§2.405ad caelum tendens ardentia lumina frustra,— §2.406lumina, nam teneras arcebant vincula palmas.
stretching her burning eyes to heaven in vain— her eyes, for chains restrained her tender hands.
§2.407Non tulit hanc speciem furiata mente Coroebus, §2.408et sese medium iniecit periturus in agmen.
Coroebus, with a maddened mind, did not endure this sight, and threw himself to his death into the midst of the band.
§2.409Consequimur cuncti et densis incurrimus armis.
We all follow him and rush in with thick weapons.
§2.410Hic primum ex alto delubri culmine telis §2.411nostrorum obruimur, oriturque miserrima caedes §2.412armorum facie et Graiarum errore iubarum.
Here first from the high top of the temple we are overwhelmed by the weapons of our own men, and a most pitiful slaughter arises from the appearance of our arms and the error of our Greek crests.
§2.413Tum Danai gemitu atque ereptae virginis ira §2.414undique collecti invadunt, acerrimus Aiax, §2.415et gemini Atridae, Dolopumque exercitus omnis; §2.416adversi rupto ceu quondam turbine venti §2.417confligunt, Zephyrusque Notusque et laetus Eois §2.418Eurus equis; stridunt silvae, saevitque tridenti §2.419spumeus atque imo Nereus ciet aequora fundo.
Then the Greeks, with a groan and anger at the rescued maiden, gather from all sides and attack: fiercest Ajax, and the twin sons of Atreus, and the whole army of the Dolopes; just as when a whirlwind burst, opposing winds clash—Zephyrus and Notus and Eurus joyful with his Eastern steeds; the woods shriek, and foamy Nereus rages with his trident and stirs the waters from their deepest bottom.
§2.420Illi etiam, si quos obscura nocte per umbram §2.421fudimus insidiis totaque agitavimus urbe, §2.422apparent; primi clipeos mentitaque tela §2.423adgnoscunt, atque ora sono discordia signant.
Those too, whomsoever we routed by stratagem in the dark night through the shadow and pursued through the whole city, appear; they are the first to recognize the shields and the deceptive weapons, and they note our voices differing in tone.
§2.424Ilicet obruimur numero; primusque Coroebus §2.425Penelei dextra divae armipotentis ad aram §2.426procumbit; cadit et Rhipeus, iustissimus unus §2.427qui fuit in Teucris et servantissimus aequi: §2.428dis aliter visum; pereunt Hypanisque Dymasque §2.429confixi a sociis; nec te tua plurima, Panthu, §2.430labentem pietas nec Apollinis infula texit.
Straightway we are overwhelmed by numbers; and first Coroebus falls by the right hand of Peneleus at the altar of the goddess potent in arms; Rhipeus also falls, who was the single most just man among the Teucrians and most observant of the right— it seemed otherwise to the gods; Hypanis and Dymas perish, pierced by their own companions; nor did your greatest piety, Panthus, nor the fillet of Apollo protect you as you fell.
§2.431Iliaci cineres et flamma extrema meorum, §2.432testor, in occasu vestro nec tela nec ullas §2.433vitavisse vices Danaum, et, si fata fuissent §2.434ut caderem, meruisse manu.
O ashes of Ilium and final flame of my people, I call you to witness that in your fall I avoided neither weapons nor any hazards from the Greeks, and, if the fates had been that I should fall, I had merited it by my hand.
Divellimur inde, §2.435Iphitus et Pelias mecum, quorum Iphitus aevo §2.436iam gravior, Pelias et volnere tardus Ulixi; §2.437protinus ad sedes Priami clamore vocati.
Thence we are torn away, Iphitus and Pelias with me, of whom Iphitus was already heavy with age, and Pelias slow because of a wound from Ulysses; summoned immediately to the palace of Priam by the shouting.
§2.438Hic vero ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam §2.439bella forent, nulli tota morerentur in urbe.
Here indeed we see a huge battle, as if there were no other wars anywhere, and no one was dying in the whole city.
§2.440Sic Martem indomitum, Danaosque ad tecta ruentis §2.441cernimus, obsessumque acta testudine limen.
Thus we behold the untamed conflict, and the Greeks rushing to the palace, and the entrance besieged, with a tortoise-formation driven up.
§2.442Haerent parietibus scalae, postisque sub ipsos §2.443nituntur gradibus, clipeosque ad tela sinistris §2.444protecti obiciunt, prensant fastigia dextris.
