Book 1: Lines 1-209

Question 1

Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris [1]

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Arms and a man I sing, who was the first from the shores of Troy

Question 2

Italiam, fato profugus, Laviniaque venit [2]

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a fugitive by fate, to come to Italy and the Lavinian

Question 3

litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto [3]

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shores — (having been) buffeted much both on lands and on sea

Question 4

vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram; [4]

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by the force of the gods, because of the mindful wrath of cruel Juno,

Question 5

multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, [5]

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and also (having) suffered many things in war, until he should found a city

Question 6

inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum, [6]

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and bear the gods into Latium — from where (came) the Latin race

Question 7

Albanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae. [7]

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and the Alban fathers and the walls of lofty Rome.

Question 8

Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso [8]

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Muse, recall for me the reasons, because of what divine will (having been) slighted

Question 9

quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus [9]

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or suffering what did the queen of the gods drive

Question 10

insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores [10]

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a man marked by devotion to undergo so many misfortunes,

Question 11

impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae? [11]

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to encounter so many hardships. Do heavenly minds (have) such wrath?

Question 12

Urbs antiqua fuit, Tyrii tenuere coloni, [12]

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There was an ancient city, Tyrian colonists held (it),

Question 13

Karthago, Italiam contra Tiberinaque longe [13]

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Carthage, opposite Italy and the mouth(s) of the Tiber by far,

Question 14

ostia, dives opum studiisque asperrima belli; [14]

Answer 14

rich of resources and very fierce in (respect to) zeal for war;

Question 15

quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam [15]

Answer 15

which Juno is said to have cherished alone more than all of the lands

Question 16

posthabita coluisse Samo; hic illius arma, [16]

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with Samos (having been) placed after: here (were) her arms,

Question 17

hic currus fuit; hoc regnum dea gentibus esse, [17]

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here was her chariot; for this to be the kingdom for the nations,

Question 18

si qua fata sinant, iam tum tenditque fovetque. [18]

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if in any way the fates would allow, the goddess already then both strives and cherishes.

Question 19

Progeniem sed enim Troiano a sanguine duci [19]

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But indeed she had heard that a race had been led from Trojan blood

Question 20

audierat, Tyrias olim quae verteret arces; [20]

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which would one day overturn Tyrian citadels;

Question 21

hinc populum late regem belloque superbum [21]

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hence that a people ruling widely and proud in war

Question 22

venturum excidio Libyae: sic volvere Parcas. [22]

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would come as the destruction for Libya: that thus the Fates had spun.

Question 23

Id metuens, veterisque memor Saturnia belli, [23]

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Saturnia, fearing this and mindful of the former war,

Question 24

prima quod ad Troiam pro caris gesserat Argis— [24]

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which she foremost had waged near Troy on behalf of her dear Argos—

Question 25

necdum etiam causae irarum saevique dolores [25]

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not yet, too, had the reasons for her wrath and the cruel sorrows

Question 26

exciderant animo: manet alta mente repostum [26]

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fallen from her mind: the judgment of Paris remains stored up in her deep mind

Question 27

iudicium Paridis spretaeque iniuria formae, [27]

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and the injury of her spurned beauty,

Question 28

et genus invisum, et rapti Ganymedis honores— [28]

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and the envied race, and the honors of snatched up Ganymede—

Question 29

his accensa super, iactatos aequore toto [29]

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inflamed at these things, moreover, [Saturnia...from line 23 :/] was warding the Trojans,

Question 30

Troas, reliquias Danaum atque immitis Achilli, [30]

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tossed on the entire sea, the remnants of the Greeks and fierce Achilles,

Question 31

arcebat longe Latio, multosque per annos [31]

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from Latium far off, and through many years

Question 32

errabant, acti fatis, maria omnia circum. [32]

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they were wandering, driven by their fates, around all of the seas.

Question 33

Tantae molis erat Romanam condere gentem! [33]

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Of so great a burden it was to found the Roman race!

Question 34

Vix e conspectu Siculae telluris in altum [34]

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Scarcely out of sight of Sicilian land on the deep (sea)

Question 35

vela dabant laeti, et spumas salis aere ruebant, [35]

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happ(il)y they were giving their sails, and they were plowing the foam of the salt with bronze,

Question 36

cum Iuno, aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus, [36]

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when Juno, nursing an ever-lasting wound at the bottom of her heart,

Question 37

haec secum: "Mene incepto desistere victam, [37]

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to herself (said) these things: "(Who would think) me to cease from something begun, defeated,

Question 38

nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem? [38]

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and not to be able to avert the king of the Teucrians from Italy?

Question 39

Quippe vetor fatis. Pallasne exurere classem [39]

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Surely I am forbidden by the fates. Was Pallas able to burn up an Argive fleet

Question 40

Argivum atque ipsos potuit submergere ponto, [40]

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and to sink the very men in the sea

Question 41

unius ob noxam et furias Aiacis Oilei? [41]

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because of the crime of one and the frenzy of Ajax of Oileus?

Question 42

Ipsa Iovis rapidum iaculata e nubibus ignem [42]

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She herself hurled the swift fire of Jupiter from the clouds,

Question 43

4disiecitque rates evertitque aequora ventis, [43]

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and she scattered the ships and overturned the waters with the winds,

Question 44

illum expirantem transfixo pectore flammas [44]

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him, breathing out flames from his pierced breast,

Question 45

turbine corripuit scopuloque infixit acuto. [45]

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she snatched up with a whirlwind and impaled on a sharp crag.

Question 46

Ast ego, quae divum incedo regina, Iovisque [46]

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But I, who stride in as queen of the gods and Jupiter's

Question 47

et soror et coniunx, una cum gente tot annos [47]

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both sister and wife, with one nation for so many years

Question 48

bello gero! Et quisquam numen Iunonis adorat [48]

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am waging wars! And who worships the divinity of Juno,

Question 49

praeterea, aut supplex aris imponet honorem?" [49] *end Juno's rant*

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moreover, or will as a suppliant place honor on her altars?"

Question 50

Talia flammato secum dea corde volutans [50]

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Turning [i.e., considering] such things to herself in her inflamed heart, the goddess

Question 51

nimborum in patriam, loca feta furentibus austris, [51]

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into the country of the clouds, regions teaming with raging winds,

Question 52

Aeoliam venit. Hic vasto rex Aeolus antro [52]

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Aeolia, comes. Here, King Aeolus in his vast cave

Question 53

luctantes ventos tempestatesque sonoras [53]

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represses the struggling winds and the howling storms

Question 54

imperio premit ac vinclis et carcere frenat. [54]

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with his sway and reins them with chains and a prison.

Question 55

Illi indignantes magno cum murmere montis [55]

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They, being indignant, with a great murmur of the mountain

Question 56

circum claustra fremunt; celsa sedet Aeolus arce [56]

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roar around the barriers; Aeolus sits on his lofty stronghold

Question 57

sceptra tenens, mollitque animos et temperat iras. [57]

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holding the scepter, and he calms their spirits and he controls their wrath.

Question 58

Ni faciat, maria ac terras caelumque profundum [58]

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If he were not doing (this), surely they would carry (off) the seas and the lands and deep heaven

Question 59

quippe ferant rapidi secum verrantque per auras. [59]

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swift(ly) with themselves and would sweep (them) through the breezes.

Question 60

Last line of page 5: | Sed pater omnipotens speluncis abdidit atris, [60]

Answer 60

But the all-powerful father hid (them) in black caves,