§8.1Ut belli signum Laurenti Turnus ab arce §8.2extulit et rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu, §8.3utque acris concussit equos utque impulit arma, §8.4extemplo turbati animi, simul omne tumultu §8.5coniurat trepido Latium saevitque iuventus §8.6effera.
When Turnus raised the signal of war from the Laurentine citadel and the trumpets blasted with their harsh sound, and when he spurred his fierce horses and clashed his arms, straightway minds were troubled, and at once all Latium, in trembling panic, banded together and the wild youth raged madly.
Ductores primi Messapus et Ufens §8.7contemptorque deum Mezentius undique cogunt §8.8auxilia et latos vastant cultoribus agros.
The foremost leaders Messapus and Ufens and Mezentius, scorner of the gods, gather forces from all sides and strip the wide fields of their tillers, laying them waste.
§8.9mittitur et magni Venulus Diomedis ad urbem, §8.10qui petat auxilium et Latio consistere Teucros, §8.11advectum Aenean classi victosque penatis §8.12inferre et fatis regem se dicere posci §8.13edoceat multasque viro se adiungere gentis §8.14Dardanio et late Latio increbrescere nomen.
And Venulus too is sent to the city of great Diomedes, to ask for aid and to inform him that the Trojans are settling in Latium, that Aeneas has arrived with a fleet and is bringing in his defeated gods, declaring himself to be demanded as king by the fates, and that many nations are joining themselves to the Dardanian hero, and that his name is growing widespread in Latium.
§8.15Quid struat his coeptis, quem, si Fortuna sequatur, §8.16eventum pugnae cupiat, manifestius ipsi §8.17quam Turno regi aut regi apparere Latino.
And to show that what Aeneas is planning by these beginnings, what end of the battle he desires if Fortune should follow him, is clearer to Diomedes himself than to king Turnus or to king Latinus.
§8.18Talia per Latium.
Such were the things through Latium.
Quae Laomedontius heros §8.19cuncta videns magno curarum fluctuat aestu, §8.20atque animum nunc huc celerem, nunc dividit illuc. §8.21In partisque rapit varias perque omnia versat: §8.22sicut aquae tremulum labris ubi lumen aenis §8.23sole repercussum aut radiantis imagine lunae §8.24omnia pervolitat late loca iamque sub auras §8.25erigitur summique ferit lacuaria tecti.
The Laomedontian hero, seeing all this, tosses on a great tide of cares, and divides his swift mind now here, now there, and hurries it in various directions, turning it through all things: just as when in bronze basins the trembling light of water, reflected by the sun or the image of the radiant moon, flits widely through all places, and now is lifted high into the air and strikes the ceiling panels of the highest roof.
§8.26Nox erat, et terras animalia fessa per omnis §8.27alituum pecudumque genus sopor altus habebat: §8.28cum pater in ripa gelidique sub aetheris axe §8.29Aeneas, tristi turbatus pectora bello, §8.30procubuit seramque dedit per membra quietem.
It was night, and deep sleep held throughout all lands the weary animals, the race of birds and beasts alike: when father Aeneas, troubled in his heart by the sad war, lay down on the bank under the axis of the cold sky, and gave late rest to his limbs.
§8.31Huic deus ipse loci fluvio Tiberinus amoeno §8.32populeas inter senior se attollere frondes §8.33visus; eum tenuis glauco velabat amictu §8.34carbasus, et crinis umbrosa tegebat harundo, §8.35tum sic adfari et curas his demere dictis: §8.36O sate gente deum, Troianam ex hostibus urbem §8.37qui revehis nobis aeternaque Pergama servas, §8.38exspectate solo Laurenti arvisque Latinis, §8.39hic tibi certa domus, certi, ne absiste, penates; §8.40neu belli terrere minis: tumor omnis et irae §8.41concessere deum.
To him the god of the place himself, Tiberinus of the pleasant stream, seemed to raise himself as an old man among the poplar leaves; a thin linen cloth veiled him with a grey-green mantle, and a shady reed covered his hair; then he seemed to speak thus and to take away his cares with these words: "O born of the race of gods, who bring back to us the Trojan city from the enemy and preserve eternal Pergama, awaited on the Laurentine soil and Latin fields, here is your sure home, sure are your gods (do not draw back!); nor be terrified by the threats of war; all the swelling anger and rages of the gods have yielded.
Now, in what way you may solve what presses upon you as victor, I will teach you in a few words (pay attention).
§8.51Arcades his oris, genus a Pallante profectum, §8.52qui regem Euandrum comites, qui signa secuti, §8.53delegere locum et posuere in montibus urbem §8.54Pallantis proavi de nomine Pallanteum.
Arcadians on these shores, a race sprung from Pallas, who, as companions, followed king Evander and his banners, have chosen a place and built a city on the mountains, called Pallanteum from the name of their ancestor Pallas.
These wage war continuously with the Latin nation; add them to your camp as allies and join in league.
I myself will guide you along the banks and by the straight river, so that, carried up, you may overcome the adverse stream with oars.
§8.59Surge age, nate dea, primisque cadentibus astris §8.60Iunoni fer rite preces iramque minasque §8.61supplicibus supera votis.
Rise, come, goddess-born, and with the first stars setting, offer prayers to Juno in due form, and overcome her anger and threats with suppliant vows.
Mihi victor honorem §8.62persolves.
To me as victor you shall pay due honour.
Ego sum pleno quem flumine cernis §8.63stringentem ripas et pinguia culta secantem, §8.64caeruleus Thybris, caelo gratissimus amnis.
I am he whom you see grazing the banks with full stream and cutting the rich tilled lands, the blue Tiber, a river most pleasing to heaven.
§8.65Hic mihi magna domus, celsis caput urbibus, exit. §8.66Dixit, deinde lacu fluvius se condidit alto, §8.67ima petens; nox Aenean somnusque reliquit.
Here my great home, a head for lofty cities, arises." He spoke, and then the river-god hid himself in the deep pool, seeking the depths; night and sleep left Aeneas.
§8.68Surgit et aetherii spectans orientia solis §8.69lumina rite cavis undam de flumine palmis §8.70sustinet ac talis effundit ad aethera voces: §8.71Nymphae, Laurentes nymphae, genus amnibus unde est, §8.72tuque, o Thybri tuo genitor cum flumine sancto, §8.73accipite Aenean et tandem arcete periclis.
He rises, and looking at the rising lights of the ethereal sun, in due form holds water from the river in his hollow palms, and pours forth such words to the heavens: "Nymphs, Laurentine nymphs, from whom the race of rivers is sprung, and you, O father Tiber, with your sacred stream, receive Aeneas and at last keep him from dangers.
§8.74Quo te cumque lacus miserantem incommoda nostra §8.75fonte tenet, quocumque solo pulcherrimus exis, §8.76semper honore meo, semper celebrabere donis §8.77corniger hesperidum fluvius regnator aquarum. §8.78Adsis o tantum et propius tua numina firmes.
In whatever spring the pool holds you, pitying our hardships, on whatever soil you emerge in all your beauty, always by my honour, always with gifts you shall be celebrated, horned river, ruler of Hesperian waters.