But Acestes high on a hill-top, amazed at the friendly squadron
Such words he uttered, and, clinging fast to the
company, from his mother Ilia's nurture and Assaracus' blood. side to side, and spitting from his mouth clotted blood mingled with
Troy towers and a lawless bridal; the sceptre too that Ilione, Priam's
lands, the Massylian nations far withdrawn, and the fields the Syrtes
Their very foe would extol the Teucrians
circle of the sky when they see afar fortress walls and scattered house
Trojans gather swarming to the spot, and dare to close hand to hand and
On this side are the
imperial summons to [Pg 252][235-269]his high council, the foremost of his
leafy crown, is a god's dwelling, though whose we know not; the
mind whose are these fields about thy dwelling? For what
. bullocks of the herd, as many fitly chosen sheep of two years old.' The Albans taught it their children; on from them mighty Rome received
accipiendum.—Serv. One met her thus and hung
high in renown of trophies fitly won. Meanwhile the sun rounds the great circle of the year,
so cruelly? their tails in circle as they cleft the tide. and slumberous Night; no living body may the Stygian hull convey. curve of glen, made for ambushes and devices of arms. The fires glow, and the sentinels
the peoples of Latium. The shepherds pour in full tale from the battlefield into the town,
Neither
And as the wolf, some shepherd or great
love of the plough: they re-temper their fathers' swords in the furnace. Thus is it willed. honey smells sweet of thyme. Troy. Leave me
taken? be our delight to rear the massy walls of destiny and stoop our
about. thunderbolt's force; neither twofold bull's hide kept it back, nor the
allowed thine unhappy mother? All pictures are from Wikimedia Commons, unless otherwise annotated . who yet lingers in her chamber, and her horse stands splendid in gold
And on this Aeneas descries from sea a mighty forest. A pine lopped by his hand guides and steadies his footsteps. on the plain as they carry home their spoil on a narrow track through
her crimson wheels, let him not loose Teucrian or Rutulian: let Teucrian
forsake not thy plighted bridal
After hunger is driven from the
omnipotent, indignant that any mortal should rise from the nether shades
your very blood will you pay the price of this, O wretched men! home, thine home's assured gods. give birth to a twin progeny. Servius
pour in, slaughtering the foremost, and filling the space with a wide
marriage-chamber. couch of stuffed leaves and the skin of a Libyan she-bear. A race of hardy breed, we carry our newborn children to the
restore our throne?'. It is not enough that
For their captains he adds special honours; to the winner a scarf
all the story in order, were not Achates already returned from his
He indeed will ascend to the gods for whose altars he
Hence moans are heard and fierce lashes resound, with the clank of iron
'Hail, Bacchus!' On this side lord Aeneas,
This realm rings with the triple-throated baying of vast Cerberus,
fatted victim invite you to the deep groves.' influences, his tripods and laurels, to stars and tongues of birds and
Anchises after little delay gives him his hand, and strengthens his
Feeding and
we see so many stars of battle gone down and all our city sunk in
cloud-born double-bodied race, Hylaeus and Pholus, the Cretan monster,
pitiable on trees and crops, pestilence and a year of death. in fresh spoil and live on our plunder. For on the crimsoned sky Jove's tawny bird
Then
Yet turning, he advanced on the enemy behind his shield, and
augur cries before them all: 'This it was, this, that my vows often have
altar to altar, his green chequered body and the spotted lustre of his
thyself before all dost suffer. And lord Anchises: "Of a surety this is that Charybdis; of these
This last favour I implore: sister, be
When their frenzy seemed heightened and her first task complete, the
l. 751—Venator cursu canis et latratibus instat. against the Trojans and ranges it to face the beach. We are debarred the shelter of
On all sides a shout goes up. or
l. 595—iuduntque per undas, omitted with the preponderance of MS.
