§7.1Tu quoque litoribus nostris, Aeneia nutrix, §7.2aeternam moriens famam, Caieta, dedisti; §7.3et nunc servat honos sedem tuus ossaque nomen §7.4Hesperia in magna, siqua est ea gloria, signat.
You too, Caieta, nurse of Aeneas, by your dying have given eternal fame to our shores; and even now your honor preserves your resting place, and in great Hesperia your name marks your bones, if that is any glory.
§7.5At pius exsequiis Aeneas rite solutis, §7.6aggere composito tumuli, postquam alta quierunt §7.7aequora, tendit iter velis portumque relinquit.
But pious Aeneas, when the funeral rites had been duly performed and the mound of the tomb was raised, after the deep waters grew calm, sets his course with sails and leaves the harbor.
§7.8Adspirant aurae in noctem nec candida cursus §7.9Luna negat, splendet tremulo sub lumine pontus.
The breezes blow towards the night, nor does the bright Moon deny their course, the sea shines under her trembling light.
§7.10Proxima Circaeae raduntur litora terrae, §7.11dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos §7.12adsiduo resonat cantu tectisque superbis §7.13urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, §7.14arguto tenuis percurrens pectine telas.
Next, the shores of the Circean land are skirted close by, where the wealthy daughter of the Sun makes the inaccessible groves resound with continuous song, and in her proud palace burns fragrant cedar for lights through the night, running through her fine webs with a shrill comb.
§7.15Hinc exaudiri gemitus iraeque leonum §7.16vincla recusantum et sera sub nocte rudentum, §7.17saetigerique sues atque in praesaepibus ursi §7.18saevire ac formae magnorum ululare luporum, §7.19quos hominum ex facie dea saeva potentibus herbis §7.20induerat Circe in voltus ac terga ferarum.
From here are heard the groans and angers of lions refusing their chains and roaring late in the night, and bristly boars and bears in their cages raging, and the shapes of great wolves howling; whom from the human form, the cruel goddess Circe, with powerful herbs, had clothed in the faces and backs of wild beasts.
§7.21Quae ne monstra pii paterentur talia Troes §7.22delati in portus neu litora dira subirent, §7.23Neptunus ventis implevit vela secundis §7.24atque fugam dedit et praeter vada fervida vexit.
Lest the pious Trojans should suffer such monstrous fates by being carried into the harbor, or enter the dreadful shores, Neptune filled their sails with favorable winds, and gave them flight, and carried them past the boiling shallows.
§7.25Iamque rubescebat radiis mare et aethere ab alto §7.26Aurora in roseis fulgebat lutea bigis: §7.27cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit §7.28flatus et in lento luctantur marmore tonsae.
And now the sea was growing red with rays, and from the high sky saffron Aurora was shining in her rosy two-horse chariot: when the winds fell and suddenly every breath of air settled, and the oars struggle in the slow marble of the sea.
And here Aeneas descries a vast grove from the sea.
Hunc inter fluvio Tiberinus amoeno §7.31verticibus rapidis et multa flavus arena §7.32in mare prorumpit.
Through this, with his pleasant stream, the Tiber, yellow with rapid eddies and much sand, bursts forth into the sea.
Variae circumque supraque §7.33adsuetae ripis volucres et fluminis alveo §7.34aethera mulcebant cantu lucoque volabant.
Around and above, various birds accustomed to the banks and the channel of the river were soothing the air with song and flying in the grove.
He orders his companions to turn their course and direct the prows to land, and joyfully enters the shaded river.
§7.37Nunc age, qui reges, Erato, quae tempora rerum, §7.38quis Latio antiquo fuerit status, advena classem §7.39cum primum Ausoniis exercitus appulit oris, §7.40expediam et primae revocabo exordia pugnae.
Come now, Erato, who were the kings, what was the state of affairs, what was the condition of ancient Latium, when first the foreign host brought their fleet to the Ausonian shores, I will unfold, and recall the first beginnings of the battle.
