Chimaera. 

- Auro, (wrolfght) in golt!. -Argumentum, device. - Urna. 

River-gods are represented in works of art as partly reclining on the 

ground, and leaning on an urn from which water, reprcsenting the 

fountain of the river, is fiowing.- Scuta, acc. of specification.-Quis= 

quibtlB. -At Anxur, (afterwards Torracina,) a god Anxurus wns worshipped, 

identified in later times with Jupiter. Near the city were the 

grove and temple of Feronia, the spouse of Jupiter Anxilrus. - Saturae 

- Ufens. The region about the Pontine Marshes is indicated in these 

two lines. 

804-17. Florentes, a poetical cxpression for flligente •. -Manns, aco. 

of specification.- Pati, sc. QB8lteta.-Intactae, sc. a falce, '1;>y the 

sickle.'-Volaret, Illight fly. Potential subj. - Nee laesisset, (lit., nor 

would she have broken,) nOI' b,·ealc.-Ut, how; followed by the subj. of 

indirect question. -Regins - ostro. These words denote the purple 

chlamy. which Camilla wore, in token of her royal birth.-Tho Lycian9 

were skilful arohers. - Pastoralem myrtum, a .huft of paBtora! "'y,·ae. 

ShepherdS made their crooks of myrtle-wood.


BOOK IX. 

ARGUMENT. 

T URNUS, taking advantage of the abseneD of Acneas, endeavord to 

eet fire to the Trojan fleet (1-76). The ships, however, are turned into 

sea-nymphs by Jupiter, at the solicitation of Cyhl!le, from whose sacred 

grove, on Monnt Ida, their timbers had been hewn (77-:22). At the 

approach of night, Tnrnus sets watches to prevent a surprise from the 

Trojan camp (123-167); wh ile the Trojans, on the other hand, devise 

plans to convey to Aeneas an account of tbeir critical situation. Nisus 

and Euryalus, having volunteered tbeir services as .couricrs, set forth 

on their perilous expedition, and, after slaying great numbers of the 

sleeping Latins, are themselves cnt down (168-445). Tbeir heads are 

fixed on spears and carried before the Trojan camp, to tho great sorrow 

and oonsternation of thoir companions in arms (446-502). Tnrnns then 

attacks Ascanius and his followers, and a battle, fierce and bloody, is 

fought around, and even within, the Trojan encampments (503-818). 

Nothing of its kind 10 all literature surpasses the episode of NISUS 

and EUnYALUS (176-502) in beauty and pathos. 

3- 11. Parentis, of his ancestor. Pilumnus was the great-greatgrnndfather 

of Turnus.- Optanti, sc. tibi.- Dies, li",e. Dies is mase. 

when it denotes a natural day, or a civil dny (as in dntes). - Sceptra 

sedemque, i. e. the kingdom and the palace.- Corythi urhes, i. e. Etruri:1. 

- Lydorum, of. II. 781, note. 

26- 74. Pictai= pictae. H. 42,3,2); A. & S. 43, 1. - Vertitur, cf. 

VII. 784, note. - Surgens = j.nercscens. The septem alllnes are tbe 

seven branches of the Ganges. - Per tacitum, (se. it), flows in silence. 

-Ab adversa mole, from a totoer '''front (of the enemy). - Fortuna, 

adversefortulle.-{Praeeeperat, lit) sen·arent. - Et (urbi), evell . - En, 

"lool: there!" - Improbus, ;',aaliuble. - Ex longo, se. tempore. - In 

aequum, 'nto the ope>.field.- Socios inceudia poscit. 11. 374; A. & S. 

231; B. 734; A. 52, III. I. -Accingitnr, m'm tllemselves. Middle \'oiee. 

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392 NOTES. 

teus, primarily applied to the island of Pharos and the coast of Egypt, 

are also used to designate the ends of the c:Lrtb at tbe East, in the sarno 

way as the western limits are indicated by "tbe pillars of Hercules." 

