lines 29-38 Flashcards
Sic ait inlacrimans, recipitque ad limina gressum corpus ubi exanimi positum Pallantis Acoetes servabat senior,
So, crying he spoke, and retraced his steps to the threshold where the old man Acotes was guarding the corpse of the lifeless Pallas,
qui Parrhasio Evandro armiger ante fuit,
who was the arms bearer before to Evander,
sed non felicibus aeque tum comes auspiciis caro datus ibat alumno.
but having been assigned as the companion with less happy omens to the dear ward, he made his way.
circum omnis famulumque manus Troianaque turba et maestum Iliades crinem de more solutae.
Around him was the whole band of attendants and Trojan crowds and the trojan women with hair unbound as per traditions,
ut vero Aeneas foribus sese intulit altis ingentem gemitum tunsis ad sidera tollunt pectoribus,
but when Aeneas betook himself in the high doors they raised a huge groan to the stars with beaten breasts,
maestoque immugit regia luctu.
and the palace surrounded with sad grief.