eased [his fear], here first Aeneas dared to hope for safety, and to trust better in his afflicted fortunes.
§1.453Namque sub ingenti lustrat dum singula templo, §1.454reginam opperiens, dum, quae fortuna sit urbi, §1.455artificumque manus inter se operumque laborem §1.456miratur, videt Iliacas ex ordine pugnas, §1.457bellaque iam fama totum volgata per orbem, §1.458Atridas, Priamumque, et saevum ambobus Achillem.
For while he surveys each thing beneath the huge temple, waiting for the queen, while [he wonders] what the fortune of the city is, and at the handiwork of the artists and the labor of their works among themselves, he wonders, he sees the Trojan battles in order, and the wars now made common by fame through the whole world, the sons of Atreus, and Priam, and Achilles fierce to both.
§1.459Constitit, et lacrimans,
Quis iam locus
inquit
Achate, §1.460quae regio in terris nostri non plena laboris?
He stood, and weeping, "What place now, Achates," he says, what region on earth is not full of our labor?
§1.461En Priamus! Sunt hic etiam sua praemia laudi; §1.462sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt.
Behold Priam! Here too there are its own rewards for praise; there are tears for things and mortal affairs touch the mind.
§1.463Solve metus; feret haec aliquam tibi fama salutem. §1.464Sic ait, atque animum pictura pascit inani, §1.465multa gemens, largoque umectat flumine voltum.
Dismiss your fears; this fame will bring you some safety." Thus he speaks, and feeds his mind on the lifeless painting, groaning much, and wets his face with a large river [of tears].
§1.466Namque videbat, uti bellantes Pergama circum §1.467hac fugerent Graii, premeret Troiana iuventus, §1.468hac Phryges, instaret curru cristatus Achilles.
For he saw how, warring around Troy, here the Greeks fled, the Trojan youth pursued, there the Trojans fled, crested Achilles pressed on with his chariot.
§1.469Nec procul hinc Rhesi niveis tentoria velis §1.470adgnoscit lacrimans, primo quae prodita somno §1.471Tydides multa vastabat caede cruentus, §1.472ardentisque avertit equos in castra, prius quam §1.473pabula gustassent Troiae Xanthumque bibissent.
And not far from here he recognizes, weeping, the tents of Rhesus with snowy canvases, which, betrayed in their first sleep, the bloody son of Tydeus was devastating with much slaughter, and turned away the fiery horses into the camp, before they could taste the pastures of Troy and drink from Xanthus.
§1.474Parte alia fugiens amissis Troilus armis, §1.475infelix puer atque impar congressus Achilli, §1.476fertur equis, curruque haeret resupinus inani, §1.477lora tenens tamen; huic cervixque comaeque trahuntur §1.478per terram, et versa pulvis inscribitur hasta.
In another part, fleeing with lost weapons, Troilus, unhappy boy and unequally matched in conflict with Achilles, is carried by his horses, and clings supine to the empty chariot, yet holding the reins; his neck and hair are dragged along the ground, and the dust is inscribed by his inverted spear.
§1.479Interea ad templum non aequae Palladis ibant §1.480crinibus Iliades passis peplumque ferebant, §1.481suppliciter tristes et tunsae pectora palmis; §1.482diva solo fixos oculos aversa tenebat.
Meanwhile they were going to the temple of unfriendly Pallas, the Trojan women with disheveled hair, and they were carrying a robe, suppliantly sad and beaten on their breasts with their palms; the goddess, turned away, kept her eyes fixed on the ground.
Three times Achilles had dragged Hector around the Trojan walls, and was selling the lifeless body for gold.
§1.485Tum vero ingentem gemitum dat pectore ab imo, §1.486ut spolia, ut currus, utque ipsum corpus amici, §1.487tendentemque manus Priamum conspexit inermis.
Then indeed he gives a huge groan from the depths of his breast, as he beheld the spoils, the chariot, and the very body of his friend, and Priam stretching out his defenseless hands.
