Lines 506-532

Question 1

Fortisan et Priami fuerint quae fata requiras.

Answer 1

Perhaps you may also ask what the fate of Priam was.

Question 2

urbis uti captae casum convulsaeque vidit

Answer 2

When he saw the fall of the captured city and

Question 3

limina tectorum et medium in penetralibus hostem,

Answer 3

and the doorways torn apart and the enemy in the middle of the buildings in the inner sanctuaries,

Question 4

arma diu senior desueta trementibus aevo

Answer 4

the old man fits arms long unused on his shoulders trembling from old age

Question 5

circumdat nequiquam umeris et inutile ferrum

Answer 5

in vain and he buckles the useless sword on himself

Question 6

cingitur, ac densos fertur moriturus in hostis.

Answer 6

and he brings himself into the thick of the enemy, though about to die.

Question 7

aedibus in medios nudoque sub aetheris axe

Answer 7

In the middle of the halls and beneath the bare vault of heaven,

Question 8

ingens ara fuit iuxtaque veterrima laurus

Answer 8

there was a huge altar, and nearby, a most ancient laurel tree

Question 9

incumbens area atque umbra complexa penatis.

Answer 9

leaning over the altar and embracing the household gods with its shadow.

Question 10

hic Hecuba et natae nequiquam altaria circum,

Answer 10

Here, Hecuba and her daughters were sitting, pressed closely together in vain around the altars,

Question 11

praecipites atra ceu tempestate columbae,

Answer 11

driven headlong like doves in a black storm,

Question 12

condensae et divum amplexae simulacra sedebant.

Answer 12

and embracing the statues of the gods.

Question 13

ipsum autem sumptis Priamum iuvenalibus armis

Answer 13

But when she [Hecuba] saw Priam himself after he had taken up the arms of his youth,

Question 14

ut vidit, ‘quae mens tam dira, miserrime coniunx,

Answer 14

‘What purpose so ill-conceived, my most wretched husband,

Question 15

impulit his cingi telis? aut quo ruis?’ inquit.

Answer 15

has compelled you to gird yourself with these weapons? Or where do you rush to?’ she said.

Question 16

‘non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis

Answer 16

‘The present time does not require such help, nor defenders such as these

Question 17

tempus eget; non, si ipse meus nunc adforet Hector.

Answer 17

Not if my Hector himself were now here.

Question 18

huc tandem concede; haec ara tuebitur omnis,

Answer 18

Come here at last; this altar will protect us all,

Question 19

aut moriere simul.’ sic ore effata recepit

Answer 19

or you will die together with us.’ Having spoken aloud in this way, she drew him

Question 20

ad sese et sacra longaevum in sede locavit.

Answer 20

towards her and placed the old man on the sacred throne

Question 21

Ecce autem elapsus Pyrrhi de caede Polites,

Answer 21

Behold, however, Polites, one of the sons of Priam, having escaped from the carnage of Priam,

Question 22

unus natorum Priami, per tela, per hostis

Answer 22

flees through spears, through the enemy

Question 23

porticibus longis fugit et vacua atria lustrat

Answer 23

throughout the long colonnades and crosses the empty halls

Question 24

saucius. illum ardens infesto vulnere Pyrrhus

Answer 24

wounded. Pyrrhus pursues him eager with a wound ready to inflict

Question 25

insequitur, iam iamque manu tenet et premit hasta.

Answer 25

now, now even graps [him] with his hand and presses him with his spear.

Question 26

ut tandem ante oculos evasit et ora parentum,

Answer 26

when at last he emerged before the eyes and gaze of his parents,

Question 27

concidit ac multo vitam cum sanguine fudit.

Answer 27

he collapsed and shed his life with much blood.