Mycenaeus ductor, Agamemnon. -Devictam Asiam. metonymy for 

the conq1!e"m' of A.ia, (Agamemnon.) n., W., L.-Adulter, Aegistbu8. 

- Lines 267 and 268 are ordinarily placed before lines 264-266. 

Deos invidisse depends upon refenw.. As tbe myth is commonly told, 

the companions of Diomedes wero not changed into birds until after bis 

death. - Malorum is governed by ",emilli, and laetorve may be translated, 

no" fal;;e plea81L1 o e in their memory_ 

293- 316. Qua, on whatever condition.-Magno bello (dat.),;" "egard 

to 0'''' great lOa' .. - Fuerat. See note on velli (112). Qua mina cetera 

rerum jaceant pcrculsa.-Paucis (verbis). - Tusco amni, the Tiber. 

335-74. In medium, fm' I,he co","'o1l good.- Incertum, etc., ho bore 

an uncertain (descent) on his father's side; (implying that his father 

was of low origin.)- Onerat, sc. Tnrnnm.- Det, let him (i. e. Tumus) 

gralll.-Dici, i. e. to be p,'omided.- Nil moror, ;. e. I am not unwilling. 

-Sternamur, subj. of dcstiny Or doom; 1De ",,,st be th"OlD!t 0" Ihe plai" •• 

- Patrii Martis = pat"iae vi,.Wli •. - Aspice contra, COllfrOllt : 

"Front him that calls you, eyo to oyo." 

389-410. Imus, we are goillg; a lively substitution for eam!!8, let us 

go.- Die, abl. of time within which.-Tydides and Achilles, subjects 

of tremesClmt.-The Auftdus recoils from the sea to its fountain-head in 

dread of the 'frojans; i. e. Diomedes, who lives in Apulia where the 

Aufidus flows, forsooth etnnds in awe of Aeneas. Turnus intimates his 

disbelief of Diomedes' unwillingness to fight. - Vel quum - acerbat. 

In the apodosis to tbis sentence, (lines 408-9,) the construotion is 

changed, for rhetorioal elfect, into a direct address to Drances in the 

second person. If anytbing is to be supplied. it is, as W. suggests, 

Bcilo.-Artifieis scelus, this w,'etc" of a trick.ter.-Crimen, his accusation 

agai"st me. - Te, Latinus. 

416-44. Mihi (dat. of referonce), in my op;n;oH.-Semel, 011ce f01' all. 

- Tempestas, the Blor". of battle, - Multa, aco. pI. - Vel praestet 

ilie lieet, etc., eve" thoug" he (" that one," i. e. Aeneas) (present, i. e.) 

p"ove himseif a g,'eat Achilles. - Morte luat, nor let Dranccs, eto'1)ay 

Ihe 1,.,,01Iy with hi. death. -Tollat, bear alOay tho prize. 

459-87. Immo, nay, (do not rusb to arms.) Ironical.- JUS80 = 

jU'B.ro.-Qui non acceperit. ReI. clause with subj., giving the reaSOn. 

-Rutulum. Tbe Rutulian corselets were probably the best in Italy. 

502-13. Order: Si merito est qua fiducia sui forti. - Improbu9, 

inutiable.- (Ut) quaterent. B. 1203; A. 64, IV. See note on line 103.


BOOK XI. 393 

534-68. Latonia, Diana. - Tua tela, ... e. the bow and arrows. 

Donum Triviae. It was through the gift or kindness of lJialla that 

Camilla was borne safely on the spcar.- Neque - dedisset, nor would 

I,e himsel/, ;/1 hiB wildncSB (abI. of cause), h(tve cOIIscntcd (so to live). 

614. Perfractaque - rumpunt, i. e. they dash their steeds against 

each otber so viol en tly as to break their breasts. 

630-49. "Twice "cpuIBed, they looked bacle (on their pursuers), cove"illY 

the;" back. ,o;th .hield •. " - Latus, b .. ea.t. 

