- Source
- Vergil. The Bucolics, Aeneid, and Georgics Of Virgil. Greenough, J.B., editor. Boston: Ginn and Company, 1881.
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- urn:cts:latinLit:phi0690.phi003.humanitext-lat2:12.159-12.236
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Encouraged by Juno, Juturna disguises herself to incite the anxious Rutulians before the duel. Meanwhile, Aeneas and Latinus solemnize their treaty, swearing oaths of alliance to the gods.
auctor ego audendi.1 Sic exhortata reliquit
”I am the backer of your daring.” Having thus encouraged her, she left her,
incertam et tristi turbatam volnere mentis.
uncertain and deeply disturbed in her mind by the sad wound.
Interea reges,2 ingenti mole Latinus
Meanwhile the kings, Latinus with huge pomp
quadriiugo vehitur curru, cui tempora circum
is carried in a four-horse chariot, around whose temples
aurati bis sex radii fulgentia cingunt,
twelve golden rays gleam and encircle,
Solis avi specimen; bigis it Turnus in albis,
a token of his grandfather the Sun; Turnus goes with white horses,
bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro;
brandishing in his hand two spears with broad iron heads;
hinc pater Aeneas, Romanae stirpis origo,
on this side father Aeneas, the founder of the Roman race,
sidereo flagrans clipeo et caelestibus armis,
burning with his starry shield and heavenly armor,
et iuxta Ascanius, magnae spes altera Romae,
and next to him Ascanius, the second hope of great Rome,
procedunt castris, puraque in veste sacerdos
proceed from the camp, and a priest in pure white vestments
saetigeri fetum suis intonsamque bidentem
brought the offspring of a bristly sow and an unshorn two-year-old sheep,
adtulit admovitque pecus flagrantibus aris.
and moved the beasts to the burning altars.
Illi ad surgentem conversi lumina3 solem
They, having turned their eyes toward the rising sun,
dant fruges manibus salsas et tempora ferro
offer salted grain from their hands and mark the topmost
summa notant pecudum paterisque altaria libant.
hair of the beasts with iron, and pour libations from bowls onto the altars.
Tum pius Aeneas stricto sic ense precatur:
Then pious Aeneas, with drawn sword, thus prays:
Esto nunc Sol testis et haec mihi Terra vocanti,
”Be now witness, O Sun, and this Earth to my call,
quam propter tantos potui perferre labores,
for whose sake I have been able to endure such great labors,
et pater omnipotens et tu Saturnia coniunx,
and the almighty Father, and you, Saturnian wife,
iam melior, iam, diva, precor, tuque inclute Mavors,
now more kind, now, goddess, I pray, and you, glorious Mars,
cuncta tuo qui bella, pater, sub numine torques;
who turn all wars, father, under your divine power;
fontisque fluviosque voco, quaeque aetheris alti
and I call upon the springs and rivers, and whatever is the object of worship of high heaven,
religio et quae caeruleo sunt numina ponto:
and the divine powers that are in the blue sea:
cesserit Ausonio si fors victoria Turno,
if by chance victory should yield to Ausonian Turnus,
convenit Evandri victos discedere ad urbem,
it is agreed that the defeated shall depart to the city of Evander,
cedet Iulus agris, nec post arma ulla rebelles
Iulus shall leave the lands, nor hereafter shall the descendants of Aeneas
Aeneadae referent ferrove haec regna lacessent,
bring back any rebellious arms or challenge these realms with iron;
sin nostrum adnuerit nobis Victoria Martem
but if Victory should grant the battle to us
(ut potius reor et potius di numine firment),
(as I rather think, and may the gods rather confirm it by their power),
non ego nec Teucris Italos parere iubebo
I will not bid the Italians obey the Teucrians,
nec mihi regna peto: paribus se legibus ambae
nor do I seek realms for myself: let both nations, undefeated,
invictae gentes aeterna in foedera mittant.
enter into an eternal alliance under equal laws.
Sacra deosque dabo; socer arma Latinus habeto,
I will give the sacred rites and the gods; let my father-in-law Latinus keep his arms,
imperium sollemne socer; mihi moenia Teucri
and my father-in-law his customary authority; for me the Teucrians
constituent, urbique dabit Lavinia nomen.
shall build walls, and Lavinia shall give her name to the city.”
Sic prior Aeneas; sequitur sic deinde Latinus
Thus Aeneas spoke first; then Latinus follows thus,
suspiciens caelum tenditque ad sidera dextram:
looking up to heaven and stretching his right hand to the stars:
Haec eadem, Aenea, terram mare sidera iuro
”By these same things, Aeneas, I swear: by the earth, the sea, the stars,
Latonaeque genus duplex Ianumque bifrontem
and the twin offspring of Latona, and two-faced Janus,
vimque deum infernam et duri sacraria Ditis;
and the power of the gods below, and the shrines of harsh Dis;
audiat haec genitor, qui foedera fulmine sancit.
let the Father hear this, who sanctifies treaties with his lightning.