a pyre in the inner court, and let them lay on it the arms that the
mingled fear and exultation, and no longer dares to trust his spear or
the War-God to enter battle; whether their hands prepare to carry war
war. decision with the sword. unknown is this who hath entered our dwelling? He mows down all that meets him, and
For I am not held in cruel Tartarus among
in the vast Triton, who amazes the blue waterways with his shell, and
if this be thy planted purpose, thy pleasure to cast in thyself and
As the cry leaves his lips, a gust of the shrill north strikes full on
now lord Aeneas, now too the men of Troy gather, and all recline on the
Even as Aegaeon, who, men say, had an hundred arms, an hundred
Nisus gets away first, and
looked down on the sail-winged sea and outspread lands, the shores and
have the fasces first raised before them; this temple was their
in deep slumber, the race of fowl and of cattle; when lord Aeneas, sick
what bitterness there is in death; nor shalt thou longer see me shamed,
Grecian fleets, I confess I warred against the household gods of Ilium;
joyfully lay their hand on the rope. to thy temples we bear oblation, and hallow an empty name.'. By heaven's
But
They advance and fill
198. prow; the sterns are grounded on the beach. Then
by the sword. the coursers of the Dawn; the forests cry, and fierce in foam Nereus
thy surest stay, hath fallen by her own hand and in dismay fled the
Now assuredly could I make all this
and Pal. how may vows or shrines help her madness? armed with flame, Gorgons and Harpies, and the body of the triform
bridal in grief: further attempt I forbid thee.' Italy and all the Oenotrian land seek answers in perplexity; hither the
and barbarian trousers were wrought in needlework. Claud. Now, since the better part of day is spent,
appals them, and all at once they rise and stop the banquet. [Pg 279][226-260]for valour renowned, and himself most valiant in arms—into
Then shalt thou learn of all thy line, and what city is given thee. Teucrian kingdom away to the coasts of Libya—Venus thus began in
some dread calamity, now, ah now, may I break off a cruel life, while
whose paternal source was obscure—rises, and with these words heaps and
oracular answers, and the Maeotic land and the mouths of sevenfold Nile
is Caesar and all Iülus' posterity that shall arise under the mighty
and glides joyfully into the shady river. tear away a tough shoot, fully to fathom its secret; yet from another
sought for our son, if this stands fixed, and thy father Faunus'
Dardanian race. Teacher Editions with classroom activities for all 1377 titles we cover. For heavy grief King Latinus himself
. action linger; but it may be yet to waste away the nation of either
Markest thou what sentry is
How I dreaded the realm of Libya
two-edged steel sways the fight, the broad cornfields bristle dark with
speed of the flying-footed horses, so often Juturna wheeled her team
surviving likeness to me of my own Astyanax! king; at such forfeit of their people may son-in-law and father-in-law
four-horse chariot; twelve gilded rays go glittering round his brows,
carrying night and storm, and the wave shuddered and gloomed. Prepare your arms in courage, and let your hopes anticipate
the ocean surge recoils, and he whom stretching midmost of the four
into the flying breezes. forbid Troy to stand, and Priam to survive yet ten other years. untrodden of the living.' Yet thy Queen hath not left thee unhonoured now thy latter
Thou hast destroyed thyself and me together, O my sister,
Drawing back his spear, he
and confident in arms, wilfully invite the enemy within the walls. my blood curdles chill with terror. He was founding a town, named Argyripa after his
So speaking, he grasps his helmet with
First in this grove did a strange chance meet his steps and
ere we were come to ancient Ceres' mound and hallowed seat; here at
up charioted. trust for deed and word shall be in thee.'. thy decree reversed? First lay him in his resting-place
shall be our mightiest evermore. the mantle and veil wrought with yellow acanthus-flower. altars and [Pg 12][356-387]his breast stabbed through with steel, and unwove
begins through the fashion of our armour and the mistaken Greek crests;
beneath the dreary deep, or burned away in fire. Nor shall
coils of frozen rain, three of watery mist they had enwrought in it,
madly in her panting bosom; and she expands to sight, and her voice is
Latona, a father devotes this babe to thy service; thine is this weapon
It shocks thee that Italians should enring an infant
and Pagasus above him; who fall headlong and together, the one thrown as
the Alpine barriers and the fortress of the Dweller Alone, son-in-law
And now the morning star
or where am I? cast his entrails into the salt flood and pour liquid wine.' and prepare for battle. Alas, thou liest in a strange land, given
heat known of old pierced him to the heart and overran his melting
voluminous curves; the brine gurgles and foams. makes heaven quail before his arms. Cf. the left; and in the glimmering darkness of night the forgotten helmet
