Lines 438-457

Question 1

hic vero ingentem pugnam, ceu cetera nusquam

Answer 1

Here indeed there was a huge battle, as if the rest

Question 2

bella forent, nulli tota morerentur in urbe

Answer 2

of the battles were nowhere, [and] none were dying in the whole city

Question 3

sic Martem indomitum Danaosque ad tecta ruentis

Answer 3

so we see unrestrained Mars/war and Greeks rushing to the buildings

Question 4

cernimus obsessumque acta testudine limen.

Answer 4

and the threshold blockaded with shields arranged in formation.

Question 5

haerent parietibus scalae postisque sub ipsos

Answer 5

Ladders cling to the walls right up against (beneath) the very doorposts,

Question 6

nituntur gradibus clipeosque ad tela sinistris

Answer 6

they strive up the rungs, and they hold up shields to the weapons

Question 7

protecti obiciunt, prensat fastigia dextris.

Answer 7

as protection with their left hands, they clutch the rooftops with their right hands.

Question 8

Dardaniae contra turris ac tota domorum

Answer 8

The Trojans, on the other hand, tear down towers (battlements) and all the roof-tiles of homes,

Question 9

culmina convellunt; his se, quando ultima cernunt,

Answer 9

with these weapons they

Question 10

extrema iam in morte parant defendere telis,

Answer 10

prepare to defend themselves, now, when they see that the end is near, now, on the edge of death,

Question 11

auratusque trabes, veterum decorat alta parentum,

Answer 11

and they roll down gilded beams, the lofty (exquisite) decorations of their ancestors,

Question 12

devolvunt; alii strictis mucronibus imas

Answer 12

others, with swords drawn,

Question 14

obsedere fores, has servant agmine denso.

Answer 14

blockade the lower doors, they guard these in a thick column. (in massed ranks)

Question 15

instaurati animi regis succurrere tectis

Answer 15

Our spirits were renewed to come to the rescue of the king’s halls

Question 16

auxilioque levare viros vimque addere victis.

Answer 16

and to relieve the men with help and to add strength to the conquered.

Question 17

Limen erat caecaeque fores et pervius usus

Answer 17

There was a threshold and hidden entrance, and a passage in use

Question 18

tectorum inter se Priami, postesque relicti

Answer 18

between the halls of Priam, and a secluded (unobserved) door at the back

Question 19

a tergo, infelix qua se, dum regna manebant,

Answer 19

from where unhappy Andromache

Question 20

saepius Andromache ferre incomitata solebat

Answer 20

quite often used to make her way while the kingdom flourished, unaccompanied,

Question 21

ad soceros et avo puerum Astyanacta trahebat.

Answer 21

to her parents-in-law, and used to bring the boy Astyanax to his grandfather.