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- Vergil. The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Virgil. Greenough, J.B., editor. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1881.
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After Neptune calms the sea, Aeneas and his surviving ships land on the Libyan coast. Aeneas hunts stags to provide a feast, encourages his weary men with a reassuring speech, and they mourn their lost comrades while resting.
seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus,1
A riot has arisen, and the ignoble crowd rages in their minds,
iamque faces et saxa volant—furor arma ministrat;
and now torches and stones fly—madness supplies weapons;
tum, pietate gravem ac meritis si forte virum quem2
then, if by chance they have beheld some man grave in piety and merits,
conspexere, silent, arrectisque auribus adstant;
they are silent, and stand by with attentive ears;
ille regit dictis animos, et pectora mulcet,—
he rules their minds with his words, and soothes their breasts—
sic cunctus pelagi cecidit fragor, aequora postquam
thus all the roar of the sea subsided, after the father,
prospiciens genitor caeloque invectus aperto
looking out over the deep and carried in the open sky,
flectit equos, curruque volans dat lora secundo.
guides his horses, and flying gives reins to his obedient chariot.
Defessi Aeneadae, quae proxima litora, cursu
The weary followers of Aeneas strive to seek the shores which are nearest
contendunt petere, et Libyae vertuntur ad oras.
in their course, and turn to the coasts of Libya.
Est in secessu longo locus: insula portum
There is a place in a deep inlet: an island makes a harbor
efficit obiectu laterum, quibus omnis ab alto
by the barrier of its sides, by which every wave from the deep
frangitur inque sinus scindit sese unda reductos.
is broken and divides itself into the drawn-back curves of the bay.
Hinc atque hinc vastae rupes geminique minantur
On this side and on that, vast cliffs and twin rocks tower
in caelum scopuli, quorum sub vertice late
into the sky, beneath the summit of which, far and wide,
aequora tuta silent; tum silvis scaena coruscis
the safe waters are silent; then a background of flashing woods
desuper horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra.
hangs from above, and a black grove threatens with bristling shade.
Fronte sub adversa scopulis pendentibus antrum,
Under the opposite face there is a cave of hanging rocks,
intus aquae dulces vivoque sedilia saxo,
within are sweet waters and seats of living stone,
nympharum domus: hic fessas non vincula navis
the home of the nymphs: here no chains hold the weary ships,
ulla tenent, unco non alligat ancora morsu.
no anchor binds them with its hooked bite.
Huc septem Aeneas collectis navibus omni
Hither Aeneas enters with seven ships collected from the entire
ex numero subit; ac magno telluris amore
number; and with a great love of the land,
egressi optata potiuntur Troes harena,
the Trojans disembark and gain the longed-for sand,
et sale tabentis artus in litore ponunt.
and stretch their limbs dripping with brine upon the shore.
Ac primum silici scintillam excudit Achates,
And first Achates struck a spark from a flint,
succepitque ignem foliis, atque arida circum
and caught the fire with leaves, and gave dry
nutrimenta dedit, rapuitque in fomite flammam.
fuel around, and snatched the flame in the tinder.
Tum Cererem corruptam undis Cerealiaque arma
Then, weary of things, they bring out the grain damaged by the waves and
expediunt fessi rerum,3 frugesque receptas
the implements of Ceres, and prepare both to roast
et torrere parant flammis et frangere saxo.
the recovered grain with flames and to crush it with stone.
Aeneas scopulum interea conscendit, et omnem
Meanwhile Aeneas climbs a cliff, and seeks the whole
prospectum late pelago petit, Anthea si quem
view far and wide over the sea, if he might see any Antheus
iactatum vento videat4 Phrygiasque biremis,
tossed by the wind and the Phrygian biremes,
aut Capyn, aut celsis in puppibus arma Caici.
or Capys, or the arms of Caicus on the high sterns.
Navem in conspectu nullam, tris litore cervos
He sees no ship in sight, but three stags wandering
prospicit errantis; hos tota armenta sequuntur
on the shore; whole herds follow these
a tergo, et longum per vallis pascitur agmen.
from behind, and the long line grazes through the valleys.
