The Aeneid, Virgil lines 506-517

Question 1

forsitan et Priami fuerint quae fata requiras.

Answer 1

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

Question 2

urbis uti captae casum convulsaque vidit

Answer 2

When he saw the fall of his captured city and the smashed-in

Question 3

limina tectorum et medium in penetralibus hostem,

Answer 3

doors of the buildings and the enemy in the middle of the inner chambers,

Question 4

arma diu senior desueta trementibus aevo

Answer 4

the old man in vain put on his long-neglected armour on his shoulders,

Question 5

circumdat nequiquam umeris et inutile ferrum

Answer 5

which were trembling with old age, and wore the useless

Question 6

cingitur, ac densos fertur moriturus in hostes.

Answer 6

sword, and carried himself into the thick of the enemy, doomed to die.

Question 7

aedibus in mediis nudoque sub aetheris axe

Answer 7

In the middle of the palace and under the exposed wheel of heaven

Question 8

ingens ara fuit iuxtaque veterrima laurus

Answer 8

there was a huge altar and a very old laurel tree alongside it,

Question 9

incumbens arae atque umbra complexa penates.

Answer 9

resting on the altar and embracing the household gods with its shade.

Question 10

hic Hecuba et natae nequiquam altaria circum,

Answer 10

Here Hecuba and her daughters were crowded round the altar in vain,

Question 11

praecipites atra ceu tempestate columbae,

Answer 11

like doves driven headlong in a black storm,

Question 12

condensae et divum amplexae simulacra sedebant.

Answer 12

and they sat embracing the statues of the gods.