Ladders cling to the walls, and they struggle up the steps close to the doorposts themselves, and protected they oppose their shields with their left hands against weapons, and grasp the roof-edges with their right hands.
§2.445Dardanidae contra turris ac tota domorum §2.446culmina convellunt; his se, quando ultima cernunt, §2.447extrema iam in morte parant defendere telis; §2.448auratasque trabes, veterum decora alta parentum, §2.449devolvunt; alii strictis mucronibus imas §2.450obsedere fores; has servant agmine denso.
The Dardanians on the other hand tear down towers and the whole roofs of the houses; with these, since they see the end, they prepare to defend themselves even in extreme death as weapons; and they roll down gilded beams, the lofty ornaments of their ancient ancestors; others with drawn swords have blocked the lowest doors; these they guard in a dense crowd.
§2.451Instaurati animi, regis succurrere tectis, §2.452auxilioque levare viros, vimque addere victis.
Our spirits were renewed to aid the palace of the king, and to relieve the men with help, and to add strength to the defeated.
§2.453Limen erat caecaeque fores et pervius usus §2.454tectorum inter se Priami, postesque relicti §2.455a tergo, infelix qua se, dum regna manebant, §2.456saepius Andromache ferre incomitata solebat §2.457ad soceros, et avo puerum Astyanacta trahebat.
There was an entrance and a hidden door and a common passage between the halls of Priam's palace, and a neglected postern at the rear, where, while the kingdom remained, the unhappy Andromache was often accustomed to go unattended to her parents-in-law, and used to drag the boy Astyanax to his grandfather.
I escape to the edges of the highest roof, whence the wretched Teucrians were throwing vain weapons with their hands.
§2.460Turrim in praecipiti stantem summisque sub astra §2.461eductam tectis, unde omnis Troia videri §2.462et Danaum solitae naves et Achaia castra, §2.463adgressi ferro circum, qua summa labantis §2.464iuncturas tabulata dabant, convellimus altis §2.465sedibus, impulimusque; ea lapsa repente ruinam §2.466cum sonitu trahit et Danaum super agmina late §2.467incidit: ast alii subeunt, nec saxa, nec ullum §2.468telorum interea cessat genus.
A tower standing on the edge, and built up to the stars from the highest roofs, whence all Troy and the usual ships of the Greeks and the Achaean camp were accustomed to be seen, we attacked with iron all around, where the highest stories offered unstable joints, and we tore it from its lofty foundations, and pushed it; having slipped, it suddenly drags down ruin with a crash and falls widely upon the bands of the Greeks: but others come up, nor do stones nor any kind of weapons cease meanwhile.
§2.469Vestibulum ante ipsum primoque in limine Pyrrhus §2.470exsultat, telis et luce coruscus aëna; §2.471qualis ubi in lucem coluber mala gramina pastus §2.472frigida sub terra tumidum quem bruma tegebat, §2.473nunc, positis novus exuviis nitidusque iuventa, §2.474lubrica convolvit sublato pectore terga §2.475arduus ad solem, et linguis micat ore trisulcis.
Before the entrance itself and on the very threshold Pyrrhus exults, flashing with weapons and bronze light; just as when a snake, having fed on poisonous herbs, which the cold winter was hiding swollen under the earth, now, its skin cast off, new and shining with youth, rolls its slippery back with raised breast, towering toward the sun, and darts with its three-forked tongue from its mouth.
§2.476Una ingens Periphas et equorum agitator Achillis, §2.477armiger Automedon, una omnis Scyria pubes §2.478succedunt tecto, et flammas ad culmina iactant.
Together with him huge Periphas and the driver of Achilles' horses, the armor-bearer Automedon, together with him all the Scyrian youth advance to the house, and hurl flames to the roofs.
§2.479Ipse inter primos correpta dura bipenni §2.480limina perrumpit, postisque a cardine vellit §2.481aeratos; iamque excisa trabe firma cavavit §2.482robora, et ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram.
He himself among the first, having seized a hard double-axe, breaks through the stubborn thresholds, and tears the bronze-plated doorposts from their hinges; and now, having cut through the beam, he hollowed out the firm oak, and made a huge window with a wide opening.
§2.483Adparet domus intus, et atria longa patescunt; §2.484adparent Priami et veterum penetralia regum, §2.485armatosque vident stantis in limine primo.
The house within appears, and the long halls lie open; the inner sanctuaries of Priam and of ancient kings appear, and they see armed men standing on the very threshold.
§2.486At domus interior gemitu miseroque tumultu
But the inner house with groaning and wretched tumult...