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hinc via, Tartarei quae fert Acherontis ad undas.

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From here (is) the road which leads to the waves of Tartarean Acheron

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turbidus hic caeno vastaque voragine gurges

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Here (is) the whirlpool, thick with mud and with a vast abyss.

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aestuat atque omnem Cocyto eructat harenam.

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It seethes and spews out all its sands into the Cocytus

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portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina servat

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A dreadful ferryman guards these waters and rivers

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portitor has horrendus aquas et flumina servat

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A dreadful ferryman guards these waters and rivers

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terribili squalore Charon, cui plurima mento

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Charon, in his terrible filth, his great grey beard lies

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canities inculta iacet, stant lumina flamma, 300

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unkempt on his chin, his eyes in a blazing glare,

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sordidus ex umeris nodo dependet amictus.

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His grimy cloak hangs from a knot on his shoulders

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ipse ratem conto subigit velisque ministrat

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He propels the boat himself with a pole and manages the sails

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et ferruginea subvectat corpora cumba,

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and transports bodies in his rust-coloured boat,

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iam senior, sed cruda deo viridisque senectus.

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Now (he is) older, but for a god old age is fresh and green.

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huc omnis turba ad ripas effusa ruebat, 305

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Here the whole crowd was rushing, streaming out to the banks,

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matres atque viri defunctaque corpora vita

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Mothers and men and the bodies of great-hearted heroes,

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magnanimum heroum, pueri innuptaeque puellae,

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finished with life, boys and unmarried girls,

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impositique rogis iuvenes ante ora parentum:

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and young men placed on funeral pyres before the faces of their parents.

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quam multa in silvis autumni frigore primo

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As many as the leaves which glide and fall in the woods

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lapsa cadunt folia, aut ad terram gurgite ab alto

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at the first chill of autumn, or as many birds as flock together

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quam multae glomerantur aves, ubi frigidus annus

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to the earth over the deepest ocean, when the cold season

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trans pontum fugat et terris immittit apricis.

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puts them to flight across the sea and sends them to sunny lands.

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stabant orantes primi transmittere cursum

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They were standing, begging (to be) the first to make the crossing

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tendebantque manus ripae ulterioris amore.

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And they were stretching out their hands in longing for the far away shore.

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navita sed tristis nunc hos nunc accipit illos,

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But the sad boatman accepts now these (men), and now those,

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ast alios longe summotos arcet harena.

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But keeps others away, driven back far from the sand.

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ergo iter inceptum peragunt fluvioque propinquant.

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Therefore they continue the journey they had started, and approach the river.

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navita quos iam inde ut Stygia prospexit ab unda

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Now, when the boatman caught sight of them from the Stygian waters,

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per tacitum nemus ire pedemque advertere ripae,

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going through the silent grove and turning their feet to the bank,

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sic prior adgreditur dictis atque increpat ultro:

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So he challenges them straight away with (these) words and rebukes them without provocation.

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‘quisquis es, armatus qui nostra ad flumina tendis,

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Whoever you are, who approaches our rivers armed,

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fare age, quid venias, iam istinc et comprime gressum.

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Come and say why you have come and now from where you are halt your step

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umbrarum hic locus est, somni noctisque soporae;

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This is the place of shadows, of sleep, and of drowsy night.

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corpora viva nefas Stygia vectare carina.’

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It is forbidden to carry living souls in the Stygian boat.’

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‘nec vero Alciden me sum laetatus euntem

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‘Indeed I was not happy that I received Hercules on the lake

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accepisse lacu, nec Thesea Pirithoumque,

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when he came, nor Theseus and Pirithous,

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dis quamquam geniti atque invicti viribus essent.

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although they were sons of gods and invincible in their strength.

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Tartareum ille manu custodem in vincla petivit

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(Hercules) sought (to put) the guard of Tartarus in chains by force,

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ipsius a solio regis traxitque trementem;

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and dragged him trembling from the throne of the king himself.

