§7.246hoc Priami gestamen erat, cum iura vocatis §7.247more daret populis, sceptrumque sacerque tiaras §7.248Iliadumque labor vestes. §7.249Talibus Ilionei dictis defixa Latinus §7.250obtutu tenet ora soloque immobilis haeret
'This was the attire of Priam when he gave laws to the assembled peoples in due custom, this sceptre, and the sacred tiara, and the garments, the labor of Iliad women.' With such words of Ilioneus, Latinus holds his face down in a steady gaze and clings motionless to the ground, rolling his intent eyes.
§7.251intentos volvens oculos. Nec purpura regem §7.252picta movet nec sceptra movent Priameia tantum, §7.253quantum in conubio natae thalamoque moratur, §7.254et veteris Fauni voluit sub pectore sortem, §7.255hunc illum fatis externa ab sede profectum §7.256portendi generum paribusque in regna vocari §7.257auspiciis, huic progeniem virtute futuram §7.258egregiam et totum quae viribus occupet orbem.
Neither does the embroidered purple move the king, nor do Priam's sceptres move him so much as he dwells on the marriage and bridal chamber of his daughter, and revolves under his breast the oracle of ancient Faunus: that this very man, having set out from an external seat, was foretold by the fates as his son-in-law, and was called to the kingdom with equal auspices; that from him would be a progeny renowned in valor, which should occupy the whole world with its strength.
At length he says with joy: 'May the gods prosper our undertakings and their own omen!
dabitur, Troiane, quod optas, §7.261munera nec sperno.
It shall be given, Trojan, what you wish, nor do I despise your gifts.
Non vobis rege Latino §7.262divitis uber agri Troiaeve opulentia deerit.
While Latinus is king, the richness of a fertile land or the wealth of Troy shall not be lacking to you.
§7.263Ipse modo Aeneas, nostri si tanta cupido est, §7.264si iungi hospitio properat sociusque vocari, §7.265adveniat voltus neve exhorrescat amicos: §7.266illi pacis erit dextram tetigisse tyranni.
Only let Aeneas himself, if there is so great a desire for us, if he hastens to be joined in hospitality and to be called an ally, come here and not dread our friendly countenances: it shall be a sign of peace for him to have touched the right hand of the ruler.
§7.267vos contra regi mea nunc mandata referte.
You, on the other hand, report my messages now to your king.
§7.268Est mihi nata, viro gentis quam iungere nostrae §7.269non patrio ex adyto sortes, non plurima caelo §7.270monstra sinunt: generos externis adfore ab oris, §7.271hoc Latio restare canunt, qui sanguine nostrum §7.272nomen in astra ferant.
I have a daughter, whom to join to a husband of our race neither the oracles from my father’s shrine nor many portents from heaven permit; they prophesy that sons-in-law will come from foreign shores, and that this destiny remains for Latium, who by their blood shall raise our name to the stars.
Hunc illum poscere fata §7.273et reor et, siquid veri mens augurat, opto. §7.274haec effatus equos numero pater eligit omni §7.275(stabant ter centum nitidi in praesaepibus altis): §7.276omnibus extemplo Teucris iubet ordine duci §7.277instratos ostro alipedes pictisque tapetis; §7.278aurea pectoribus demissa monilia pendent, §7.279tecti auro fulvum mandunt sub dentibus aurum; §7.280absenti Aeneae currum geminosque iugalis §7.281semine ab aetherio, spirantis naribus ignem, §7.282illorum de gente, patri quos daedala Circe §7.283supposita de matre nothos furata creavit.
That the fates demand this very man I both believe, and, if my mind presages anything of truth, I wish it.' Having spoken these words, the father chooses horses from the whole number (three hundred sleek horses stood in the high stalls): immediately he orders to be led for all the Trojans in order wing-footed horses covered with purple and embroidered tapestries; golden monilia hang down from their breasts, and covered with gold, they champ the yellow gold beneath their teeth; for the absent Aeneas, he sends a chariot and twin yoked horses from ethereal seed, breathing fire from their nostrils, from the breed of those which ingenious Circe created, having stolen them from her father and bred them from a substituted mother.
With such gifts and words of Latinus, the sons of Aeneas return sublime on their horses and bring back peace.
