§7.735fertur, Teleboum Capreas cum regna teneret, §7.736iam senior; patriis sed non et filius arvis §7.737contentus late iam tum dicione premebat §7.738Sarrastis populos et quae rigat aequora Sarnus §7.739quique Rufras Batulumque tenent atque arva Celemnae §7.740et quos maliferae despectant moenia Abellae, §7.741Teutonico ritu soliti torquere cateias, §7.742tegmina quis capitum raptus de subere cortex, §7.743aerataeque micant peltae, micat aereus ensis.
He is said to have been begotten of the nymph Sebethis by Telon, when he held the kingdoms of the Teleboans of Capri, already elderly; but his son, not content with his father's lands, already then was pressing under his sway far and wide the Sarrastes peoples, and the plains which the Sarnus waters, and those who hold Rufrae and Batulum and the fields of Celemna, and those whom the walls of apple-bearing Abella look down upon, accustomed in the Teutonic fashion to hurl the cateiae; for whom the coverings of their heads was bark stripped from the cork-tree, and their bronze shields gleam, and their bronze sword gleams.
§7.744Et te montosae misere in proelia Nersae, §7.745Ufens, insignem fama et felicibus armis; §7.746horrida praecipue cui gens adsuetaque multo §7.747venatu nemorum, duris Aequicula glaebis.
And you, mountainous Nersae, sent into battles, Ufens, distinguished in fame and successful arms; whose people was especially rugged and accustomed to much hunting of the woods, the Aequiculan with its harsh soil.
Armed they till the earth, and always to collect fresh booty pleases them, and to live by plunder.
§7.750Quin et Marruvia venit de gente sacerdos, §7.751fronde super galeam et felici comptus oliva. §7.752Archippi regis missu, fortissimus Umbro, §7.753vipereo generi et graviter spirantibus hydris §7.754spargere qui somnos cantuque manuque solebat §7.755mulcebatque iras et morsus arte levabat.
Nay even, there came a priest from the Marruvian nation, his helmet adorned above with foliage and fertile olive, sent by king Archippus, the most brave Umbro, who was accustomed to scatter sleep upon the viper breed and heavily breathing hydras with charm and hand, and was soothing their rages and curing their bites with art.
§7.756Sed non Dardaniae medicari cuspidis ictum §7.757evaluit, neque eum iuvere in volnera cantus §7.758somniferi et Marsis quaesitae montibus herbae.
But he did not avail to cure the blow of the Dardanian spear-point, nor did sleep-bringing songs help him against wounds, or herbs sought on the Marsian mountains.
You, the grove of Angitia, you, Fucinus with glassy wave, you, the clear lakes wept for.
§7.761Ibat et Hippolyti proles pulcherrima bello, §7.762Virbius, insignem quem mater Aricia misit, §7.763eductum Egeriae lucis umentia circum §7.764litora, pinguis ubi et placabilis ara Dianae.
There went also the most beautiful offspring of Hippolytus to the war, Virbius, whom, distinguished, his mother Aricia sent, reared around the moist shores in the groves of Egeria, where is the rich and placable altar of Diana.
§7.765Namque ferunt fama Hippolytum, postquam arte novercae §7.766occiderit patriasque explerit sanguine poenas §7.767turbatis distractus equis, ad sidera rursus §7.768aetheria et superas caeli venisse sub auras, §7.769Paeoniis revocatum herbis et amore Dianae.
For they relate by report that Hippolytus, after by his stepmother's art he died and satisfied his father's vengeance with his blood, torn asunder by his frightened horses, came again to the ethereal stars and under the upper breezes of heaven, recalled by Paeonian herbs and the love of Diana.
§7.770Tum pater omnipotens, aliquem indignatus ab umbris §7.771mortalem infernis ad lumina surgere vitae, §7.772ipse repertorem medicinae talis et artis §7.773fulmine Phoebigenam Stygias detrusit ad undas.
Then the almighty father, indignant that any mortal should rise from the infernal shades to the lights of life, himself with a thunderbolt thrust down the discoverer of such medicine and art, the son of Phoebus, to the Stygian waters.
§7.774At Trivia Hippolytum secretis alma recondit §7.775sedibus et nymphae Egeriae nemorique relegat, §7.776solus ubi in silvis Italis ignobilis aevom §7.777exigeret versoque ubi nomine Virbius esset.