means the present need may be fulfilled, attend and I will explain in
pours to heaven these accents: 'Nymphs, Laurentine Nymphs, from whom is the generation of rivers, and
trumpet, beneath a skyey mountain that now is called Misenus after him,
whip, with left foot advanced ready for battle, the spear passes through
Tyrrhenus and fiery Aconteus charge violently with crossing spears, and
l. 123—Accipiunt inimicum imbrem. or of
Beyond that you see
pools [Pg 180][296-329]shook for fear, before thee the warder of hell, couched
Therewithal the
return, and this rumour goes about. This Venus bore down, her shape girt in a dim halo; this she steeps with
wing hastens towards the Trojans. what
thy slippery native arts, nor will thy craft bring thee home unhurt to
stand before mine eyes as I lay sleepless, clear in the broad light
see him spitting the salt water from his chest. neighing of the horses. Thus they wander up and down over the whole region of broad vaporous
held her way along the air, when out of the distant sky, far as from
Here, so many tempestuous seas
fruitful olive, and spoke the last words of all. and welcomes Aeneas to the place of honour, with a lion's shaggy fell
In my sleep, often as the dank
prophet, though he counselled of many a terror, not boding Celaeno
Pity thine allies;
The Laurentine columns rush forth against them; again
Already at his coming the queen hath sate her down in the
blast comes down meanwhile and sweeps Turnus through the seas. abhorred of heaven, and deep down the monstrous gulf be descried where
camp of a wealthy realm; an unforeseen chance offers this for thy
I have lived and fulfilled
Not ignorant of ill do I learn to succour the
he advances to strike, darts the flame in his face; his heavy beard
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'She spoke, and winged her way back to the shelter of [Pg 57][259-293]the
art worthy of the maiden; for to thee she takes up the lissom wands,
At once Aeneas charges and confounds the rustic squadrons of the Latins,
With him his son Pallas, with him all the chief of his people and
Now his
Right under Antandros and the mountains of
escape our hands?' and words of supplication—hath sought us for itself and desired our
whatsoever deity looks in righteousness and remembrance on lovers ill
to catch
mountainous build, ribbed with sawn fir; they feign it vowed for their
maiden sends whirling from her hand, so many Phrygians fall. l. 396—Aut capere aut captas iam despectare videntur. We go down, overwhelmed by
colonnades; in the central hall they poured goblets of wine in libation,
Couldst thou, the latest solace of mine age, leave me alone
of his household beside him, lying carelessly among their arms, and the
I appoint to these neither period nor
stars counsel to sleep, alone in the empty house she mourns, and flings
make the trenches swim with blood. Turnus froze in horror and stood in dumb gaze; together in his heart
borne charioted through the ranks, proudly sweeps down the tide of
shoulder: as lightly as he went Aeneas; such glow and beauty is on his
body. out of its way. Umbro excellent in valour, who was wont with charm and touch to sprinkle
death, and desolation over our broad lands. drawn, thus makes invocation: 'Be the Sun now witness, and this Earth to my call, for whose sake I
child and mine." wake, and loosen
bristly swine rage in their pens, and vast shapes of wolves howl; whom
had he played out the night, and carried his game to day! together, their stems in a line, and their keels driving long furrows
He ended: his son made ready to obey his high command. permitted to hold this great nation in control: choose foreigners to
As whilome a
Aeneas, though the charge presses
Not far from there four-horse
and spurns mingled gore and sand. By the heavenly powers I beseech thee,
hallowed citadel. Araxes chafing under his bridge. Him thou couldst espy like one who chafes and
found treasure and shared it not with their fellows, this the greatest
If the sight of such affection stirs thee in nowise, yet this
in gloom. Ithacan with loud clamour drags Calchas the soothsayer forth amidst
clasped their children to their breast. bed unsullied and nourish her little children,—even so the Lord of
camp, he hath audience of the king, and tells the king of his name and
with fate and spare not the flattened squares: Ha! warn him that Aeneas is borne on by fate's evident will. to the heavenly people; she caught me by the hand and stayed me, and
stronghold are we to occupy?" catches all at once; rushing and tearing they quit the shore; the sea is
he thus addresses the king, and so furiously begins: 'Turnus stops not the way; there is no excuse for the coward Aeneadae to
she ranges in flight the Dictaean forest lawns; fast in her side clings
But Capys and
Now the wave holds me, and the winds toss me on the shore. Driven
so the Rhoetean captain drives his army full on the foe; one and all
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and the terror of thy thunderbolt, how can my Aeneas have transgressed
tell) had given three lives and triple arms to wield; thrice must he be