§7.286Ecce autem Inachiis sese referebat ab Argis §7.287saeva Iovis coniunx aurasque invecta tenebat, §7.288et laetum Aenean classemque ex aethere longe §7.289Dardaniam Siculo prospexit ab usque Pachyno.
But behold, returning from Inachian Argos, the fierce wife of Jupiter was holding her course through the air, and from the sky, far off from Sicilian Pachynus, she espied the joyous Aeneas and the Dardan fleet.
She sees them already building houses, already trusting the land, and having abandoned their ships; she stood transfixed with sharp pain.
§7.292Tum quassans caput haec effundit pectore dicta: §7.293Heu stirpem invisam et fatis contraria nostris
Then shaking her head, she pours forth these words from her breast: 'Ah, hated race, and fates of the Phrygians contrary to ours!
§7.294fata Phrygum! Num Sigeis occumbere campis,
Could they fall on the Sigean plains?
§7.295num capti potuere capi, num incensa cremavit §7.296Troia viros? Medias acies mediosque per ignis §7.297invenere viam.
Could the captured be captured? Did burning Troy consume these men? Through the midst of armies and through the midst of fires they found a way.
At, credo, mea numina tandem §7.298fessa iacent odiis aut exsaturata quievi.
But, I suppose, my divinity at length lies exhausted by hatred, or I have rested, satisfied.
§7.299Quin etiam patria excussos infesta per undas §7.300ausa sequi et profugis toto me opponere ponto!
Nay, when they were cast out from their fatherland, I, hostile, dared to follow them through the waves and oppose myself to the fugitives across the whole sea!
§7.301Absumptae in Teucros vires caelique marisque.
The forces of both heaven and sea have been spent against the Trojans.
§7.302Quid Syrtes aut Scylla mihi, quid vasta Charybdis
What did the Syrtes or Scylla, what did vast Charybdis profit me?
They are sheltered in the desired bed of the Tiber, secure from the deep and from me.
Mars perdere gentem §7.305immanem Lapithum valuit, concessit in iras §7.306ipse deum antiquam genitor Calydona Dianae, §7.307quod scelus aut Lapithis tantum aut Calydona merentem?
Mars was able to destroy the fierce race of the Lapiths; the father of the gods himself yielded ancient Calydon to the wrath of Diana; what so great crime had either the Lapiths or Calydon committed to deserve this?
§7.308Ast ego magna Iovis coniunx, nil linquere inausum §7.309quae potui infelix, quae memet in omnia verti, §7.310vincor ab Aenea.
But I, the great wife of Jupiter, who could leave nothing undared, unhappy, who turned myself to all means, am vanquished by Aeneas.
Quod si mea numina non sunt §7.311magna satis, dubitem haud equidem implorare quod usquam est: §7.312flectere si nequeo superos, Acheronta movebo.
But if my divinity is not powerful enough, I should not hesitate to implore whatever power exists anywhere: if I cannot bend the gods above, I will move the underworld.
§7.313Non dabitur regnis, esto, prohibere Latinis, §7.314atque immota manet fatis Lavinia coniunx: §7.315at trahere atque moras tantis licet addere rebus, §7.316at licet amborum populos exscindere regum.
It will not be granted to bar him from the Latin kingdoms, let it be so, and Lavinia remains unmoved by fate as his wife: yet to drag it out and add delays to such great matters is permitted; yet it is permitted to cut off the peoples of both kings.
§7.317Hac gener atque socer coeant mercede suorum: §7.318sanguine Troiano et Rutulo dotabere, virgo, §7.319et Bellona manet te pronuba.
At this cost of their followers let the son-in-law and father-in-law unite: with Trojan and Rutulian blood you shall be dowered, maiden, and Bellona awaits you as your bridesmaid.
Nec face tantum §7.320Cisseis praegnans ignis enixa iugalis §7.321quin idem Veneri partus suus et Paris alter §7.322funestaeque iterum recidiva in Pergama taedae. §7.323Haec ubi dicta dedit, terras Horrenda petivit: §7.324luctificam Allecto dirarum ab sede dearum
Nor did the daughter of Cisseus alone, pregnant with a torch, give birth to wedding fires; Venus also has her own such offspring, a second Paris, and fatal torches again for a reborn Troy.' When she had given these words, she sought the earth, dreadful; and summoned sorrow-bringing Allecto from the home of the dread goddesses.