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Oceanum interea surgens Aurora reliquit: Aeneas, quamquam et sociis dare tempus humandis praecipitant curae turbataque funere mens est, vota deum primo victor solvebat Eoo.

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Meanwhile Aurora rising, left behind the ocean: Aeneas, although his grief urges him to make time to bury his comrades and his mind was disturbed by death, at first dawn he, as victor, was
discharging the vows of the Gods.

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ingentem quercum decisis undique ramis constituit tumulo fulgentiaque induit arma, Mezenti ducis exuvias, tibi magne tropaeum bellipotens;

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He set up a huge oak tree in a mound of earth whose limbs
had been cut off on all sides, arrayed the tree in shining armour, the spoils of the leader Mezentius, a trophy for you mighty in war;

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aptat rorantis sanguine cristas telaque trunca viri, et bis sex thoraca petitum perfossumque locis, clipeumque ex aere sinistrae subligat atque ensem collo suspendit eburnum.

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he attaches the plumes dripping with blood and broken spears of the man, and the breastplate struck and pierced in twelve places and the brazen shield he fastens to its left side and hung the ivory sword from its neck

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