§7.164aut acris tendunt arcus aut lenta lacertis §7.165spicula contorquent cursuque ictuque lacessunt: §7.166cum praevectus equo longaevi regis ad auris §7.167nuntius ingentis ignota in veste reportat §7.168advenisse viros.
They either bend sharp bows or with their arms hurl pliant darts, and challenge one another in running and striking: when, riding ahead on a horse, a messenger reports to the ears of the aged king that mighty men in unknown attire have arrived.
Ille intra tecta vocari §7.169imperat et solio medius consedit avito.
He orders them to be called inside the dwellings, and sat in the midst on his ancestral throne.
§7.170Tectum augustum ingens. centum sublime columnis, §7.171urbe fuit summa, Laurentis regia Pici, §7.172horrendum silvis et religione parentum.
A grand and vast building, sublime with a hundred columns, was at the top of the city, the palace of Laurentian Picus, awesome for its woods and the reverence of the ancestors.
§7.173Hic sceptra accipere et primos attollere fasces §7.174regibus omen erat, hoc illis curia templum, §7.175hae sacris sedes epulis, hic ariete caeso §7.176perpetuis soliti patres considere mensis.
Here for kings to receive the sceptre and raise the first fasces was an omen; this was their senate-house and temple, these the seats for sacred feasts; here, a ram having been slain, the elders were accustomed to sit at long tables.
§7.177Quin etiam veterum effigies ex ordine avorum §7.178antiqua e cedro, Italusque paterque Sabinus §7.179vitisator, curvam servans sub imagine falcem, §7.180Saturnusque senex Ianique bifrontis imago §7.181vestibulo astabant, aliique ab origine reges §7.182Martiaque ob patriam pugnando volnera passi.
Moreover, the statues of their ancient ancestors in order, made of ancient cedar—Italus, and father Sabinus, the vine-planter, keeping a curved sickle beneath his image, and aged Saturn, and the image of double-faced Janus— were standing in the vestibule, and other kings from the origin, and those who suffered martial wounds fighting for their fatherland.
§7.183Multaque praeterea sacris in postibus arma, §7.184captivi pendent currus curvaeque secures §7.185et cristae capitum et portarum ingentia claustra §7.186spiculaque clipeique ereptaque rostra carinis.
And besides, on the sacred doorposts hung many arms: captured chariots, curved battle-axes, helmet-crests, massive bars of gates, darts, shields, and beaks torn from ships.
§7.187Ipse Quirinali lituo parvaque sedebat §7.188succinctus trabea laevaque ancile gerebat §7.189Picus, equum domitor; quem capta cupidine coniunx §7.190aurea percussum virga versumque venenis §7.191fecit avem Circe sparsitque coloribus alas.
He himself was sitting with his Quirinal staff and girt with a small trabea, and in his left hand he bore the sacred shield— Picus, tamer of horses; whom his wife, seized with desire, Circe, having struck with her golden wand and changed with poisons, made into a bird and sprinkled his wings with colors.
§7.192Tali intus templo divom patriaque Latinus §7.193sede sedens Teucros ad sese in tecta vocavit, §7.194atque haec ingressis placido prior edidit ore: §7.195Dicite, Dardanidae (neque enim nescimus et urbem
Sitting on such an ancestral seat within such a temple of the gods, Latinus called the Trojans to himself into the palace, and as they entered, he first spoke to them with a calm countenance: 'Speak, descendants of Dardanus (for we are not ignorant of either your city or your race, and we heard you were directing your course across the sea), what do you seek?
§7.196et genus, auditique advertitis aequore cursum), §7.197quid petitis? Quae causa rates aut cuius egentis §7.198litus ad Ausonium tot per vada caerula vexit?
What cause has carried your ships, or in need of what has it borne you across so many blue waves to the Ausonian shore?
§7.199Sive errore viae seu tempestatibus acti, §7.200qualia multa mari nautae patiuntur in alto, §7.201fluminis intrastis ripas portuque sedetis, §7.202ne fugite hospitium neve ignorate Latinos §7.203Saturni gentem, haud vinclo nec legibus aequam, §7.204sponte sua veterisque dei se more tenentem.
Whether by error of the way or driven by tempests, such things as sailors suffer many on the deep sea, you have entered the banks of our river and sit in our harbor, do not shun our hospitality, nor be ignorant of the Latins, the race of Saturn, just not by constraint or laws, but holding themselves of their own free will and by the custom of the ancient god.