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hi dominam Ditis thalamo deducere adorti.’

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The others attempted to carry off the wife of Hades from her bedchamber.’

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quae contra breviter fata est Amphrysia vates:

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In response the prophetess of Apollo spoke briefly:

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‘nullae hic insidiae tales (absiste moveri),

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‘Here (there are) no such tricks (don’t be troubled),

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nec vim tela ferunt; licet ingens ianitor antro

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nor do weapons bring violence; The huge gatekeeper, barking eternally in his cave,

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aeternum latrans exsanguis terreat umbras,

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is allowed to frighten the bloodless shades,

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casta licet patrui servet Proserpina limen.

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Proserpina is allowed to remain pure within her uncle’s threshold.

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Troius Aeneas, pietate insignis et armis,

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Trojan Aeneas, distinguished by his piety and his weapons,

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ad genitorem imas Erebi descendit ad umbras.

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is descending to his father and to the deepest ghosts of Erebus.

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si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

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If an image of such piety doesn’t move you,

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at ramum hunc’ (aperit ramum qui veste latebat)

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*recognise this branch (she uncovered the branch which she was hiding in her robe)

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‘adgnoscas.’ tumida ex ira tum corda residunt;

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Then the rage, swelling from his heart, settled down;

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nec plura his. ille admirans venerabile donum

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No more [words] than these [were said]. He, admiring the sacred gift

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fatalis virgae longo post tempore visum

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of the fateful branch, seen after a long time,

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caeruleam advertit puppim ripaeque propinquat.

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turned his sky-blue boat and approached the bank.

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inde alias animas, quae per iuga longa sedebant,

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There he drove away the other souls, which were sitting throughout the long bench

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deturbat laxatque foros; simul accipit alveo

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and cleared the gangways; straightaway he accepted great Aeneas

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ingentem Aenean. gemuit sub pondere cumba

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The leaky boat made of skins groaned under the weight

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sutilis et multam accepit rimosa paludem.

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and it took in a lot of marsh water.

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tandem trans fluvium incolumis vatemque virumque

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At last, he delivered the prophetess and man unharmed across the river,

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informi limo glaucaque exponit in ulva.

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On the hideous mud and grey swamp grass.

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at pater Anchises penitus convalle virenti

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But father Anchises, deep in a green valley,

58
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inclusas animas superumque ad lumen ituras

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was surveying the souls [which were] shut in and were about to go to the light above,

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lustrabat studio recolens, omnemque suorum

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going over them with eagerness, by chance he was counting their total,

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forte recensebat numerum, carosque nepotes

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all his descendants,

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fataque fortunasque virum moresque manusque.

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and the fates and fortunes of men, and their customs and deeds.

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isque ubi tendentem adversum per gramina vidit

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And when he saw Aeneas coming towards him through the grass

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Aenean, alacris palmas utrasque tetendit,

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He eagerly stretched out both his hands

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effusaeque genis lacrimae et vox excidit ore:

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and with tears streaming down his cheeks, a cry escaped from his mouth:

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‘venisti tandem, tuaque exspectata parenti

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Have you come at last, and has your duty, awaited by your father,

66
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vicit iter durum pietas? datur ora tueri,

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overcome the harsh journey? Am I permitted to look at your face,

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nate, tua et notas audire et reddere voces?

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son, and to listen and to answer with familiar voices?

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sic equidem ducebam animo rebarque futurum

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So indeed I was considering in my mind and was thinking it would happen

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tempora dinumerans, nec me mea cura fefellit.

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counting the time- and my concern did not deceive me.

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quas ego te terras et quanta per aequora vectum

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I accept you, carried over such lands and through so many seas!

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accipio! quantis iactatum, nate, periclis!

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Shaken, my son, by such great dangers!

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quam metui ne quid Libyae tibi regna nocerent!’

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How I feared that the Libyan kingdom would harm you!’