669- 721. Flumina pulsant, i. e. beat tbe /I'OZell waters, with their 

horses' hoof8. - Martia. PenthesiJea was tbe daughter of Mars. - S8 

refert (victorious from the fight). - Sufi'osso, .tabbed /I'OTIl belleath. - 

Armis ignotis, M·ith ""known (i. e. unusual, extraordinary) a,·m •. - 

Interior, in an inner (and therefore a shorter) circle; a term taken 

from tho rilce-course. - Haud Ligurum extremus, sc. in the arts of 

deceit.-Evadere witb tbe dat. is an in novation of Virgil; tbe verb is 

generally used witb the simple abl., with the abI. with ex, or with the 

ace. L.- Ventosa- fraudem, 10 whom/ame, fic',le aa the toi1ld, b"illg' 

deceit (i. e. disltppointment, and harm). - Ligus, L ig" .. ;all.- Auno, to 

A m",a thy fl1ther.-The hawk is called sacer as being a bird of augury. 

725- 50. Non nullis, i. e. with not inattentive. - Segnes, se. eate; 

which imperat., as well as expeetate, is used in bitter irony. L. calls 

the use of the imperat. bero and in line 460 cOllce8aive. Some editors 

read expectare, against all the best MSS.- Secundus, (l711101ll1Cillg favorable 

011lella. As soon as this announcement was made, the sacred feast 

was held in a grove. - Exit, repela. 

771- 92. In plumam, Wee a pl"me. Tbe brazen scales overla,pped 

each other like feathers.- Auro, i. e. witb a clasp of gold. - Pineuaacervo, 

i. e. the fire from beaped pine-branches.-Ignem. Tbe ancient 

Italian deityVejovis, afterwards identified witb Apollo, was worshipped 

on Mount Soracte. His priests walked over glowing coals of fig-tree 

wood, (having first ca.refully salved thoir feet.)-Dum, provided that. 

822-61. Quicum=quaoum, ,Dith 101wm.- Partiri, info absolute (ordinarily, 

but less properly, called historioal inf.) - Manibus aequis, 

" with hands equally stretcbed." 

870- 92. Desolati, aballdoned (by their leaders).- Summo certamine, 

i. e. "with might and lDain" (Con.), "in noble rivalry" (W.). - Ut 

videre Camillam, as they saw Camilla (to have done). 

908-1S. Simul, at one and the same time; the meaning is continueci 

by at in line 910 ··-Gurgite Hibero, in the I berian sea, i . e. the Westero 

Ocean.


BOOK XII. 

ARGUMENT. 

TURlIUS seeing that after the two defeats of the Latins all hope is 

aentred in him, determines to engnge with Aeneas in single combat, 

and sends a message to him to tbat effect (1-106). Aeneas with delight 

accepts the challenge, and an agreement is made between the two 

armies, and sanctioned by an oath (107-215). By the wiles of Juno, 

however, the treaty is violated, the augur Telumnius having wounded 

a hero on the Trojan side (216-276). Both parties rush to Mms, and 

Aeneas while endeavoring to restrain his men is wounded by an unseen 

band, and obliged to retire from tbe battle-field (277-323). Turnus 

takes advantage of tbe absence of his rival from the fight, to slay great 

numbers of tbe Trojans nnd their allies (324-382). But meanwhile 

Venus plucks an herb from the Cretan Ida, and heais her son, who now 

recruited in strength returns to the conflict and loudly calls on Turnns 

to fullil his former engagement (383-445). Turnus, however, is kept 

away by his sister J uturna from that part of the field where Aeneas is 

known to be, and Aeneas being unable to find him slays many of those 

whom chance opposed to him, and commences an assault on the city 

(446-592). Turnus, bearing tbat Amata bas in ber despair committed 

suicide, and seeing tbat matters have come to tbe Illst extremity, renews 

his eballenge to Aeneas (593-696). In the combat Aeneas is victorious. 

