The Aeneid, Virgil lines 518-529

Question 1

ipsum autem sumptis Priamum iuvenalibus armis

Answer 1

Moreover, when she saw Priam himself, having taken up the arms of his youth,

Question 2

impulit his cingi telis? aut quo ruis?’ inquit.

Answer 2

drives (you) to gird yourself with these weapons? Where are you rushing to?

Question 3

‘non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis

Answer 3

The situation is not in need of such assistance, nor of these defenders;

Question 4

tempus eget; non, si ipse meus nunc adforet Hector,

Answer 4

not if my Hector himself were now present, come here now;

Question 5

huc tandem concede; haec ara tuebitur omnes,

Answer 5

this altar will protect everyone

Question 6

aut moriere simul.’ sic ore effata recepit

Answer 6

or you will die with us.’ Having spoken thus, she received

Question 7

ad sese et sacra longaevum in sede locavit.

Answer 7

aged man to her and placed him on the sacred seat.

Question 8

Ecce autem elapsus Pyrrhi de caede Polites,

Answer 8

But look! Having slipped away from the butchery of Pyrrhus, Polites,

Question 9

unus natorum Priami, per tela, per hostes

Answer 9

one of the sons of Priam, fled through the missiles, through the enemy,

Question 10

porticibus longis fugit et vacua atria lustrat

Answer 10

down the long colonnades and wanders around the deserted rooms, wounded.

Question 11

saucius. illum ardens infesto vulnere Pyrrhus

Answer 11

Pyrrhus eagerly pursues him with threatening wound.

Question 12

ut vidit, ‘quae mens tam dira, miserrime coniunx,

Answer 12

she said ‘What intention so dreadful, most wretched husband,