Lines 298-317

Question 1

Diverso interea miscentur moenia luctu,

Answer 1

Meanwhile the city is stirred up with mourning on every side,

Question 2

et magis atque magis, quamquam secreta parentis

Answer 2

and more and more, although

Question 3

Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit,

Answer 3

the house of my father Anchises stood back secluded and concealed by trees,

Question 4

clarescunt sonitus armorumque ingruit horror.

Answer 4

the noises grow clear and the horror of arms rushes on.

Question 5

excutior somno et summi fastigia tecti

Answer 5

I am shaken from my sleep and I reach the roof of the highest building

Question 6

ascensu supero atque arrectis auribus asto:

Answer 6

by climbing and stand with my ears pricked up:

Question 7

in segentem veluti cum flamma furentibus Austris

Answer 7

Just as when a flame falls upon the cornfield with the south winds raging

Question 8

incidit, aut rapidus montano flumine torrens

Answer 8

or a rushing torrent from a mountain river

Question 9

sternit agros, sternit sata laeta boumque labores

Answer 9

flattens (lays low) the fields, flattens the joyous crops and the exertions of oxen

Question 10

praecipitisque trahit silvas; stupet inscius alto

Answer 10

and drags the woods headlong; the shepherd is shocked

Question 11

accipiens sonitum saxi de vertice pastor.

Answer 11

as, ignorant, he hears the noise from the high summit of a rock.

Question 12

tum vero manifesta fides, Danaumque patescunt

Answer 12

Then indeed the truth is clear, and the tricks of the Greeks lie exposed.

Question 13

insidiae. iam Deiphobi dedit ampla ruinam

Answer 13

Now the spacious house of Deiphobus has collapsed

Question 14

Volcano superante domus, iam proximus ardet

Answer 14

with Vulcan/fire overpowering, now the neighbouring house of Ucalegon is burning

Question 15

Ucalegon; Sigea igni freta lata relucent.

Answer 15

the wide strait of Sigea shines/reflects back with fire.

Question 16

exoritur clamorque virum clangorque tubarum.

Answer 16

Both the shouts of men and the noise of trumpets arise.

Question 17

arma amens capio; nec sat rationis in armis,

Answer 17

Mad/reckless, I take up arms; and there is not enough reason in/ for weapons,

Question 18

sed glomerare manum bello et concurrere in arcem

Answer 18

but my mind burns to gather a band for war and rush together into the citadel

Question 19

cum sociis ardent animi; furor iraque mentem

Answer 19

with my companions; madness and anger

Question 20

praecipitat, pulchrumque mori succurrit in armis.

Answer 20

sends my mind reeling, and it occurs [to me] that it is beautiful to die in arms / to die gloriously in arms.