Lines 533-558

Question 1

hic Priamus, quamquam in media iam morte tenetur,

Answer 1

At this point, Priam, although he is now in death’s very grip,

Question 2

non tamen abstinuit nec voci iraeque pepercit:

Answer 2

nevertheless did not hold back, nor did he refrain from speech and anger:

Question 3

‘at tibi pro scelere, ‘exclamat, ‘pro talibus ausis

Answer 3

‘But in return for your crime,’ he shouts, ‘in return for such brazen behaviour

Question 4

di, si qua est caelo pietas quae talia curet,

Answer 4

if there is any goodness in heaven that cares about such things,

Question 5

persolvant grates dignas et praemia reddant

Answer 5

may the gods repay you with worthy thanks and render the deserved rewards,

Question 6

debita, qui nati coram me cernere letum

Answer 6

you who have made me watch the death of my son before my eyes

Question 7

fecisti et patrios foedasti funere vultus.

Answer 7

and have defiled the face of a father with death.

Question 8

at non ille, satum quo te mentiris, Achilles

Answer 8

But he, Achilles, from whom you falsely claim you were born,

Question 9

talis in hoste fuit Priamo; sed iura fidemque

Answer 9

was not like you in the case of Priam his enemy; but he respected the laws and good faith

Question 10

supplicis erubuit corpusque exsangue sepulcro

Answer 10

of the suppliant and gave Hector’s lifeless body back to its tomb

Question 11

reddidit Hectoreum meque in mea regna remisit.’

Answer 11

and sent me back to my kingdom.’

Question 12

sic fatus senior telumque imbelle sine ictu

Answer 12

Thus spoke the old man and he threw his feeble spear without force

Question 13

coniecit, rauco quod protinus aere repulsum,

Answer 13

which was immediately repelled by the noisy bronze,

Question 14

et summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit.

Answer 14

and hung in vain from the surface of the boss of the shield.

Question 15

cui Pyrrhus: ‘referes ergo haec et nuntius ibis

Answer 15

Pyrrhus [said] to him: ‘You will therefore report these things and you will go as a messenger

Question 16

Pelidae genitori. illi mea tristia facta

Answer 16

to my father, the son of Pelias. Remember to tell him of my miserable deeds

Question 17

degeneremque Neoptolemum narrare memento.

Answer 17

and his Neoptolemus, a reprobate.

Question 18

nunc morere.’ hoc dicens altaria ad ipsa trementem

Answer 18

Now die.’ Saying this he dragged him trembling

Question 19

traxit et in multo lapsantem sanguine nati,

Answer 19

and slithering in the abundant blood of his son to the very altar,

Question 20

implicuitque comam laeva, dextraque coruscum

Answer 20

and grasped his hair with his left hand, and with the right

Question 21

extulit ac lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem.

Answer 21

he raised the glittering sword and buried it in his side as far as the hilt.

Question 22

haec finis Priami fatorum, hic exitus illum

Answer 22

These [events] were the end of the fate of Priam, this is the death

Question 23

sorte tulit Troiam incensam et prolapsa videntem

Answer 23

that brought him according to fate’s decree to see Troy burnt and Pergamum collapsed

Question 24

Pergama, tot quondam populis terrisque superbum

Answer 24

[he was] once proud with so many peoples and lands,

Question 25

regnatorem Asiae, iacet ingens litore truncus,

Answer 25

the ruler of Asia, he lies on the shore, a huge body,

Question 26

avulsumque umeris caput et sine nomine corpus.

Answer 26

his head torn from his shoulders and his body without a name.