He recognized himself too mixed with the Achaean chiefs, and the Eastern battle-lines, and the arms of black Memnon.
§1.490Ducit Amazonidum lunatis agmina peltis §1.491Penthesilea furens, mediisque in milibus ardet, §1.492aurea subnectens exsertae cingula mammae, §1.493bellatrix, audetque viris concurrere virgo.
Penthesilea raging leads her bands of Amazons with crescent shields, and burns in the midst of thousands, fastening a golden girdle beneath her exposed breast, a warrior queen, and a maiden dares to clash with men.
§1.494Haec dum Dardanio Aeneae miranda videntur, §1.495dum stupet, obtutuque haeret defixus in uno, §1.496regina ad templum, forma pulcherrima Dido, §1.497incessit magna iuvenum stipante caterva.
While these things seem wondrous to Dardanian Aeneas, while he is amazed, and clings fixed in one gaze, the queen, Dido, most beautiful in form, proceeded to the temple, with a great crowd of young men thronging her.
§1.498Qualis in Eurotae ripis aut per iuga Cynthi §1.499exercet Diana choros, quam mille secutae §1.500hinc atque hinc glomerantur oreades; illa pharetram §1.501fert umero, gradiensque deas supereminet omnis: §1.502Latonae tacitum pertemptant gaudia pectus: §1.503talis erat Dido, talem se laeta ferebat §1.504per medios, instans operi regnisque futuris.
Just as on the banks of Eurotas or along the ridges of Cynthus Diana trains her dancers, whom a thousand [Oreads] following Oreads gather here and there; she [carries] a quiver on her shoulder, and walking towers above all other goddesses: joys thrill the silent breast of Latona: such was Dido, such she happily bore herself through the midst, pressing on with the work and her future kingdoms.
Then at the doors of the goddess, under the middle dome of the temple, enclosed by arms, and resting on a high throne, she sat down.
§1.507Iura dabat legesque viris, operumque laborem §1.508partibus aequabat iustis, aut sorte trahebat: §1.509cum subito Aeneas concursu accedere magno §1.510Anthea Sergestumque videt fortemque Cloanthum, §1.511Teucrorumque alios, ater quos aequore turbo §1.512dispulerat penitusque alias avexerat oras.
She was giving rights and laws to men, and [was dividing] the labor of the works into equal parts, or drawing them by lot: when suddenly Aeneas sees approaching in a great crowd Antheus and Sergestus and brave Cloanthus, and other Trojans, whom the dark storm on the sea had scattered and carried far away to other shores.
§1.513Obstipuit simul ipse simul perculsus Achates §1.514laetitiaque metuque; avidi coniungere dextras §1.515ardebant;
He was amazed, and at the same time Achates was struck with joy and fear; they eagerly [burned] to join right hands; but the unknown situation disturbs their minds.
sed res animos incognita turbat. §1.516Dissimulant, et nube cava speculantur amicti, §1.517quae fortuna viris, classem quo litore linquant, §1.518quid veniant; cunctis nam lecti navibus ibant, §1.519orantes veniam, et templum clamore petebant.
They hide their feelings, and covered in the hollow cloud they watch what fortune the men have, on what shore they leave the fleet, why they are coming; for chosen men from all the ships were going, begging for favor, and were seeking the temple with shouting.
§1.520Postquam introgressi et coram data copia fandi, §1.521maxumus Ilioneus placido sic pectore coepit: §1.522O Regina, novam cui condere Iuppiter urbem §1.523iustitiaque dedit gentis frenare superbas, §1.524Troes te miseri, ventis maria omnia vecti, §1.525oramus, prohibe infandos a navibus ignis, §1.526parce pio generi, et propius res aspice nostras.
After they entered and opportunity of speaking face-to-face was given, Ilioneus the eldest thus began with calm breast: "O Queen, to whom Jupiter has granted to build a new city and to curb proud nations with justice, we, miserable Trojans, carried by the winds through all seas, implore you: keep away the unspeakable fires from our ships, spare a pious race, and look more closely upon our affairs.