lines 22-28 Flashcards
interea socios inhumataque corpora terrae mandemus,
Meanwhile let us commit the unburied bodies of our comrades to the ground,
ite,’ ait ‘egregias animas, quae sanguine nobis hanc patriam peperere suo, decorate supremis muneribus,
‘Go,’ he said, ‘decorate these illustrious souls, who have created this homeland for us with their blood, honour their last rites,
maestamque Evandri primus ad urbem mittatur Pallas,
and first let Pallas be sent to the sorrowful city of Evander,
qui solus honos Acheronte sub imo est.
which is the only honour down in deep Acheron.
quem non virtutis egentem abstulit atra dies et funere mersit acerbo.’
whom not lacking in courage the dark day stole away and drowned in bitter death.’