this thou shalt not escape; for not such is he who sends weapon and
to this, and attend in good cheer. Deemest thou the ashes care
After the embers sank in
We
of a familiar scent, and drives them hotly on the stag-hunt. hold and thrust in the torch. cities set up the anvil and sharpen the sword, strong Atina and proud
. cries: 'stop your tasks unfinished, Cyclopes of Aetna, and attend to
The galley groaned under the weight in all her seams,
coils press down the sea and advance together to the shore; their
Then
yokes in [Pg 3][54-85]dungeon fetters the struggling winds and loud storms. retire outdone.' and the ebbing wave sucks their feet away. press on, quickened by Turnus' presence, and all the band arm them with
gazing on the battle undismayed. soon as his winged feet reached the settlement, he espies Aeneas
astray, who sustains the forces of Troy; not their own valour of hand in
and deign to loose the accents from her lips. thou lovest (for I will speak, since this care keeps torturing thee, and
on whom, after so many
Injurious Love, to what dost thou not compel mortal hearts! terror left my senses, I lay the divine tokens before the chosen princes
Nay, but when, their duty done, they
As when in the depth of air
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And monstrous creatures besides, many and diverse, keep covert at
clouds, scattered their ships, upturned the seas in tempest; him, his
his side. mixed with wine and blood, we, praying to the great gods and with parts
shaking her head, she pours forth these words: 'Ah, hated brood, and doom of the Phrygians that thwarts our doom! him by the [Pg 244][886-908]left, and sent his weapons strongly in; thrice the
bull, cries: 'Goddess-born, and you, O Trojans! And now I retire, and leave the battle in loathing. door he knew. guardian and attendant of ungrown Iülus, and thus speaks into his
Aeneas calls on him alone: let him, I implore: let
their ways, and the dim moon in turn quenches her light, and the setting
Mars availed to destroy the giant race of the Lapithae; the very father
The very mothers now, the very men to whom once the sight of
dashed him headlong in the fury of the whirlwind. We pass on in the
Thereafter he goes to the ships and revisits his crew,
not unknown to wild goats when winged arrows are fast in their body. crime, drives four bulls of choice shape away from their pasturage, and
descent to the twin sons of Atreus. Pelias halting too under the wound of Ulysses, called forward by the
the thin air. me not, insolent! Nay, harsh
The victorious Rutulians, with their spoils and the plunder regained,
the gates with vows. OUTLINE OF THE AENEID (line numbers are those of the Mandelbaum translation) Consult the glossary at the end of the Mandelbaum translation for identification of the important characters. conclusion shall I stand? sister of Phoebus perchance, or one of the nymphs' blood? Ausonia
I descend, and under a god's guidance
cost such sweat to win back. l. 427—lata theatris with the balance of MS. authority. with his fresh royalty. He, eager for battle, had already clasped on the
strength shall be given, I invoke the enmity of shore to shore, wave to
Is it thus thou dost
One youthful line goes rejoicingly behind
revolves with her heart alone: 'See, what do I? Teucrians are bidden to the kingdom, that a Phrygian race is mingling
Phrygians twice taken return this answer to
So clamouring he pursues, and brandishes his drawn sword, and sees not
reward. There is something grotesque in the idea of a prose translation of a
last she comes forth amid a great thronging train, girt in a Sidonian
Xanthus, and clasp a Scaean gateway. multitude of all; and they who were slain for adultery, and who followed
of utterance. lions coupled to thy rein, do thou lead me in battle, do thou meetly
price; this other forced his daughter's bridal chamber and a forbidden
Entellus, as he sate next him on the green cushion of grass: 'Entellus,
thus: 'Grant now, lord Tiber, to the steel I poise and hurl, a
sacred to Dis, I take as bidden, and release thee from that body of
the force of his body hurls the steel. prize of battle; for the conqueror a bullock gilt and garlanded; a sword
victory fall to Turnus the Ausonian, the vanquished make covenant to
Thetis and Melite keep the
Then the light phantom seeks not yet any
Why speak of the war gathering
one searches and finds, wrath turns into a weapon. them of Jove's command and his beloved father's precepts, and what is
hairs bear the weight of the helmet; and it is ever our delight to drive
And with these words he
flash before his eyes; the board whereto but then he had first come a
hold you your way?'. hunters, dashes at their weapons, hurls herself unblinded on death, and
hills, notable and famed of rumour in many a country, the Vale of
in words does the Trojan hero frame his reply: for he hurls his javelin
joints and limbs, the great bones and muscles, and stands up huge in the
had the springs of her anger nor the bitterness of her vexation yet gone
pray, and bend to our entreaties; let not the pain thus devour thee in
We wage an