He is about to spare his prostrate foe, when he sees on his shoulder the 

baldric of the Arcadian Pallas, a.nd, furious with wrath, he slays the 

slayer of his friend (696-952). 

"The fates of the combatants have been balanced by Jupiter, and 

we know that in a short time tbe only obstacle that keeps Aeneas from 

his destined empire will be removed by Turnus's death. Yet tbat brief 

space only scrves to intensify our interest for the doomed man; our 

wishes lend him wings as he is fiying for his life, and calling by nltmo 

on each of bis terrified comrades; and we ecbo tbe agonized prayer in 

which he implores the gods of bis native land to hold fast Aeneas's 

spear. We follow Turnus through t.be few remaining stages of bel pless 

eifort, dreamy bewilderment, and final overtbrow, feeling tbat till he is 

dead we can spare no thoughts for the conqueror and the fruits of his 

victor,." C. 

( 894)


898 NOTl!:S. 

445,4; A. &; S. 206, (8).-Summa, the centre; the point on which the 

war hinges. 

616-48. Minus - equorum, Ie •• fo,·t/mate in the ... cceRB of Ai. ho,· ••• 

(lit. 1 ••• hal'l'Y); his horses becoming fatigned. - Numero, in the "Un! 

ber (of the .lain). - Fallis dea, dost thou seek to escape (my observa 

tion, as being) a goddess, i. e. dost tbou conceal tby divinity.- Usque, 

etc., i. it ind.ed .0 v.,·y mise"able a thiug to die ! Tbese words were 

quoted by Nero, wben besitating about putting himself to death. 

Culpae, i .•. dishonorable flight. 

659-94. Tui fldissima=tibijidi •• ima. "A novel oonstruction, after 

the analogy of tU'i .t"dio.i •• ima, amal1tissima." II. 399,1; A. & S. 213. 

E rotis, (671)=e C1l1'1'11.-Vertex, a pointed blaz •. -Turrim. A movltble 

tower within the walls, which Turnus had caused to he built for defence. 

-Fata. Turnus draws an omen of his own death from the destruction 

of the tower .ahich he him.elf buill. - Stat, etc., I am determined, by 

enduring death, to sutrer whatever bitterness there is (in death). 

Furorem, cognato ace - Mons, i. e. mOll Ii • • a:""",; improbus, ungovernable; 

Maf nva,d>jf. "Th. ,mpil,¥i"fl ,'od,," Con.-Verius (est) etc., 

il i. 71101" jll.t (cf. Hor., Ep. 1. 7, 98) tl.at 1 alone .liould at01le f01' the 

(b,'o/"en) tl'eaty, etc. 

727-43. (Ut pateat) quem labor (=p/lgllu) damnet (=de.!iJlet ",orli). 

Hic, 'lOW, (while Jupiter is weighing their destinies). -Et ferit. The 

caesura after this dactyle (the first foot), and the following sentence, 

Exciamallt T,·o •• , etc., strikingly depict the suspense of the mind between 

expectation and fear. W.- Deserit, ni fuga, deserts him, (and 1aoltld 

leave h"1/, to perish), did not flight, etc.-Arma dei Vulcania, i . •. arm .. 

dei Vulcani. - Incertos. He knew not whither they led. 

753-85. Tbe Umbrian nnd Laconian hounds were excellent huntingdogs. 

- Laurenti divo, Faunus. - Nullo discrimine, i .•. making no 

distinction between it and a common tree.-Morsus. "The two sides 

of the split wood grasp tbe head of the spear like a forc.ps." - Dea 

Daunia, Juturna. 

791-836. Omnipotentis. Olympus is called omnipotent, as the reRidence 

of omnipotent Jupiter. - Indigetem. Indigetes are heroes of .. 

country, honored after their death as protecting deities of the land. cr. 