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ille autem: ‘tua me, genitor, tua tristis imago

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But [Aeneas] [said]: ‘your ghost, father, your sad ghost,

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saepius occurrens haec limina tendere adegit;

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so often appearing, urged me to reach these doors;

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stant sale Tyrrheno classes. da iungere dextram,

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Our fleets are moored in the Tuscan sea. Allow me to clasp your hand,

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da, genitor, teque amplexu ne subtrahe nostro.’

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Allow me, father, and do not withdraw from my embrace.’

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sic memorans, largo fletu simul ora rigabat.

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So speaking, he was soaking his face with slow tears.

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ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum;

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Three times he tried to wrap his hands round [the ghost’s] neck,

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ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,

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Three times the ghost, embraced in vain, escaped his hands,

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par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno.

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Like the light winds, and most similar to a winged dream.

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interea videt Aeneas in valle reducta

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Meanwhile, in a remote valley, Aeneas sees

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seclusum nemus et virgulta sonantia silvae,

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a secluded grove and the rustling bushes of the forest,

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Lethaeumque domos placidas qui praenatat amnem.

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and the river Lethe which flows past peaceful houses.

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hunc circum innumerae gentes populique volabant:

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Countless tribes and peoples were flying around it-

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ac veluti in pratis ubi apes aestate serena

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Just like in peaceful summer when the bees in the meadows

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floribus insidunt variis et candida circum

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settle on various flowers and swarm around white lilies,

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lilia funduntur, strepit omnis murmure campus.

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The whole plain hums with their murmuring.

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horrescit visu subito causasque requirit

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Aeneas] trembled* at the sudden sight and asked for* explanations,

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inscius Aeneas, quae sint ea flumina porro,

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not knowing what those rivers in the distance are,

90
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quive viri tanto complerint agmine ripas.

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Or who the men [are] who have filled the banks in such a great mass.

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dixerat Anchises natumque unaque Sibyllam

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Anchises had spoken and drew his son and the Sibyl together

92
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conventus trahit in medios turbamque sonantem,

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into the middle of the gathering and the noisy crowd,

93
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et tumulum capit unde omnis longo ordine posset

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and he reached a mound from which he would be able to view those facing him

94
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adversos legere et venientum discere vultus.

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in a long line, and able to recognise the faces of [the people] approaching.

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‘nunc age, Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur

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Come now, the glory which will follow the Trojan descendants,

96
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gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes,

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who will await from the Italian people

97
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inlustris animas nostrumque in nomen ituras,

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the noble souls who will follow in our name,

98
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expediam dictis, et te tua fata docebo.’

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I will describe with my words, and I will teach you about your fate.’

99
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‘huc geminas nunc flecte acies, hanc aspice gentem

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‘Now turn your two eyes in this direction, look at this people

100
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Romanosque tuos. hic Caesar et omnis Iuli

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and your Romans. Here is Caesar and and all of Julus’

101
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progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem.

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descendants, who are going to go beneath the great vault of heaven.

102
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hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis,

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Here is the man, here he is, whom you have so often heard promised to you.

103
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Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet

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Augustus Caesar, son of god, who will establish a golden age

104
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saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva

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again in Latium, throughout the fields once ruled

105
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Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos

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by Saturn; he will extend his power over the Garamantes and Indians;

106
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proferet imperium; iacet extra sidera tellus,

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His land will lie beyond the stars,

107
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extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas

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beyond the paths of the year and the sun, where sky-bearing Atlas

108
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axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.

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turns on his shoulder the vault (of heaven), fitted with burning stars.

109
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huius in adventum iam nunc et Caspia regna

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Even now the Caspian kingdoms and the Maeotian land

110
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responsis horrent divum et Maeotia tellus,

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shudder at the oracles of the gods and at his arrival,

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et septemgemini turbant trepida ostia Nili.

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And the trembling mouths of the seven-fold Nile are in turmoil.

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