Lines 215-250 Flashcards
iamque dies…concesserat
And now daylight had retired
caelo
from the sky
almaque…Phoebe
and kindly Phoebe
pulsabat
was beating upon
curru noctivago
with her night-wandering chariot
medium Olympum
the middle of Heaven
atque
and suddenly
medio in spatio
in the middle of the voyage
chorus, ecce…comitium
look, a chorus of his companions
illi…occurrit
met him
nymphae
the nymphs
quas alma Cybebe…iusserat
whom kindly Cybele had ordered
numen habere maris
to have divine power over the sea
nymphasque e navibus esse
and to be nymphs instead of ships
innabant pariter
they swam along side by side
fluctusque secabant
and cleaved the waves
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as many as
aeratae…prorae
the bronze-plated prows
prius…steterant ad litora
that had previously stood close to the shore
agnoscunt
they recognised
longe regem
their king from afar
lustrantque choreis
and surrounded him with dances
quarum
of these
quae…Cymodocea
the nymph Cymodocea who was
fandi doctissima
the wisest in speaking
pone sequens
was following behind
dextra puppim tenet
and held the stern with her right hand
ipsaque dorso eminet
and emerged as far as her back
ac laeva…subremigat
and with her left hand she paddled
tacitis…undis
in the silent waters
tum…adloquitur
then she addressed
sic ignarum
the unaware man thus
vigilasne
are you awake
deum gens Aenea?
Aeneas, offspring of the gods?
vigila et…immitte
awaken and loosen
velis…rudentis
the ropes on the sails