Aeneid 88-107 Translation Flashcards
Intonuere poli, et crebris micat ignibus aether,
The poles thundered, and the sky flashes with frequent fires,
Extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra:
Immediately the limbs of Aeneas are loosened by the cold;
non potuisse, tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra,
of Ilium and poured out my soul by your right hand,
Eripiunt subito nubes caelumque diemque
Suddenly clouds rip away the sky and day
Teucrorum ex oculus; ponto nox incubat atra.
from the Trojan’s eyes: dark night rests on the sea.
praesentemque viris intentant omnia mortem.
and all things threaten immediate death to the men.
Extemplo Aeneae solvuntur frigore membra
Immediately the limbs of Aeneas are loosened by the cold;
ingemit, et duplicis tendens ad sidera palmas
he groans, and stretching his two hands towards the heavens.
talia voce refert: ‘O terque quaterque beati,
he says such things with his voice: ‘O, three and four times blessed
quis ante ora patrum Troiae sub moenibus altis
those whom it befell to encounter their deaths before the faces of their fathers under the high walls of Troy!
contigit oppetere! O Danaum fortissime gentis
O Diamides, bravest of the race of the Greeks!
Tydide! Mene Iliacis occumbere campis
why could I not have fallen on the fields
non potuisse, tuaque animam hanc effundere dextra,
of Ilium and poured out my soul by your right hand,
saevus ubi Aeacidae telo iacet Hector, ubi ingens
where savage Hector lies, beneath the spear of Achilles,
Sarpedon, ubi tot Simois correpta sub undis
where huge Sarpedon lies, where Simois rolls beneath its waves