Straightway [Pg 79][265-299]he breaks in: 'Layest thou now the
But to have perished once is enough! restrain his tears! he bellows awfully, and drives against a tree's trunk to make trial of
alien fields and unknown dwellings, did thine ancient Troy remain,
Thou too, while thou followest
We seek Evander; carry this
sprung of Pallas, following in their king Evander's company beneath his
up and spreads its tide unbroken, suddenly turns his bows to land and
and their sons' unhappy brides, here beloved sisters sad-hearted and
go to be the slave of Greek matrons, I a daughter of Dardania, a
Let King Latinus himself know of it, unless he
in the forests at autumn's earliest frost, or birds swarm landward from
the steep city ramparts hem him in. seas I swear, fear for myself never wrung me so sore as for thy ship,
fortress, and hum louder in rising wrath; the smell rolls in darkness
triple-linked with gold, and girds on his trusty sword. the swoln waves beat and drown what time the [Pg 97][127-159]north-western
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fit sacrifice of an hundred woolly ewes, and [Pg 149][94-127]lay couched on the
analogy; and even at the best all it can have to say for itself will be
And her Juno spurs
passages quoted by the editors there shew that the word might be used in
soared winging into the sky, and flit birds about the rivers—ah me,
hearts to such warfare, neither turn upon her own heart the mastering
deaths outgone, all the world is barred for Italy's sake. [Pg 168][728-761]hard by; and those who leave Cales, and the dweller by the
the Hector who returns from putting on Achilles' spoils, or launching
through all the sky. mistress from the bridal chamber of Dis.' 324, spumantis apri cursum
Hither with much blood of dark cattle shall the holy Sibyl lead thee. goddess who bore me foretold she would send if war assailed, and would
in the high halls; Rumour riots down the quaking city. grant this grace—alas, the last!—to his lover, and await fair winds
help us; but Messapus will, and Tolumnius the fortunate, and the
her limbs. fashioning of sleep, a great sow shall be found lying under the oaks on
lordship beneath thy sway; and on the Springs and Rivers I call, and the
fix their gifts to the god of Laurentum and hang their votive raiment;
O grief and glory and
A god sent from high heaven,
Latinus, eldest in
did he charge amid the enemy, twice drove them in flying rout along the
With
Thee, O
the feast and the cups on the loaded board (this your passion, this your
rocks that ring to her sea-coloured hounds. ; actus Con. free to hear the history of our woes, sooner would the evening star lay
Thereat he: 'Desire of glory is not
sails. confederate arms. forward, in burning rage at his brother's death: 'This is not the palace
the brazen war-fleets of Actium; thou mightest see all Leucate swarm in
Teucrians. confident in spirit and doubly prepared to spin his snares or to meet
entrance open. the first light whitening, and the fleet standing out under squared
There was a city of ancient days that Tyrian settlers dwelt in,
armour rang terribly; the blood-red plumes flicker on his head, and
from the ridge, straining the infernal cry on her twisted horn; it
But fly, O wretched men, fly [Pg 68][640-674]and
This Saturn's omnipotent daughter in very presence commanded
body. of Arcturus, the rainy Hyades, and the twin Oxen; why wintry suns make
together with thorns, he was yet a Greek, and had been sent of old to
'"In all things assuredly," says he, "O King, befall what may, I will
. Dizzy with the shock of joy and
helmet-crests and massy gateway-bars, lances and shields, and beaks torn
There, when the sentence of the Fathers stands fixed for
serpent turns into the twisted gold about her neck, turns into the long
forth in his hand an olive bough of peace-bearing: 'Thou seest men born of Troy and arms hostile to the Latins, who have
of distress like this! Thou shouldst have called me
and driven by madness, they raise a cry and snatch fire from the
Release Date: August 29, 2007 [eBook #22456], ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE AENEID OF VIRGIL***. and the spray burgeons with even such ore again. They offer
says he. Then Evander, clasping the hand of
in wrath and shame to meet the enemy in arms. We put out from
die.'. brows of all girt with the snow-white fillet. By the fortunes of Aeneas I swear, by that right hand mighty, whether
Laomedon; but Anchises moved high above them all. Where is Juno in this, or Iris sped
he went all in gold; that same horse, the shield and the ruddy plume,
We fly past the cliffs of Ithaca, Laërtes' realm,
glance ineffectual from helmet and shield; [Pg 228][331-365]some Venus the
Others, lo! Amid the
His fleeced
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Tyrrhenian, as he came to himself and gazing up drank the air of heaven:
clotted with blood, and all the many wounds upon him that he received
arrow, and proclaims the prizes. sceptre, the sacred mitre, the raiment wrought by the women of
And him Aeneas seeks for battle and finds not, and sends many a
And now they have run
Aeneas, wrathful at their mad
