§11.533unam ex virginibus sociis sacraque caterva, §11.534compellabat et has tristis Latonia voces §11.535ore dabat:
Graditur bellum ad crudele Camilla, §11.536O virgo, et nostris nequiquam cingitur armis, §11.537cara mihi ante alias.
To Opis, one of her companion virgins and of her sacred band, Latonia was calling, and she gave forth these sad voices from her mouth: "Camilla goes to cruel war, O virgin, and she is girded in vain with our arms, dear to me before others.
Neque enim novus iste Dianae §11.538venit amor subitaque animum dulcedine movit.
For this love of Diana's is not new, nor has it moved her mind with sudden sweetness.
§11.539Pulsus ob invidiam regno viresque superbas §11.540Priverno antiqua Metabus cum excederet urbe, §11.541infantem fugiens media inter proelia belli §11.542sustulit exsilio comitem matrisque vocavit §11.543nomine Casmillae mutata parte Camillam.
Driven from his kingdom because of hatred and proud power, when Metabus was leaving the ancient city of Privernum, fleeing in the midst of the sharp battles of war, he took up the infant as a companion for his exile, and called her, changing a part of her mother Casmilla's name, Camilla.
§11.544Ipse sinu prae se portans iuga longa petebat §11.545solorum nemorum: tela undique saeva premebant §11.546et circumfuso volitabant milite Volsci.
He himself, carrying her in his bosom before him, sought the long ridges of lonely forests; savage weapons pressed him from all sides, and the Volscians were hovering about with poured-around soldiery.
§11.547Ecce fugae medio summis Amasenus abundans §11.548spumabat ripis: tantus se nubibus imber §11.549ruperat.
Lo, in the middle of their flight, the Amasenus, overflowing, was foaming over its highest banks: so great a rain had burst from the clouds.
Ille, innare parans, infantis amore §11.550tardatur caroque oneri timet.
He, preparing to swim across, is delayed by love for his infant, and fears for his dear burden.
Omnia secum §11.551versanti subito vix haec sententia sedit.
Turning all things over in his mind, suddenly with difficulty this decision was settled.
§11.552Telum immane manu valida quod forte gerebat §11.553bellator, solidum nodis et robore cocto, §11.554huic natam, libro et silvestri subere clausam, §11.555implicat atque habilem mediae circumligat hastae; §11.556quam dextra ingenti librans ita ad aethera fatur: §11.557Alma, tibi hanc, nemorum cultrix, Latonia virgo, §11.558ipse pater famulam voveo; tua prima per auras §11.559tela tenens supplex hostem fugit.
A huge weapon which by chance the warrior was carrying in his strong hand, solid with knots and seasoned oak, to this he binds his daughter, enclosed in bark and wild cork, and ties her manageably to the middle of the spear; which, balancing in his huge right hand, he speaks thus to the heavens: 'Kind one, to you, dweller of the groves, Latonian virgin, I myself, her father, vow this girl as a handmaid; holding your first weapons, she flees the enemy through the air as a suppliant.
Accipe, testor, §11.560diva tuam, quae nunc dubiis committitur auris. §11.561Dixit et adducto contortum hastile lacerto §11.562immittit: sonuere undae, rapidum super amnem §11.563infelix fugit in iaculo stridente Camilla.
Receive, I beseech you, O goddess, your own, who is now committed to the uncertain breezes.' He spoke, and with drawn-back arm hurls the spinning spear: the waters resounded; over the rapid river unhappy Camilla flies on the whistling spear.
§11.564At Metabus, magna propius iam urgente caterva, §11.565dat sese fluvio atque hastam cum virgine victor §11.566gramineo donum Triviae de caespite vellit.
But Metabus, since a great crowd was now pressing closer, gives himself to the river, and as victor plucks the spear with the maiden, a gift to Trivia, from the grassy turf.
§11.567Non illum tectis ullae, non moenibus urbes §11.568accepere neque ipse manus feritate dedisset: §11.569pastorum et solis exegit montibus aevom.
No cities received him in their homes, nor within their walls, nor would he himself have yielded because of his wildness; he spent his life among shepherds and on lonely mountains.
§11.570Hic natam in dumis interque horrentia lustra §11.571armentalis equae mammis et lacte ferino §11.572nutribat, teneris immulgens ubera labris.