Constitit hic, arcumque manu celerisque sagittas
He stood here, and snatched in his hand the bow and swift arrows,
corripuit, fidus quae tela gerebat Achates;
weapons which faithful Achates was carrying;
ductoresque ipsos primum, capita alta ferentis
and first he lays low the leaders themselves, bearing their heads high
cornibus arboreis, sternit, tum volgus, et omnem
with branching horns, then the herd, and driving them with weapons
miscet agens telis nemora inter frondea turbam;
among the leafy groves, he throws the entire crowd into confusion;
nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor
nor does he stop before, as a victor, he pours seven huge
corpora fundat humi, et numerum cum navibus aequet.
bodies on the ground, and equals the number with the ships.
Hinc portum petit, et socios partitur in omnes.
From here he seeks the harbor, and divides them among all his companions.
Vina bonus quae deinde cadis onerarat Acestes
Then the wine, which good Acestes had loaded in jars
litore Trinacrio dederatque abeuntibus heros,
on the Sicilian shore and as a hero had given to them departing,
dividit, et dictis maerentia pectora mulcet:
he divides, and with his words soothes their mourning breasts:
O socii—neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum5—
”O companions—for we are not ignorant of evils before—
O passi graviora, dabit deus his quoque finem.
O you who have suffered more grievous things, god will give an end to these also.
Vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantis
You have approached both the fury of Scylla and the deeply resounding
accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopea saxa
cliffs, and you have experienced the rocks of the Cyclopes:
experti: revocate animos, maestumque timorem
recall your courage, and dismiss sorrowful fear:
mittite: forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit.
perhaps even these things it will one day be a pleasure to remember.
Per varios casus, per tot discrimina rerum
Through various misfortunes, through so many crises of things,
tendimus in Latium; sedes ubi fata quietas
we tend toward Latium, where the fates show peaceful
ostendunt; illic fas regna resurgere Troiae.
seats; there it is right for the kingdoms of Troy to rise again.
Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis.
Endure, and preserve yourselves for favorable things.”
Talia voce refert, curisque ingentibus aeger
Such words he relates with his voice, and sick with huge cares,
spem voltu simulat, premit altum corde dolorem.
he feigns hope on his face, and presses deep pain in his heart.
Illi se praedae accingunt, dapibusque futuris;
They gird themselves for the prey, and for the future feast;
tergora deripiunt costis et viscera nudant;
they tear the hides from the ribs and lay bare the flesh;
pars in frusta secant veribusque trementia figunt;
some cut it into pieces and fix it, still trembling, on spits;
litore aena locant alii, flammasque ministrant.
others place bronze cauldrons on the shore, and supply flames.
Tum victu revocant vires, fusique per herbam
Then with food they recall their strength, and stretched through the grass,
implentur veteris Bacchi pinguisque ferinae.
they are filled with old wine and rich venison.
Postquam exempta fames epulis mensaeque remotae,
After hunger was removed by the feast and the tables were taken away,
amissos longo socios sermone requirunt,
in long conversation they inquire after their lost companions,
spemque metumque inter dubii, seu vivere credant,
doubtful between hope and fear, whether they should believe them to live
sive6 extrema pati nec iam exaudire vocatos.
or to suffer the last extreme and no longer hear when called.
Praecipue pius Aeneas nunc acris Oronti,
Especially pious Aeneas groans now for the misfortune of sharp Orontes,
nunc Amyci casum gemit et crudelia secum
now of Amycus, and in silence with himself
fata Lyci, fortemque Gyan, fortemque Cloanthum.
the cruel fates of Lycus, and brave Gyas, and brave Cloanthus.
Et iam finis erat, cum Iuppiter aethere summo
And now there was an end, when Jupiter from the highest ether
- 1.149seditio, saevitque animis ignobile volgus
Part of the simile continuing from line 1.148. The verb coorta est is understood to be omitted after seditio, matching the structure of the preceding line.
- 1.151si forte virum quem
The pronoun quem is the weakened form of aliquem, following the standard rule where the prefix ali- is dropped after si, nisi, ne, or num.
- 1.178fessi rerum
The genitive rerum is a genitive of specification or relation ('weary of circumstances/fortunes'), referring to the trials and hardships they have undergone.
- 1.181Anthea si quem... videat
The conjunction si introduces an indirect question or conditional expectation ('to see if he might spot...'). The pronoun quem functions as an indefinite modifier ('any Antheus').
- 1.198ante malorum
The adverb ante is used attributively to modify the noun malorum, functioning as an adjective ('past evils'), which is a Grecizing construction.
- 1.218seu vivere credant, sive...
An alternative indirect question introduced by seu... sive... with the subjunctive verb credant, dependent on the adjective dubii ('doubtful whether they should believe they live, or...').