Lil'. I. 2, 5.- Et, connecting this clause with the preceding so as to 

make one whole, continues the npflolio". Tr. llo1·.-Deforma1'6, sc.lllct". 

Cf. liue 60a.-Nec -videreB, "01' (were tby will unknown to me) IDoltld.t 

tholl •••. -Digna indigna, i. e. anytbing whatever. The Romans were 

fond of a'y"d.toll in the cnse of opposites; e. g. veli", no/i1ll, bona mala, 

hOlle.ta t/II'pia, fm/du nefallda, aequa ;""qlla. - Superstitio, eto., the


METRICAL INDEX. 

AFTER thoroughly learning H. 671-675 and 608-669, or A. &; S. 310 

and 282-309, tbe student will be prepared to study and enjoy the exquisite 

metro of Virgil. The well-known lines,- 

"Strongly it I benrs us a I long. ill I swelling and I limitless I billows, 

NotWng bo I fore, and I nothing be I hind, but tho I sky and tho I ocoan,"-- 

but shadow forth one pbase of the manifold capacities of the heroic 

measure wbich Virgil employs with equal success to produce effects tbe 

most diverse. 

Tbe chief difficulties in scanning tbe Aeneid -(wbiob bave not been 

already explained in the Notes) are solved in tbe following table. For 

explanlltion of technical terms, consult the Grammar by tbe aid of tbe 

I ndex: for eliBioll see By1laloepha; for lengthening of tbe syllable in tbe 

ar."8, see a"."8 and diaBtole, and A. & S. 309, (1.) See also my Remarks 

at the end of tbis Index, witb reference to Arsis, Hiatus (or non-elision 

of a vowel before anotber vowel), and otber points wortby of notice. 8ynapheia 

is "such a connection of two consecutive verses that the first syllaLle 

of the latter verse has an inllnence on the final syllable of that 

which preoedes, either by position, synaloepha, or echthlipsis." 

BOOK I. 

73. C(!nnu I bw jiin I. fo pro yo by synneresis.-120. Jam valId' I 

i'm; Ill .. na I. N .. , one 8y1., by synaeresis.-131. vIS I cat d'/tf.lIc I 

Dehillc one sy1., by elision. - 195. quae I dCi"d1! cit I . Synaeresis.- 

256. na I tae d'","c I. See 131.-308. vId I et Mmi I . Final sy1l .. - 

ble lengthened by the Ilrsis. - 332- 3. lIS I corum I q,,'ETTa I mus. 8yna- 

* Schiller, tmn81ated by Coleridge. 

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402 METRICAL INDEX. 

802. Tnfiias ub' , '!Ii, (I, Greek diphthong (Pl'. lOi).-558- 9. c15 , Jorem , 

qu'Et Synaphcia.- 629- 30. ne , potes , gl I 0 not elided. 

269. taen.,s , ;;s Pl'. yis by synaeresis. - 284. dli. I tii.· oper' , Arsia 

lengthened.-337. Euryli. I l". et ,. See 284.-352. au)'... Synaeresis. 

-422.1li. I eertos ,g,,'Ex Synapheia.-432. Gellltii.lli.b , Pro Gellwa, as a 

dissyllable, by synaeresis.-521. pat' or arc: Arsis long.-589. Parieti I 

bils yet by synacrcsis.- 663. fibiete Synaeresis.-697. sem I i,;;.tli. rnli. I 

Synaeresis.-735. e151 I 0 bile I 0 not elided.-753. rii , dentes I gll'Ex 

Synapheia. 

826. Nisiiie Spioque Tbaliaque Cym15d15eeqne. - 853. qu'a' mitti! I 

bat oeli , Arsis lengtbened. 

BOOK VI. 

33. ,omllta, Ilia one syllable, Pl'. "ya by synaeresis. -126. AnchisIa 

I du fae! , Arsis lengthened.- 201. fau , cils g,.av' iJ ,. Elision. 

