Lines 254-296

Question 1

(254) Olli subriedens hominum sator atque deorum

Answer 1

The father of men and gods, smiling at her with that look,

Question 2

(255) voltu, quo caelum tempestatesque serenat,

Answer 2

and with which he clears the sky of storms,

Question 3

(256) oscula libavit natae, dehinc talia fatur;

Answer 3

kissed his daughter’s lips, then said this:

Question 4

(257) “Parce metu, Cytherea: manent immota tuorum

Answer 4

‘Don’t be afraid, Cytherea, the fate of your (son) remains unaltered:

Question 5

(258) fata tibi: cernes urbem et promissa Lavini

Answer 5

You will see the city of Lavinium, with it’s promised walls,

Question 6

(259) moenia, sublimemque feres ad sidera caeli

Answer 6

and you will raise great-hearted Aeneas high, to the starry sky:

Question 7

(260) magnanimum Aenean; neque me sentential vertit.

Answer 7

No thought has changed my mind.

Question 8

(261) Hic tibi (fabor enim, quando haec te cura remordet,

Answer 8

This (son) of yours (For I will speak, since this trouble gnaws at you,

Question 9

(262) longius et volvens fatorum arcana, movebo)

Answer 9

and unrolling in more detail I shall bring to light the secrets of destiny)

Question 10

(263) bellum ingens geret Italia, populosque feroces

Answer 10

he will wage a mighty war in Italy, and destroy proud peoples,

Question 11

(264) contundet, moresque viris et moenia ponet,

Answer 11

and establish laws, and city walls, for his men,

Question 12

(265) tertia dum Latio regnantem viderit aestas,

Answer 12

until a third summer sees him reigning in Latium,

Question 13

(266) ternaque transierint Rutulis hiberna subactics.

Answer 13

and three winters in camp pass (since) the Rutulians were beaten.

Question 14

(267) At puer Ascanius, cui nunc cognomen Iulo

Answer 14

But the boy Ascanius, to whom the surname Iulus is now added

Question 15

(268) additur,- Ilus erta, dum res stetit Ilia regno,-

Answer 15

(He was Ilys while the Ilian state stood in soverrignty)

Question 16

(269) triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbis

Answer 16

will complete with his kingdom thirty great circles of the turning months,

Question 17

(270) imperio explebit, regnumque ab sede Lavini

Answer 17

and transfer his throne from its site at Lavinium,

Question 18

(271) transferet, et Longam multa vi muniet Albam.

Answer 18

and strong in power, will fortify Alba Longa.

Question 19

(272) Hic iam ter centum totos regnabitur annos

Answer 19

Here those from Hector’s race will reign now

Question 20

(273) gente sub Hectorea, donec regina sacerdos,

Answer 20

for three hundred years complete, until a royal priestess

Question 21

(274) Marte gravis, geminam partu dabit Ilia prolem.

Answer 21

Ilia, heavy with child, shall give in birth twins by Mars.

Question 22

(275) Inde Iupae fulvo nutricis tenmine laetus

Answer 22

Then Romulus will further the race, proud in his nurse

Question 23

(276) Romulus excipient gentem, et Mavortia condet

Answer 23

the she-wolf’s tawny pelt, and found the walls of Mars,

Question 24

(277) moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet.

Answer 24

and call the people Romans, from his own name.

Question 25

(278) His ego nec metas rerum nec tempora pono;

Answer 25

I place neither limits of time nor place on them;

Question 26

(279) imperium sine fine dedi. Quin aspera Iuno,

Answer 26

I gave empire without end. What’s more, harsh Juno,

Question 27

(280) quae mare nunc terrasque metu caelumque fatigat,

Answer 27

who torments lands and sea and sky with fear,

Question 28

(281) consilia in melius referet, mecumque fovebit

Answer 28

will respond in better judgment, and favour the Romans,

Question 29

(282) Romanos rerum dominos gentemque togatam:

Answer 29

masters of the world, and people of the toga, with me.

Question 30

(283) sic plactium. Veniet Iustris labentibus aetas,

Answer 30

So it is decreed. A time will come, as the sacred seasons glide by,

Question 31

(284) cum domus Assarcai Phthiam clarasque Mycenas

Answer 31

when the (Trojan) house of Assaracus will force Phthia and bright Mycenae

Question 32

(285) servitio premet, ac victis dominabitur Argis.

Answer 32

Into slavery, and be lords of beaten Argos.

Question 33

(286) Nascetur pulchra Troianus origine Caesar,

Answer 33

From this illustrious source a Trojan Caesar will be born,

Question 34

(287) imperium oceano, famam qui terminet astris,-

Answer 34

who will bound the empire with Ocean, his fame with the stars,

Question 35

(288) Iulius, a magno demissum nomen Iulo.

Answer 35

Julius, his name descended from the great Iulus.

Question 36

(289) Hunc tu olim caelo, spoiis Orientis onustum,

Answer 36

You, no longer anxious, will receive him one day in heaven,

Question 37

(290) accipies secura; vocabitur hic quoque votis.

Answer 37

burdened with Eastern spoils: he also will be called to in prayer.

Question 38

(291) Aspera tum positis mitescent saecula bellis;

Answer 38

Then with wars abandoned, the harsh ages will grow mild:

Question 39

(292) cana Fides, et Vesta, Remo cum frater Quirinus,

Answer 39

White haired Trust, and Vesta, Quirinus with his brother Remus

Question 40

(293) iura dabunt; dirae ferro et compagibus artis

Answer 40

will give the laws: the gates of War, grim with iron,

Question 41

(294) claudentur Belli portae; Furor impius intus,

Answer 41

and narrowed by bars, will be closed: inside impious Rage will roar

Question 42

(295) saeva sedens super arma, et centum vinctus aenis

Answer 42

frightening from blood-stained mouth, seated upon savage weapons,

Question 43

(296) post tergum nodis, fremet horridus ore cruento.”

Answer 43

hands tied behind his back, with a hundred knots of bronze.”