§7.41tu vatem, tu, diva, mone.
Do you instruct your poet, you, goddess.
Dicam horrida bella, §7.42dicam acies actosque animis in funera reges §7.43Tyrrhenamque manum totamque sub arma coactam §7.44Hesperiam.
I will speak of horrific wars, I will speak of battle-lines and kings driven by their spirits to death, and the Tyrrhenian band, and the whole of Hesperia forced under arms.
Maior rerum mihi nascitur ordo, §7.45maius opus moveo.
A greater order of things is born for me, a greater work I set in motion.
Rex arva Latinus et urbes §7.46iam senior longa placidas in pace regebat.
King Latinus was ruling the quiet fields and cities, already old, in long-lasting peace.
§7.47Hunc Fauno et nympha genitum Laurente Marica §7.48accipimus, Fauno Picus pater isque parentem §7.49te, Saturne, refert, tu sanguinis ultimus auctor.
Him we receive as born of Faunus and the Laurentine nymph Marica; Picus was the father of Faunus, and he refers to you, Saturn, as his parent, you are the ultimate author of his blood.
To him, by the fate of the gods, there was no son or male offspring, reft away as he arose in his early youth.
A single daughter was keeping the home and so great an estate, now ripe for a husband, now in her full years for marriage.
Many were seeking her from great Latium and all Ausonia.
Petit ante alios pulcherrimus omnis §7.56Turnus, avis atavisque potens, quem regia coniunx §7.57adiungi generum miro properabat amore; §7.58sed variis portenta deum terroribus obstant.
Turnus seeks her, the most beautiful before all others, powerful in grandfathers and ancestors, whom the royal consort was hastening to join as her son-in-law with wonderful love; but various portents of the gods with terrors stand in the way.
§7.59Laurus erat tecti medio in penetralibus altis, §7.60sacra comam multosque metu servata per annos, §7.61quam pater inventam, primas cum conderet arces, §7.62ipse ferebatur Phoebo sacrasse Latinus §7.63Laurentisque ab ea nomen posuisse colonis.
There was a laurel in the middle of the house, in the high inner chambers, sacred in its foliage and preserved with awe through many years, which father Latinus himself, when building his first citadels, was said to have found and consecrated to Phoebus, and from it to have given the name of Laurentines to the colonists.
§7.64Huius apes summum densae (mirabile dictu), §7.65stridore ingenti liquidum trans aethera vectae, §7.66obsedere apicem, ex pedibus per mutua nexis §7.67examen subitum ramo frondente pependit.
At the top of this, dense bees (wonderful to relate), carried through the clear air with a great noise, settled on the peak, and with feet linked to one another, a sudden swarm hung from the leafy branch.
§7.68Continuo vates:
Externum cernimus,
inquit, §7.69adventare virum et partis petere agmen easdem §7.70partibus ex isdem et summa dominarier arce. §7.71Praeterea, castis adolet dum altaria taedis §7.72et iuxta genitorem adstat Lavinia virgo, §7.73visa (nefas) longis comprendere crinibus ignem, §7.75regalisque accensa comas, accensa coronam §7.76insignem gemmis, tum fumida lumine fulvo §7.77involvi ac totis Volcanum spargere tectis.
Straightway the prophet says: "We see a foreign man approach, and a band seek the same parts from the same parts, and lord it over the highest citadel." Moreover, while she kindles the altars with holy torches, and the maiden Lavinia stands near her father, she seemed (horror!) to catch the fire with her long hair, and to burn in her royal locks, to burn in her crown distinguished with gems, then to be wrapped in smoky, yellow light, and to scatter Vulcan through the whole house.
§7.78Id vero horrendum ac visu mirabile ferri: §7.79namque fore inlustrem fama fatisque canebant §7.80ipsam, sed populo magnum portendere bellum.
This indeed was reported as dreadful and wonderful to see: for they sang that she herself would be illustrious in fame and fate, but that it portended a great war for the people.