lines 85-99 Flashcards
post bellator equus positis insignibus Aethon it lacrimans guttisque umectat grandibus ora.
Afterwards, the war-horse Aethon with his harness removed, goes weeping and wets his face with great tears.
hastam alii galeamque ferunt, nam cetera Turnus victor habet.
Some bring a spear and a helmet for victor Turnus has the rest.
tum maesta phalanx Teucrique sequuntur
Tyrrhenique omnes et versis Arcades armis.
Then a sad phalanx and all the Trojans and Etruscans and Arcadians follow with their back turned.
postquam omnis longe comitum praecesserat ordo, substitit Aeneas gemituque haec addidit alto:
After the whole procession of comrades had gone far ahead, Aeneas stopped and with a deep groan he added this:
nec plura effatus ad altos tendebat muros gressumque in castra ferebat.
Having spoken no more, he went to the high walls and he picked his steps into the camp.
ducitur infelix aevo confectus Acoetes, pectora nunc foedans pugnis, nunc unguibus ora, sternitur et
Unhappy Acoetes, worn out by age, is led forth now beating his chest with fists and his face with fingernails and he collapses,
‘nos alias hinc ad lacrimas eadem horrida belli fata vocant: salve aeternum mihi, maxime Palla, aeternumque vale.’
‘The same dreadful fates of war call us from here to other tears: hail forever from me, O Great Pallas, and farewell forever.’
toto proiectus corpore terrae; ducunt et Rutulo perfusos sanguine currus.
throwing himself forward to the ground with his whole body, then they lead chariots soaked with Rutulian blood.