Tango aras, medios ignis et numina testor:
I touch the altars, I call to witness the fires between us and the gods:
nulla dies pacem hanc Italis nec foedera rumpet,
no day shall break this peace nor these treaties for the Italians,
quo res cumque cadent; nec me vis ulla volentem
however things shall fall out; nor shall any force turn me aside willing,
avertet, non, si tellurem effundat in undas
not if it should pour the earth into the waves,
diluvio miscens caelumque in Tartara solvat;
mixing them in a deluge, and dissolve heaven into Tartarus;
ut sceptrum hoc (dextra sceptrum nam forte gerebat)
just as this sceptre
numquam fronde levi fundet virgulta nec umbras,
(for by chance he was bearing a sceptre in his right hand)
cum semel in silvis imo de stirpe recisum
shall never sprout with light foliage into twigs nor cast shade,
matre caret posuitque comas et bracchia ferro,
since once cut from its lowest trunk in the forests
olim arbos, nunc artificis manus aere decoro
it has lacked its mother, and the iron has removed its hair and arms,
inclusit patribusque dedit gestare Latinis.
once a tree, now the hand of the craftsman has enclosed it in beautiful bronze
Talibus inter se firmabant foedera dictis
and given it to the Latin fathers to bear.” With such words they confirmed the treaties between themselves,
+ extra markers: 12.212 (translation introduced markers absent in the source; merged into this section)
conspectu in medio procerum. Tum rite sacratas
in the midst of the view of the chieftains. Then they ritually slaughter
in flammam iugulant pecudes et viscera vivis
the consecrated beasts into the flame, and tear out the entrails
eripiunt cumulantque oneratis lancibus aras.
from them while still alive, and heap the altars with loaded platters.
At vero Rutulis inpar ea pugna videri
But indeed to the Rutulians this combat had long seemed unequal,
iamdudum et vario misceri pectora motu;4
and their breasts were mixed with varied emotion;
tum magis, ut propius cernunt non viribus aequis.
then all the more, as they see more closely that their strengths are not equal.
Adiuvat incessu tacito progressus et aram
Turnus helps this, advancing with silent step and worshiping
suppliciter venerans demisso lumine Turnus
the altar suppliantly with downcast eyes,
tabentesque genae et iuvenali in corpore pallor.
and his wasted cheeks, and the pallor on his youthful body.
Quem simul ac Iuturna soror crebrescere vidit
As soon as his sister Juturna saw this talk grow frequent
sermonem et volgi variare labantia corda,
and the wavering hearts of the crowd fluctuate,
in medias acies, formam adsimulata Camerti,
into the midst of the ranks, having assumed the form of Camers,
cui genus a proavis ingens clarumque paternae
whose lineage was noble from his ancestors, and famous was the name
nomen erat virtutis, et ipse acerrimus armis,
of his father’s valor, and he himself was most fierce in arms,
in medias dat sese acies haud nescia rerum
she throws herself into the middle of the ranks, not ignorant of the situation,
rumoresque serit varios ac talia fatur:
and sows various rumors, and speaks as follows:
Non pudet, O Rutuli, pro cunctis talibus unam
”Are you not ashamed, O Rutulians, to expose a single life
obiectare animam? Numerone an viribus aequi
for all such as these? Are we not equal in number or strength?
non sumus? En omnes et Troes et Arcades hi sunt
Behold, these are all of them, both Trojans and Arcadians,
fatalesque manus, infensa Etruria Turno:
and the fated bands, Etruria hostile to Turnus:
vix hostem, alterni si congrediamur, habemus.
we scarcely have an enemy, if every other one of us should engage.
Ille quidem ad superos, quorum se devovet aris,
He indeed will ascend to the gods above, to whose altars he devotes himself,
succedet fama vivusque per ora feretur:
in fame, and will be carried alive through the mouths of men:
nos patria amissa dominis parere superbis
we, having lost our fatherland, shall be forced to obey proud masters,
- 12.159auctor ego audendi
audendi is the genitive of the gerund audere, modifying the noun auctor (author, guarantor). Literally 'I am the author of daring'.
- 12.161Interea reges
The plural subject reges (the kings) agrees with the verb procedunt in line 169, but between them is a long series of individualized descriptions of each leader (Latinus, Turnus, Aeneas, etc.).
- 12.172conversi lumina
conversi is a passive participle used with a middle or reflexive sense. lumina is an accusative of specification (Greek accusative) or direct object of the participle, meaning 'having turned their eyes'.
- 12.216ea pugna videri / iamdudum et vario misceri pectora motu
videri and misceri are historical infinitives, equivalent to imperfect indicative verbs (videbatur, miscebantur), used to make the description of a tense scene more vivid and rapid.