Passage 3

Question 1

/ nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor / corpora fundat humi,

Answer 1

/ And the conqueror does not stop, until he lays out seven huge carcasses

Question 2

, et numerum cum navibus aequet /

Answer 2

, and equals the number with the ships. /

Question 3

/ hinc portum petit, et socios partitur in omnes. /

Answer 3

/ From there he seeks the harbour, and divides it among all his comrades. /

Question 4

./ vina bonus quae deinde cadis onerarat Acestes / litore Trinacrio dederatque abeuntibus heros, /

Answer 4

/ The wines, which the good hero Acestis had loaded in jars and had given to them when they were leaving the Sicilian shore, /

Question 5

/ dividit, et dictis maerentia pectora mulcet: /

Answer 5

, / he next divides and he soothes their grieving hearts with [these] words: /