Thus he speaks weeping, and gives free rein to the fleet, and at last glides to the Euboean shores of Cumae.
§6.3Obvertunt pelago proras; tum dente tenaci §6.4ancora fundabat naves, et litora curvae §6.5praetexunt puppes.
They turn the prows to the sea; then with tenacious tooth the anchor secured the ships, and the curved sterns fringe the shores.
Iuvenum manus emicat ardens §6.6litus in Hesperium; quaerit pars semina flammae §6.7abstrusa in venis silicis, pars densa ferarum §6.8tecta rapit silvas, inventaque flumina monstrat.
A band of young men leaps forth burning onto the Hesperian shore; one part seeks the seeds of flame hidden in the veins of flint, another part ravishes the forests, the thick coverts of wild beasts, and points out the streams they have found.
§6.9At pius Aeneas arces, quibus altus Apollo §6.10praesidet, horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae §6.11antrum immane petit, magnum cui mentem animumque §6.12Delius inspirat vates, aperitque futura.
But pious Aeneas seeks the heights over which high Apollo presides, and the vast cavern, the far-off secret place of the dread Sibyl, to whom the Delian prophet inspires a great mind and soul, and reveals the future.
§6.13Iam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta.
Now they enter the groves of Trivia and the golden roofs.
§6.14Daedalus, ut fama est, fugiens Minoïa regna, §6.15praepetibus pennis ausus se credere caelo, §6.16insuetum per iter gelidas enavit ad Arctos, §6.17Chalcidicaque levis tandem super adstitit arce.
Daedalus, as the story goes, fleeing the realms of Minos, dared to trust himself to the sky on swift wings, and glided away along an unaccustomed path to the cold North, and at last hovered lightly above the Chalcidian height.
§6.18Redditus his primum terris, tibi, Phoebe, sacravit §6.19remigium alarum, posuitque immania templa.
Returned first to these lands, to you, Phoebus, he dedicated the oarage of his wings, and built a vast temple.
§6.20In foribus letum Androgeo: tum pendere poenas §6.21Cecropidae iussi—miserum!—septena quotannis §6.22corpora natorum; stat ductis sortibus urna.
On the doors was the death of Androgeos: then the Athenians, ordered—pity!—to pay as penalty yearly seven bodies of their children; there stands the urn with the lots drawn.
§6.23Contra elata mari respondet Gnosia tellus: §6.24hic crudelis amor tauri, suppostaque furto §6.25Pasiphaë, mixtumque genus prolesque biformis §6.26Minotaurus inest, Veneris monumenta nefandae; §6.27hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error; §6.28magnum reginae sed enim miseratus amorem §6.29Daedalus ipse dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit, §6.30caeca regens filo vestigia.
Opposite, rising from the sea, the Gnosian land responds: here is the cruel love of the bull, and Pasiphaë mated by stealth, and the mixed race and two-formed offspring, the Minotaur, a monument of unspeakable passion; here is that labor of the house and the inextricable wandering; but indeed, pitying the great love of the princess, Daedalus himself unraveled the deceits and windings of the building, guiding the blind footsteps with a thread.
Tu quoque magnam §6.31partem opere in tanto, sineret dolor, Icare, haberes.
You also, Icarus, would have a large share in so great a work, did grief permit.
Twice he had attempted to fashion your fall in gold; twice the father's hands fell.
Quin protinus omnia §6.34perlegerent oculis, ni iam praemissus Achates §6.35adforet, atque una Phoebi Triviaeque sacerdos, §6.36Deiphobe Glauci, fatur quae talia regi: §6.37Non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit; §6.38nunc grege de intacto septem mactare iuvencos §6.39praestiterit, totidem lectas de more bidentes. §6.40Talibus adfata Aenean (nec sacra morantur §6.41iussa viri), Teucros vocat alta in templa sacerdos.
Indeed, they would have gone on scanning all things with their eyes, had not Achates, sent ahead, now been present, and with him the priestess of Phoebus and Trivia, Deiphobe daughter of Glaucus, who speaks such words to the king: "Not such spectacles as those does this hour demand for itself; now it would be better to sacrifice seven bullocks from an untouched herd, and as many chosen sheep according to custom." Having addressed Aeneas in such words (nor do the men delay the ordered sacrifices), the priestess summons the Teucrians into the lofty temple.
