§1.52.1γενόμενοι δὲ κατὰ Σικελίαν, εἴτε γνώμῃ χρησάμενοι τῇδε ὁρμίσασθαι εἴτε καὶ ὑπʼ ἀνέμων πονηρῶν βιασθέντες, ἃ δὴ φιλεῖ περὶ τὴν θάλατταν τήνδε γίνεσθαι, κατάγονται τῆς νήσου περὶ τὰ καλούμενα Δρέπανα·
Having arrived off Sicily, whether because they decided to anchor there or because they were forced by unfavorable winds, which are indeed accustomed to occur in this sea, they put in at the place called Drepanum on the island.
ἔνθα περιτυγχάνουσι τοῖς σὺν Ἐλύμῳ καὶ Αἰγέστῳ προεξελθοῦσιν ἐκ τῆς Τροίας, οἳ τύχης τε καὶ πνεύματος οὐρίου λαβόμενοι καὶ ἅμα οὐ πολλῇ ἀποσκευῇ βαρυνόμενοι διʼ ὀλίγου κατήχθησαν εἰς Σικελίαν καὶ ᾤκησαν περὶ ποταμὸν καλούμενον Κριμισὸν ἐν γῇ Σικανῶν, πρὸς φιλίαν λαβόντες παρʼ αὐτῶν τὸ χωρίον διὰ τὴν Αἰγέστου συγγένειαν γενομένου τε καὶ τραφέντος ἐν Σικελίᾳ κατὰ §1.52.2τοιόνδε τι πάθος.
There they fell in with those who had previously set out from Troy with Elymus and Aegestus, who, meeting with good fortune and a favorable wind, and at the same time not being burdened with much baggage, had landed in Sicily after a short time and had settled around the river called Crimisus in the land of the Sicanians, having received the place from them on friendly terms because of the kinship of Aegestus, who had been born and raised in Sicily under the following circumstance.
τῶν προγόνων αὐτοῦ τις ἀνὴρ ἐπιφανὴς ἐκ τοῦ Τρωικοῦ γένους ὢν Λαομέδοντι διάφορος γίνεται, καὶ αὐτὸν ὁ βασιλεὺς ἐπʼ αἰτίᾳ δή τινι λαβὼν κτείνει καὶ γένος αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄρρεν ἅπαν, ὑπὸ δέους μή τι πρὸς αὐτῶν πάθῃ·
A certain illustrious man among his ancestors, being of Trojan stock, fell out with Laomedon, and the king, having seized him on some charge, put him to death together with all his male offspring, out of fear lest he should suffer some harm at their hands.
τὰς δὲ θυγατέρας παρθένους ἔτι οὔσας ἀποκτεῖναι μὲν οὐκ εὐπρεπὲς ἐνόμισε, Τρωσὶ δὲ συνοικούσας περιιδεῖν οὐκ ἀσφαλές, δίδωσι δʼ αὐτὰς ἐμπόροις ὡς προσωτάτω κελεύσας ἀπάγειν.
But as for the daughters, who were still virgins, he did not think it decent to kill them, yet he thought it unsafe to allow them to live with Trojans; so he gave them to merchants, ordering them to carry them as far away as possible.
§1.52.3ταύταις ἀπιούσαις συνεκπλεῖ μειράκιόν τι τῶν ἐπιφανῶν κρατούμενον ἔρωτι τῆς ἑτέρας καὶ γαμεῖ τὴν παιδίσκην ἀχθεῖσαν εἰς Σικελίαν, καὶ γίνεται αὐτοῖς παῖς ἐν Σικελοῖς διατρίβουσιν Αἴγεστος ὄνομα·
As they were departing, a certain young man of illustrious family, overcome by love for one of them, sailed away with them and married the girl when she had been brought to Sicily; and a son was born to them while they were living among the Sicels, named Aegestus.
ὃς ἤθη καὶ γλῶσσαν τῶν ἐπιχωρίων ἐκμαθών, ἐπειδὴ τοὺς γονεῖς αὐτῷ τελευτῆσαι συνέβη, βασιλεύοντος ἐν Τροίᾳ Πριάμου κάθοδον αὑτῷ δοθῆναι διαπράττεται, καὶ συνδιενέγκας τὸν πρὸς τοὺς Ἀχαιοὺς πόλεμον ἁλισκομένης τῆς πόλεως ἀπέπλει πάλιν εἰς Σικελίαν σὺν Ἐλύμῳ ποιησάμενος τὴν φυγὴν ἐν τρισὶ ναυσὶν, ἃς Ἀχιλλεὺς ἔχων ὅτε τὰς Τρωάδας ἐληίζετο πόλεις ἕρμασιν ὑφάλοις περιπεσούσας ἀπέβαλεν.
Having learned the customs and language of the natives, when it happened that his parents died, he brought it about that a return was granted to him while Priam was reigning in Troy; and after having shared in the war against the Achaeans, when the city was taken, he sailed back to Sicily, making his escape with Elymus in three ships, which Achilles had lost when they struck on hidden reefs while he was plundering the Trojan cities.
§1.52.4ἐντυχὼν δὴ τοῖς εἰρημένοις Αἰνείας ἀνδράσι φιλοφρονεῖταί τε αὐτοὺς καὶ κατασκευάζεται αὐτοῖς πόλεις Αἴγεσταν καὶ Ἔλυμα καί τινα καὶ μοῖραν τῆς ἑαυτοῦ στρατιᾶς ἐν τοῖς πολίσμασιν ὑπολείπεται, ὡς μὲν ἐγὼ εἰκάζω γνώμῃ ἑκουσίῳ χρησάμενος, ἵνα τοῖς ὑπὸ καμάτων βαρυνομένοις ἢ καὶ ἄλλως θαλάττῃ ἀχθομένοις ἀναπαύσεις γίνοιντο ἀσφαλεῖς καὶ καταγωγαί, ὡς δέ τινες γράφουσι τοῦ ναυτικοῦ μειωθέντος αὐτῷ διὰ τὴν ἔμπρησιν, ἣν ἐποιήσαντο τῶν γυναικῶν τινες ἀχθόμεναι τῇ πλάνῃ, τὸν οὐκέτι δυνάμενον συμπλεῖν ὄχλον ἐκ τῶν κατακεκαυμένων νεῶν ἀνάγκῃ καταλιπών.
Aeneas, having met the aforementioned men, treated them with friendliness and founded for them the cities of Aegesta and Elyma, and left behind some part of his own army in these towns—as I conjecture, of his own free will, so that safe resting-places and harbors might be provided for those burdened by fatigues or otherwise averse to the sea; but as some write, because his fleet was reduced through the burning of the ships which some of the women had caused, being weary of the wandering, so that he was forced to leave behind the crowd that was no longer able to sail with him from the burned ships.