Lines 343-359

Question 1

(343) “Huic coniunx Sychaeus erat, ditissimus agri

Answer 1

Sychaeus was her husband, a Phoenician richest of fields,

Question 2

(344) Phoenicum, et magno miserare dilectus amore,

Answer 2

and held dear in love by the most unfortunate woman,

Question 3

(345) cui pater intacta dederat, primisque iugarat

Answer 3

her father had given her to him untouched, and joined (her to him) first with marriage omens,

Question 4

(346) ominibus. Sed regna Tyri germanus habebat

Answer 4

But her brother Pygmalion had the kingdom of Tyre,

Question 5

(347) Pygmalion, scelere ante alios immanior omnes.

Answer 5

more monstrous in villainy than all others.

Question 6

(348) Quos inter medius venit furor. Ille Sychaeum

Answer 6

Alienating rage came between them.

Question 7

(349) impius ante aras, atque auri caecus amore,

Answer 7

He impious before the altars, and blind by love of gold,

Question 8

(350) clam ferro incautum superat, securus amorum

Answer 8

secretly overpowered Sychaeus unawares, with a dagger,

Question 9

(351) germanae; factumque diu celavit, et aegram,

Answer 9

unconcerned about the loves of his sister and he hid the deed for a long time,

Question 10

(352) multa malus simulans, vana spe lusit amantem.

Answer 10

and imitating many evils, with empty hopes he deceived the lovesick (Dido)

Question 11

(353) Ipsa sed in somnis inhumati venit imago

Answer 11

But the ghost itself of her unburied husband came (to her) in sleep,

Question 12

(354) coniugis, ora modis attollens pallida miris,

Answer 12

raising its pale mouth in a strange manner,

Question 13

(355) crudeles ara traiectaque pectora ferro

Answer 13

he revealed the cruelty at the altars and the dagger transfixed in his heart,

Question 14

(356) nudavit, caecumque domus scelus omne retexit.

Answer 14

and uncovered all the secret wickedness of the house.

Question 15

(357) Tum celerare fugam patriaque excedere suadet,

Answer 15

Then he advised her to make haste an escape and depart her fatherland,

Question 16

(358) auxiliumque viae veteres tellure recludit

Answer 16

and for help on the journey he uncovered an ancient treasure from the earth,

Question 17

(359) thesaurus, ignotum argenti pondus et auri.

Answer 17

an unknown weight of gold and silver.