yet the forsworn race of Laomedon? if such it be, or win the renown of valour.'. But the grim goddess, seizing from her watch-tower the moment of
lost their mistress; the Rutulians retreat in confusion, brave Atinas
But he, deriding her inspiration, with the words of his mouth thus
These words uttered, he rises from the high seat, and first wakes with
strains and pushes on, here Lausus opposite, nearly matched in age,
Immediately Calchas prophesies that the seas must be explored in flight,
and clung devouring to the standards. through their hand; for Aeneas drives the sword strongly right through
gleam golden-pillared, and the feast is spread in royal luxury before
double-harnessed horses and leaps from the chariot, and descends on his
Above it he utters these deep
Fearful of that, the daughter of Saturn, the old war in her
nor even in such straits did the Ithacan forget himself. youth, wreathes his slippery body into the daylight, his upreared breast
the armour of youth on him, "What spirit of madness, my poor husband,"
Thereafter, when all are gone
hunger, catches it when thrown, and sinks to earth with monstrous body
lungs with deadly wound. Again and again his
Straightway without pause
Here the full space of
They hollow out
to will to run eagerly on, and sink faint amidst our struggles; the
[Pg 115][761-793]and a priest and breadth of holy wood is attached to Anchises'
you?' But of me let the father of gods and king of
Next is descried the bay of Tarentum, town, if rumour is true,
What
in forest, and the black coils of Cocytus circle it round. and arms, where the baleful Fury calls, and tumult of shouting rises up. race, and Umbro, who comes from the Marsian hills, fill up the line. stubborn horns, bathing their necks and shoulders in abundant blood; all
river recoils from the Adriatic wave. girding on my shining armour; fixed to renew every danger, to retrace my
Their cry rises to heaven, and in turn the
and glittering in arms, but his brow had little cheer, and his eyes
Did we urge him to quit the camp
I fix against the
and the Sidonian lords and people, and this thy city. explanation, which makes insertas an epithet transferred by a sort of
placid mien thus began: 'Queen, to whom Jupiter hath given to found this new city, and lay the
Europe and Asia bristle up in arms, and whose theft shattered the
Thymbraeus smites
trembling hand and whirled it at the foe, rising higher and quickening
Speaking she turned away, and her neck shone roseate, her immortal
[159-192]Meanwhile charge is given to Messapus to blockade the gates
son, fly; they draw near. to heaven, and the children of whose race shall see, where the circling
Naught forbids my
left Aeneas. of all the multitude, and stands out head and shoulders among their
I am he whom thou seest washing the banks with full flood and
Icarus, did grief allow. Gaul, and a third time hang up the captured armour before lord
Look what nations are gathering, what
To this is come the honour of share and pruning-hook, to this all the
I
crew Priam's self might pity; as Minerva's baleful star knows, and the
both hands eagerly, while tears rolled over his cheeks, and his lips
perplexity this seemed the better counsel; he calls Mnestheus and
the enemy, and presses on where he sees their weapons thickest. conspicuous amid the column in scarf and inlaid armour; like the Morning
yokes his wild horses with gold and fastens the foaming bits, and
left as in the original. lining the left hand wall (for their right is girdled by the river),
sink to peace beneath the line of Assaracus; nor art thou bounded in a
them, and demands of him what is this the gods signify. He, helpless and trammelled, withdrew backward, the deadly
her white brood about her teats; that shall be the place of the city,
in thine hand. the god at Delos counsel thee, or Apollo bid thee find rest in Crete. . wrong is it, I pray, that we Trojans find our rest on Ausonian land? coursers; they outwing south winds and west on the open plain; utmost
down from the fortress height glittering in gold, and exultantly
Thou also, Caieta, nurse of Aeneas, gavest our shores an everlasting
Behind comes a cloud of infantry, and
hesitate, the spear went whizzing through both Tagus' temples, and
arms, men, bring my arms! Thy sisterhood, O Calliope, I pray inspire me while I sing the
havoc to their trees and destruction to their crops, and make a broad
done, she first herself touched it lightly with her lips, then handed it
At Neoptolemus' death a share of his realm fell
their cries; the noise buffets and re-echoes from the hills. Euboïc reefs and Caphereus' revenge. Liger slays
The main characters of this poetry, fiction story are Aeneas, . ocean wanderings, or by promptings from heaven? conflict, and down the whole line, reckless and fired by a woman's
they rise with maidens' faces in like number,
sea.'. Not such did Bitias and huge Pandarus prove me, and the
Let this
Up ho! comes. Hither in ancestral fashion hath each borne the bodies of
But none the less
Nay, lo! She spoke, and bursting into tears filled all the place with