But kind Trivia hides Hippolytus in secret dwellings and commits him to the nymph Egeria and her grove, where alone in the Italian woods, ignoble, he might spend his life and where, with name changed, he should be Virbius.
§7.778Unde etiam templo Triviae lucisque sacratis §7.779cornipedes arcentur equi, quod litore currum §7.780et iuvenem monstris pavidi effudere marinis.
Whence also from the temple of Trivia and her consecrated groves horn-footed horses are barred, because on the shore, frightened by marine monsters, they overturned the chariot and the youth.
His son, no less, was training swift horses on the level of the burning plain and was rushing into battles in his chariot.
§7.783Ipse inter primos praestanti corpore Turnus §7.784vertitur arma tenens et toto vertice supra est.
Turnus himself, of outstanding body, moves among the foremost, holding arms, and is above them by a whole head.
§7.785Cui triplici crinita iuba galea alta Chimaeram §7.786sustinet, Aetnaeos efflantem faucibus ignis: §7.787tam magis illa fremens et tristibus effera flammis, §7.788quam magis effuso crudescunt sanguine pugnae.
Whose high helmet, plumed with a triple crest, supports the Chimaera, breathing Aetnean fires from its jaws; she, the more raging and wild with baleful flames, the more the battles grow fierce with blood shed.
§7.789At levem clipeum sublatis cornibus Io §7.790auro insignibat, iam saetis obsita, iam bos §7.791(argumentum ingens), et custos virginis Argus §7.792caelataque amnem fundens pater Inachus urna.
But Io with uplifted horns in gold adorned his polished shield, already covered with bristles, already a cow (a mighty device), and Argus, the guardian of the maiden, and father Inachus pouring a river from his engraved urn.
§7.793Insequitur nimbus peditum clipeataque totis §7.794agmina densentur campis, Argivaque pubes §7.795Auruncaeque manus, Rutuli veteresque Sicani §7.796et Sacranae acies et picti scuta Labici; §7.797qui saltus, Tiberine, tuos sacrumque Numici §7.798litus arant Rutulosque exercent vomere colles §7.799Circaeumque iugum, quis Iuppiter Anxurus arvis §7.800praesidet et viridi gaudens Feronia luco; §7.801qua Saturae iacet atra palus gelidusque per imas §7.802quaerit iter vallis atque in mare conditur Ufens.
A cloud of infantry follows, and shielded columns are packed in all the plains, and the Argive youth and Auruncan bands, Rutulians and ancient Sicanians, and Sacranian ranks and Labicians with painted shields; those who plough your glades, Tiber, and the sacred shore of Numicus, and work the Rutulian hills with the ploughshare, and the Circaean ridge, over whose fields Jupiter Anxurus presides, and Feronia rejoicing in her green grove; where lies the black marsh of Satura, and cold Ufens seeks its way through the deepest valleys and is buried in the sea.
§7.803Hos super advenit Volsca de gente Camilla §7.804agmen agens equitum et florentis aere catervas, §7.805bellatrix, non illa colo calathisve Minervae §7.806femineas adsueta manus, sed proelia virgo §7.807dura pati cursuque pedum praevertere ventos.
Above these comes Camilla of the Volscian nation, leading a column of cavalry and squadrons gleaming with bronze, a warrior-maid, she not accustomed her woman's hands to the distaff or baskets of Minerva, but a virgin accustomed to endure hard battles and to outstrip the winds in the race of her feet.
§7.808Illa vel intactae segetis per summa volaret §7.809gramina nec teneras cursu laesisset aristas, §7.810vel mare per medium fluctu suspensa tumenti §7.811ferret iter celeris nec tingueret aequore plantas.
She would either fly along the top of the standing corn and not have harmed the tender ears in her course, or she would make her way through the middle of the sea, suspended on the swelling wave, and not dip her swift soles in the water.
§7.812Illam omnis tectis agrisque effusa iuventus §7.813turbaque miratur matrum et prospectat euntem, §7.814attonitis inhians animis, ut regius ostro §7.815velet honos levis umeros, ut fibula crinem §7.816auro internectat, Lyciam ut gerat ipsa pharetram §7.817et pastoralem praefixa cuspide myrtum.
At her all the youth pouring out from houses and fields and the crowd of mothers marvels and gazes at her as she goes, gaping with astonished minds, how the royal honour of purple veils her smooth shoulders, how the clasp binds her hair with gold, how she herself bears a Lycian quiver and a pastoral myrtle tipped with a spearhead.