§7.205Atque equidem memini (fama est obscurior annis) §7.206Auruncos ita ferre senes, his ortus ut agris §7.207Dardanus Idaeas Phrygiae penetravit ad urbes §7.208Threiciamque Samum, quae nunc Samothracia fertur.
And indeed I remember (though the rumor is obscured by years) that the Auruncan elders so related, how Dardanus, born in these fields, penetrated to the Idaean cities of Phrygia and Thracian Samos, which is now called Samothrace.
§7.209Hinc illum, Corythi Tyrrhena ab sede profectum, §7.210aurea nunc solio stellantis regia caeli §7.211accipit et numerum divorum altaribus auget. §7.212Dixerat, et dicta Ilioneus sic voce secutus: §7.213Rex, genus egregium Fauni, nec fluctibus actos, §7.214atra subegit hiemps vestris succedere terris §7.215nec sidus regione viae litusve fefellit: §7.216consilio hanc omnes animisque volentibus urbem, §7.217adferimur, pulsi regnis, quae maxima quondam §7.218extremo veniens Sol aspiciebat Olympo.
From here, having set out from the Etruscan seat of Corythus, the golden palace of the starry heaven now receives him on a throne and increases the number of the gods at the altars.' He had spoken, and Ilioneus followed his words with this speech: 'O King, illustrious offspring of Faunus, neither has a black tempest, driving us through the waves, compelled us to take refuge in your lands, nor has any star or shore deceived us in the direction of our path: by design and with willing minds we all are carried to this city, driven from kingdoms which once the Sun, coming from the far edge of heaven, beheld as the greatest.
§7.219Ab Iove principium generis, Iove Dardana pubes §7.220gaudet avo, rex ipse Iovis de gente suprema, §7.221Troius Aeneas, tua nos ad limina misit.
From Jupiter is the origin of our race; in Jupiter as their ancestor the Dardan youth rejoice; our king himself, of the supreme race of Jupiter, Trojan Aeneas, sent us to your thresholds.
§7.222Quanta per Idaeos saevis effusa Mycenis §7.223tempestas ierit campos, quibus actus uterque §7.224Europae atque Asiae fatis concurrerit orbis, §7.225audiit et siquem tellus extrema refuso §7.226summovet oceano et siquem extenta plagarum §7.227quattuor in medio dirimit plaga solis iniqui.
How great a storm, poured forth from fierce Mycenae, went through the Idaean plains, by what fates driven each world of Europe and Asia clashed, he has heard, both whom the extremest land removes by the receding ocean, and whom the zone of the unfavorable sun, extended in the midst of the four zones, separates.
§7.228Diluvio ex illo tot vasta per aequora vecti §7.229dis sedem exiguam patriis litusque rogamus §7.230innocuum et cunctis undamque auramque patentem.
Carried from that deluge through so many vast seas, we ask of you a small home for our ancestral gods, a harmless shore, and water and air open to all.
§7.231Non erimus regno indecores, nec vestra feretur §7.232fama levis tantique abolescet gratia facti, §7.233nec Troiam Ausonios gremio excepisse pigebit.
We shall not be a disgrace to your kingdom, nor shall your fame be reported lightly, nor shall the gratitude for so great a deed fade, or shall it repent the Ausonians to have received Troy in their bosom.
§7.234Fata per Aeneae iuro dextramque potentem §7.235sive fide seu quis bello est expertus et armis: §7.236multi nos populi, multae (ne temne, quod ultro §7.237praeferimus manibus vittas ac verba precantia) §7.238et petiere sibi et voluere adiungere gentes; §7.239sed nos fata deum vestras exquirere terras §7.240imperiis egere suis.
I swear by the fates of Aeneas and his powerful right hand, whether any has experienced it in loyalty, or in war and arms: many peoples, many nations (do not despise us because we voluntarily offer fillets in our hands and words of prayer) have both sought us for themselves and wished to ally us to them; but the fates of the gods drove us by their commands to seek out your lands.
Hinc Dardanus ortus; §7.241huc repetit iussisque ingentibus urguet Apollo §7.242Tyrrhenum ad Thybrim et fontis vada sacra Numici.
From here Dardanus arose; hither Apollo recalls us and urges us with mighty commands to the Etruscan Tiber and the sacred pools of the fountain of Numicus.
Besides, he gives to you these small gifts of his former fortune, relics rescued from burning Troy.
§7.245Hoc pater Anchises auro libabat ad aras;
With this gold, father Anchises used to pour libations at the altars;'