§6.42Excisum Euboicae latus ingens rupis in antrum, §6.43quo lati ducunt aditus centum, ostia centum; §6.44unde ruunt totidem voces, responsa Sibyllae.
A huge side of the Euboean rock is cut into a cavern, whither a hundred broad approaches lead, a hundred mouths; whence rush as many voices, the responses of the Sibyl.
§6.45Ventum erat ad limen, cum virgo. Poscere fata §6.46tempus
ait; deus, ecce, deus!
Cui talia fanti §6.47ante fores subito non voltus, non color unus, §6.48non comptae mansere comae; sed pectus anhelum, §6.49et rabie fera corda tument; maiorque videri, §6.50nec mortale sonans, adflata est numine quando §6.51iam propiore dei.
They had come to the threshold, when the maiden cries: "It is time to ask your fates; lo, the god, the god!" To her, speaking such words before the doors, suddenly her face, her color was not the same, her hair remained not braided; but her breast heaved, and her wild heart swells with madness; and she seemed taller, nor sounding mortal, since she was inspired by the divinity of the now nearer god.
Cessas in vota precesque, §6.52Tros
ait
Aenea? Cessas? Neque enim ante dehiscent
"Do you delay with vows and prayers, Trojan Aeneas?" she cries. "Do you delay?
For not before will open the great mouths of the awestruck house." And having so spoken she fell silent.
Gelidus Teucris per dura cucurrit §6.55ossa tremor, funditque preces rex pectore ab imo: §6.56Phoebe, graves Troiae semper miserate labores, §6.57Dardana qui Paridis direxti tela manusque §6.58corpus in Aeacidae, magnas obeuntia terras §6.59tot maria intravi duce te, penitusque repostas §6.60Massylum gentes praetentaque Syrtibus arva, §6.61iam tandem Italiae fugientis prendimus oras; §6.62hac Troiana tenus fuerit Fortuna secuta.
A cold tremor ran through the hard bones of the Teucrians, and the king pours forth prayers from his deepest heart: "Phoebus, who didst ever pity the heavy labors of Troy, who didst direct the Dardanian weapons and the hands of Paris against the body of Aeacus' grandson; under your guidance I entered so many seas bordering great lands, and the deeply hidden tribes of the Massylians and the fields stretched before the Syrtes, now at last we grasp the shores of fleeting Italy; thus far only may the fortune of Troy have followed us.
§6.63Vos quoque Pergameae iam fas est parcere genti, §6.64dique deaeque omnes quibus obstitit Ilium et ingens §6.65gloria Dardaniae.
It is right now for you too to spare the Pergamean race, all ye gods and goddesses to whom Ilium and the great glory of Dardania was an offense.
Tuque, O sanctissima vates, §6.66praescia venturi, da, non indebita posco §6.67regna meis fatis, Latio considere Teucros §6.68errantisque deos agitataque numina Troiae.
And you, O most holy prophetess, foreknowing the future, grant—I ask for realms not unowed to my fates—that the Teucrians may settle in Latium, along with the wandering gods and the storm-tossed divinities of Troy.
§6.69Tum Phoebo et Triviae solido de marmore templum §6.70instituam, festosque dies de nomine Phoebi.
Then to Phoebus and Trivia a temple of solid marble I will establish, and festive days in the name of Phoebus.
§6.71Te quoque magna manent regnis penetralia nostris: §6.72hic ego namque tuas sortes arcanaque fata, §6.73dicta meae genti, ponam, lectosque sacrabo, §6.74alma, viros.
For you too a great sanctuary remains in our realms: for here I will place your lots and secret fates, declared to my people, and I will consecrate chosen men, O gracious one.
Foliis tantum ne carmina manda, §6.75ne turbata volent rapidis ludibria ventis;
Only do not commit your verses to leaves, lest they fly away, disturbed, the sport of rapid winds;"