Lines 260-307 Flashcards
What happens in lines 251-259?
Aeneas prays to Cybele for her favour. Dawn breaks, and he prepares his men to fight.
iamque in conspectu…habet
and now he had in his sight
Teucros…et sua castra
the Trojans and his own camp
stans celsa in puppi
standing on the lofty stern
cum deinde
when at once
sinistra…extulit
with his left hand he brandished
clipeum…ardentem
his blazing shield
clamorem…tollunt Dardanidae
the Trojans raised a shout
ad sidera…e muris
to the stars from their walls
spes addita suscitat iras
added hope roused their anger
tela manu iaciunt
and they hurled spears, each with their hands
quales…Strymoniae…grues
just like Strymonian cranes that
dant signa
give a sign
sub nubibus atris
beneath black clouds
atque aethera tranant
and fly across the upper air
cum sonitu
with their honking
fugiuntque Notos
and flee storm-winds
clamore secundo
with glad sound
at…ea mira videri
but those things seemed strange
Rutulo regi ducibusque…Ausoniis
to the Rutulian king and his Italian leaders
donec…puppes respiciunt
until they looked back at the sterns
versas ad litora
turned towards the shore
totumque…aequor
and saw that the whole sea
adlabi classibus
was gliding along towards the fleets
ardet apex capiti
a point of flame burned on his head
(-que)…flamma funditur
and a flame poured
cristisque a vertice
from the crest at the top
et…umbo…aureus
and the golden shield boss
vastos…vomit…ignes
spewed out vast amounts of fire
non secus ac
just as
si quando
at those times when
cometae sanguinei
blood-red comets
lugubre rubent
shine red mournfully
liquida…nocte
in the clear night
aut Sirius ardor
or when the heat of Sirius
ille…ferens
that heat that brings
sitim morbosque
thirst and diseases
mortalibus aegris
to weary mortals
nascitur
rises
et…contristat…caelum
and saddens the sky
laevo…lumine
with its inauspicious light
tamen…fiducia
however the courage
litora praecipere
to take the shores in advance
pellere terra
to drive off from the land
venientes
those who were coming in to attack
haud…cessit (subject is fiducia)
did not depart
audaci Turno
from bold Turnus
ultro…ultro
without further ado…without further ado