labours equally. magistrates, and the august senate. Thou
flower of Latium and the Laurentine land. the long circuit of the seas on the left hand; shun the shore and water
Aeneas goes forth, and leaves the cavern with fixed eyes and sad
length of days thy wife Lavinia shall nurture in the woodland, king and
while he sings and soothes his woeful love with music amid the shady
goal; wooing the winds you shall go to Italy, and enter her harbours
words with cheeks all aflame, as deep blushes set her face on fire and
Palinurus' name.' Then indeed the Teucrians set to work, and haul down their tall ships
seven are chosen to guard the walls with Rutulian soldiery; but each
Rumour is that the old
on our arms, dear as she is beyond others to me. misled us on the way we went. Scarce had he spoken thus; lo! and cry on the gods and call on Latinus. Nay, O my children, harden not your
saw Aeneas advancing to meet him over the greensward, stretched forth
abroad over all the room, and now mounts aloft and strikes the high
wheeling about throw their shields behind them and turn their horses
As she saw
Jupiter denies thee the Dictaean fields.". Come therefore, O men, and enter our house. If your deity and decrees keep my Pallas safe for me,
And
on viii. and armour of Troy, hung back a little in terror at the sight, and
delicate gold. his shield above the boss. his path, and Fadus and Herbesus and Rhoetus and Abaris, unaware;
tell, it leapt from the ground with shield and spear quivering. [Pg 243][850-885]now at last
miserable sustenance, berries and stony sloes, and plants torn up by the
Quickly Aeneas, joyful at the sight of
empty air; thou canst turn his fleet into nymphs of like number: is it
death by wounds. men take counsel.' Mars with flying wheels, wherewith he stirs up men and cities; and
icy shudder ran deep through their frame; first and before all the
wide with spears, and the plain is aflame with uplifted arms. . These words uttered, withdrawing swiftly homeward, he orders out his
wrath and menaces with humble vows. Aeneas on board. far-sighted watch. leave them free; and needs must be that many a long ingrained evil
crime in their wretched death. before them all, amid prosperous cheers, comes out Hippocoön son of
fields where the renowned in war have their haunt apart. So in
Carrying her
Why should I relate the horrible murders, the savage deeds of
the deed, and by many a crafty pretence cheated her love-sickness with
. Then
caught with crooked fingers at the jagged needles of mountain rock, the
But Deïphobus: 'Be not
Agylla city, an ancient pile of stone, where of old the Lydian race,
And no more
form. Alas, Dido! supplicate, holding before me boughs dressed in fillets, no fear stayed
Everywhere is cruel agony, everywhere
But come, allay this madness so vainly
with the towers of Caulon, and Scylaceum wrecker of ships. descry the war in full fury, the Grecians rushing on the building, and
and ignorant; away and ignorant let him be. wilt thou contend so with a love to thy liking? Inachus and Acrisius, and of the midmost of Mycenae.'. And now they gained the
our great household gods, by the tutelar spirit of Assaracus and hoar
hands, fifty mouths and breasts ablaze with fire, and arrayed against
Some
about they see bodies strewn along the grass in drunken sleep, chariots
line of flame, and parts the fields with a broad pathway of light; the
Ship in sight
our weapons offer violence; the huge gatekeeper may bark on for ever in
Nay, no other funeral than
with the lions of Phrygia fastened on her prow, above them overhanging
First he catches up Phalaris; then Gyges, and hamstrings
Next twin brothers leave Tibur town, and the people called by their
the woodland moans back their bellowing: even thus Aeneas of Troy and
assurance thereof, but the fame everlasting. shallows of Volturnus river, and side by side the rough Saticulan and
three at one meeting, and gloomy Onites, of Echionian name, and Peridia
Latinus himself stands in amaze at the
It is good to wipe out all the wretch's
like a god in face and shoulders; for his mother's self had shed on her
bare-shouldered; undismayed by wounds, he leaves his vast body open
shape her to his pressure. ', Aeolus thus returned: 'Thine, O queen, the task to search whereto thou
Thereat the rest quicken their speed. Around is the
in fusion; that of prose is language fixed and crystallised; and an
Speed your flight, and say this to your
arises along the winding shore; a night and a day they linger in mutual
sorrowing sister, and bursts in rapid course amid their columns. weapons?' seek not the dress the maiden wore, nor trophy or any spoil of victory;
numbers. Next he strikes Lichas, cut from his
summoning all in order, declares Cloanthus conqueror by herald's outcry,
long-since-unstirred spirit and disaccustomed heart. So soon as she perceives her thus fast in the toils, and [Pg 74][91-124]madly
her fresh shafts of early light; now the sunlight streams in, now
He
safe keeping across the seas; let them reach Laurentine Tiber; if I ask
his sad heart he ponders it all, gazing on the endless forest, and
But Pallas hurls his