Here, in the thickets and among wild lairs, he nourished his daughter on the breasts of a herd mare and the milk of wild beasts, milking the udders into her tender lips.
§11.573Utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis §11.574institerat, iaculo palmas armavit acuto §11.575spiculaque ex umero parvae suspendit et arcum.
And as soon as the infant had planted her first footsteps on the soles of her feet, he armed her hands with a sharp javelin, and hung arrows and a bow from the shoulder of the little one.
§11.576Pro crinali auro, pro longae tegmine pallae §11.577tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent.
Instead of gold for her hair, instead of the covering of a long robe, the spoil of a tigress hangs from her head down her back.
§11.578Tela manu iam tum tenera puerilia torsit §11.579et fundam tereti circum caput egit habena §11.580Strymoniamque gruem aut album deiecit olorem.
Even then she hurled childish weapons with her tender hand, and swung a sling with smooth thong around her head, and brought down a Strymonian crane or a white swan.
§11.581Multae illam frustra Tyrrhena per oppida matres §11.582optavere nurum: sola contenta Diana §11.583aeternum telorum et virginitatis amorem §11.584intemerata colit.
Many mothers through Tyrrhenian towns wished for her in vain as a daughter-in-law: content with Diana alone, undefiled, she cherishes an eternal love of weapons and of virginity.
Vellem haud correpta fuisset §11.585militia tali, conata lacessere Teucros: §11.586cara mihi comitumque foret nunc una mearum.
'I wish she had not been swept away by such warfare, attempting to challenge the Teucrians: she would now be dear to me and one of my companions.
§11.587Verum age, quandoquidem fatis urgetur acerbis, §11.588abere, nympha, polo finisque invise Latinos, §11.589tristis ubi infausto committitur omine pugna.
But come, since she is pressed by bitter fates, glide down, nymph, from heaven, and visit the Latin borders, where the sad battle is joined with unfavorable omen.
§11.590Haec cape et ultricem pharetra deprome sagittam: §11.591hac quicumque sacrum violarit volnere corpus, §11.592Tros Italusque, mihi pariter det sanguine poenas.
Take these, and draw an avenging arrow from the quiver: by this, whoever violates her sacred body with a wound, Trojan or Italian, let him pay the penalty to me equally with his blood.
§11.593Post ego nube cava miserandae corpus et arma §11.594inspoliata feram tumulo patriaeque reponam. §11.595Dixit; at illa levis caeli delapsa per auras §11.596insonuit, nigro circumdata turbine corpus.
Afterwards, in a hollow cloud, I will carry the body of the pitiable girl and her unspoiled armor to a tomb, and restore them to her native land.' She spoke; but the other, gliding down through the light breezes of heaven, made a sound, her body enveloped in a black whirlwind.
§11.597At manus interea muris Troiana propinquat §11.598Etruscique duces equitumque exercitus omnis, §11.599compositi numero in turmas.
But meanwhile the Trojan band approaches the walls, and the Etruscan leaders and the whole army of horsemen, arranged by number into squadrons.
Fremit aequore toto §11.600insultans sonipes et pressis pugnat habenis §11.601huc conversus et huc; tum late ferreus hastis §11.602horret ager campique armis sublimibus ardent.
Over the whole plain the prancing steed neighs, and fights against the tight reins, turning now here, now there; then far and wide the iron field bristles with spears, and the plains burn with uplifted arms.
§11.603Nec non Messapus contra celeresque Latini §11.604et cum fratre Coras et virginis ala Camillae §11.605adversi campo apparent hastasque reductis §11.606protendunt longe dextris et spicula vibrant, §11.607adventusque virum fremitusque ardescit equorum.
Likewise Messapus and the swift Latins on the opposite side, and Coras with his brother, and the wing of the virgin Camilla, appear in the opposing plain, and hold out their spears far forward with drawn-back right hands, and brandish their darts, and the advance of the men and the neighing of the horses burn hot.
§11.608Iamque intra iactum teli progressus uterque §11.609substiterat: subito erumpunt clamore furentisque §11.610exhortantur equos; fundunt simul undique tela
And now each army, having advanced within javelin throw, had halted: suddenly they burst forth with a shout and urge on their raging horses; at the same time they pour forth weapons from all sides,