- 280. Fe,Ter, A spondee, by synaeresis. - 287. Brili.' "iUs ae , 

''', a diphthong.- 289. 'Harpyi' '!Ii, a diphthong.- 412. lalvw I A 

.pondee, by synaeresis.- 507. Rer I vant te li.' e (a long vowel in the 

middle of the thesis) sbortened, imitating the Greek. - 602- 3. eli. I 

dena I 2',,'100 Synapheia.- 653. I c",.,.Uti", I A spondee, by synaeresi •. 

Many MSS. rcad ClIl'rum.- 678. osten I tat d'hillc I Synaeresis. -768. 

Nilmi I to,' ilt I Arsis lengthened. 

BOOK VII. 

33. lalveo' Pl'. alv.yo, by synaeresis.- 96. eonnu , bii6 na I Synae 

",sis.-160-I. Lal tina 1,.'Ar Synapheia. -174. e ,rut; hoc I Arsia 

lengthened. -175. lariele I Pro m·-yet-e.-178. ce , dro Ita I 0 not 

elided.-186. ,que clJpe I Arsis lengthened.-190. Au,'w I Synaeresis.


404 METRICAL INDEX. 

- 487. Un'eo, I dem Synaeresis, san 19"'8 an'i I Arsis.-496. I baltiil 

Synaeresis -- 720. profii I gu. hyme I Arsis.-764. Ne,. .. Synaeresis. 

-781-2. caelilm I qu'As Synapbeia.-872. a I 7110" et I Arsis.-895-6. 

La I tini I qu'Ad. Synapheia. 

BOOK XI. 

31. Parrhli.si I 0 Ev I 0 not elided.-69. Jangiien I Ii. hY" I Arsis.- 

111. Ora I 'i8 il'quI I Arsis. - 200. se I mW8taque I SYMeresis. - 262. 

Pro It .. Mene I Synaeresis.-268. Idome I " .. Libj I Synneresis.-323. 

l!. I mol' fit I Arsis.- 383. PrOi"dil to I Synaeresis. - 469. pa i till' lit I 

Arsis.-480. tiin I ti Deli I i not elided. See note on 1. 16, (page 284.) 

-609-10. fii I rentes I qu'Ex Synaphein .. - 635. Semia/,i I mes Synaeresis.- 

667. iibilta Synaeresis.- 890. Ariltat Synaeresis. 

BOOK XII. 

13. pll. I Ie,' et I Arsis.-31. gener I 0 arm I 0 not elided.-68. a I btl,. 

aut I Arsis.-83. Orl I thij\a A Greek word.-84. o;"t' I irent I Elision. 

- 232. rna I !lUB in I Arsis.- 356. Semianf I ml Synaeresis. - 363. 

CblOri!'lL I qlle Syba I Arsis. - 401. P1Wo I "fill mo I Synaeresis.-422. 

do 1101' om I Arsis.- 535. t'nyl 110 ani I 0 not elided.- 541. I ire .... I 

Dissyllable, by synneresis.-550. domi I tor et I .Arsis.-648. anI I ",


REMARKS 

UPON 80ME POINT$ OF 

CLASSICAL VERSIFICATION. 

I. Quantity and Accent. 

THE structure of Verse, in Latin and Greek, is founded on the 

different quantity of the syllables, as long or short; in English, 

on the contrary, and other modern languages, the laws of versification 

refer to the accentuation or non-accentuation of the syllable. 

Even in the prose pronunciation of Greek and Latin, the 

accent, while carefully observed, was quite subordinate, and is 

never named in speaking of rhetorical euphony, while, on the 

other hand, the distinction of quantity was distinctly and strongly 

marked; in poetry, accordingly, the verse was audibly distinguished 

by the alternation of the long and short syllables. As it 

is not possible for us, either in prose or verse, to pronounce the 

words according to their quantity with such precision and in 

such. a way as t.he ancients did, we cannot recite their poetry correctly, 

but are forced to give their verses a certain resemblance 

to OUl'S by laying an accent on the Arsis; whereas the ancients 

simply indicated the arsis by the length of the syllable, not raising 

the voice, but only prolonging the sound. . 