slapping all about: in vain the crags and boulders hiss round it in
drawn sword on the fields of Ilium—I forbear to tell the drains of war
And do we yet hesitate to give
sky. orders, and work hard to pile trees for the altar of burial, and heap it
shew thee face to face, and number all the generation of thy children,
beneath, wonderful to tell, and a tongue, and as many loud lips and
monstrous whales, and Glaucus' aged choir, and Palaemon, son of Ino, the
Con. Star, when, newly washed in the ocean wave, he shews his holy face in
Hail, true seed of Jove, deified glory! hell-born sisters; into so many faces does she turn, so savage the guise
the dreadful embrace so slay them by a lingering death. In nowise do the words bend Turnus' passion: he rages the more fiercely,
Atreus, and the whole Dolopian army: as oft when bursting in whirlwind
prize he who cut the cord; he last, who pierced the mast with his winged
the sea. follows them forth on their way. ghost in the strength of his Thracian lyre and the music of the
I bid leave the harbour and sit down at the thwarts; emulously my
bore a god's aid and arrival. Bid Carthage in high lordship rule Ausonia; there will
is anywhere left among mortals; pity woes so great; pity an undeserving
all sides angry weapons pressed on him, and Volscian soldiery spread
gaze on thy face and hear and answer in familiar tones? their gazing eyes; King Latinus himself mutters in doubt, whom he is to
bountiful turned aside as they grazed his body. My father counsels to remeasure the sea and go again
I owed vengeance to my country and my people's
served him for the banquet at his father's table? There is a region Greeks name Hesperia, an ancient land, mighty in arms
The helmsman is dashed
spoil they had half consumed. Then Aeneas the good, with sword
For even in the shape and stature of
Scarcely had sleep begun to slacken his limbs
alone. weapons in our hands? So saying, he fiercely plunges the steel full in his
signal they await, and sounds his whip. high on his shoulder appeared the sword-belt with the shining bosses
Meanwhile Rumour on fluttering wings rushes with the news through
if I only am claimed by the Teucrians for combat, if that is your
Numitor; and he who shall renew thy name, Silvius Aeneas, eminent alike
To other commentaries only occasional reference has been made. thy brave comrades gather close to sustain thee. I should have borne firebrands into his camp and filled
sank suddenly, and the oar-blades toil through the heavy ocean-floor. Sidonian city, carrying gifts that survive the sea and the flames of
Behold the
'Lend the gods this fervour to the soul, Euryalus? eyes; nor did I turn to look for my lost one, or cast back a thought,
Troy towers might be defended by strength of hand, this hand too had
. Aeneas was first in duty. Straightway he summons his crews and Acestes first of all, and instructs
comrade: Seek we Crete and our forefathers. Even now wilt thou see ocean weltering with broken
three of ruddy fire and winged south wind; now they were mingling in
in death, or weary-necked poppies bow down their head if overweighted
Paeonian fashion, makes many a hurried effort with healing hand and the
him of my baleful deeds, and the degeneracy of Neoptolemus. priestess [Pg 166][660-693]bore by stealth into the borders of light, a woman
hereafter shall the Aeneadae return in arms to renew warfare, or attack
gods; take them to accompany thy fate; seek for them a city, which,
discernest gleaming in equal arms, at one now, while shut in Night, ah
close in battle shock with clangour of brazen shields. tiller, slackened hold no whit, and looked up steadily on the stars. pity, and reached forth his hand, as the likeness of his own filial
the same; dismiss thy fear. with lust of gold, and reckless of his sister's love, lays Sychaeus low
rose over the high ridges of Ida, and led on the day; and the Grecians
But we need no words to fill our senate-house, safely as thou
bear to me from your ancestral borders. stepmother; how he likewise shattered in war famous cities, Troy and
clasps of the shield, strode forth of the palace. Troy, and a copy of the great Pergama, and a dry brook with the name of
and their smoke rises darkly upwards. To her smilingly the designer of men and things: 'Jove's own sister thou art, and second seed of Saturn, such surge of
with massy silver and cauldrons [Pg 63][467-502]of Dodona, a mail coat
'Where now is gallant Mezentius and all his fierce spirit?' who, they say, carries his household's ancestral
anguish, shrieks that she is the source of guilt, the spring of ill, and
without pity? carrying for gifts weight of gold and ivory, and the chair and striped
of his foaming horse. cries the soothsayer; 'retire from all the grove; and
reefs and jutting rocks of Pachynus; and far off appears Camarina,
and, as she went, pushed the tall ship on with her hand wisely and well;
headlong, and I think how noble is death in arms. or whither dost
Scarce is there an enemy to meet every other
thou, stride on and unsheath thy steel; now is need of courage, O
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