While in the recitation of verse the metrical intonation pre .. 

dominated, it did not entirely suppress the ordinary accent of 

words. Even now a delicate ear can often feel a subtile beauty 

in the relations, in ancient poetry. of the subordinate effects of 

accent with the metrical beat of the line; and even in English reading 

of Greek 01' Latin verse, the best method combines a primal'Y 

regard for the rhythm with a certain attention to the accent. 

(405 )


408 CLASSICAL VERSIFICATION. 

VI. Synizesis or Synaeresis. 

Synizesis (or Synaeresis) occurs in Virgil much less frequently 

than in the earlier Roman poets. Except in proper names, he 

uses it chiefly with ee (as in the different forms of the verb deesse), 

ei (as ferrei, anteirent), eo (as alveo, aureo); seldom with ea (as 

aurea, ocrea8). 

The ancient grammarians referred to synizesis the cases where 

i and u pass over into the consonants f and v (pronounced like the 

English y and w) and lengthen the preceding sylbble: e. g.piir 

,ietibu8, iibjete, omnja, jluvjorum, genva, tenvis. In the case of verbs, 

the only instances in Virgil are .precanl:ja (Aen. VII. 237) and 

arjetat (Acn. XI. 890). A contraction of uu occurs in curruum 

(Aen. VI. 653), and, according to some editors, in manilm (manuu11I) 

Aen. VII. 490. 

vn. Tmesis. 

Tmesis is the separation of the component parts of a compound 

word by an intervening word or words. It may be resorted to 

from metrical considerations. In Virgil, with the excep.tion of 

tenus and dissyllabic prepositions which may be used adverbially, 

(as super, circum, andpraeter,) it occurs only in the separation 

of a preposition by an appended -que from the word of which 

it is a part, e. g. inque salutatam (Aen. IX. 288). 

VIII. Hypermeter Verses. 

Virgil sometimes introduces a line containing a syllable beyond 

the number requisite for the metre; this syllable, however, ends 

in a vowel or in m preceded by a vowel, and is elided before the 

initial vowel of the following line. Such lines are sometimes 

effective as denoting that the speaker is carried on beyond bounds 

by his excitement, or breaks off leaving something still unsaid; 

or simply as giving an emphatic ending to the sentence. See 

note on Aen. IV. 629 (page 354,) and cf. VII. 470. In tho Georgie8 1. 

295, tbe boiling OYer of a liquid is described in an hypermeter verse. 

Ennius was fond of hypermeter lines j and Virgil may have 

used them partly on account of their archaic sound.


CLASSICAL VERSIFICATION. 409 

Archaic Forms. 

Virgil makes a moderate and judicious use of a few archaic 

forms, the charm of which to the Roman reader we can assist 

ourselves in appreciating by calling to mind similar instances in 

our own poets. Such are the forms aBt. quianam, vel quum (Aen. 

XI. 406). ni (for ne, Aen. III. 685), olli (for illi), ollia, the genitive 

in ai, dii for diei, tbe dative in u, the info pass. in ier. juat, jaxo, 

jU8S0, the omission of the vowel in short syllables, as in repostu8, 

periclum, aspris, and the conjugation of verbs in accordance with 

the forms of the third (as the oldest and original) conjugation, as 

lavlre (for laviire) , jervlre (for jervere), ful!llre, stridlre, polltur. 

These archaisms are often introduced from the exigences of 

the metre. 

Note to e III. 

Inciaion is the ooincidenoe of the end of the foot with the end of 

the word. 

Note to * IV. 

In many cases the final syllables, whose quantity is ordinarily explained 

as "lengthened by the arsis," were ol'iginally lOllg, and are 80 

found in tbe older poets, particularly EDnius.


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