Vergil's Aeneid Book VI Lines 384-404

Question 1

Ergo iter inceptum peragunt fluviōque propinquant.

Answer 1

Therefore they traverse the course begun and approach the river.

Question 2

Navita quōs iam inde ut Stygiā prospexit ab undā per tacitum nemus īre pedemque advertere ripae,

Answer 2

The boatman as he saw (those) whom from the Stygian wave now thereupon were going through the silent grove and turning (their) foot to the bank,

Question 3

sīc prior adgreditur dictīs atque increpat ultrō:

Answer 3

thus first he addresses with words and further chides:

Question 4

“Quisquis es, armatus quī nostra ad flumina tendis, fare age, quid venias, iam istinc et comprime gressum.

Answer 4

“Whoever you are, you who armed stretch toward our rivers, proceed, speak why you have come, and now from there press your step.

Question 5

Umbrarum hic locus est, somnī noctisque soporae:

Answer 5

This is the place of the shades, of sleep and of sleepy night;

Question 6

corpora viva nefas Stygiā vectare carinā.

Answer 6

it is a crime to carry living bodies in the Stygian boat.

Question 7

Nec vero Alciden me sum laetatus euntem accepisse lacū, nec Thesea Pirithoumque, dīs quamquam genitī atque invictī viribus essent.

Answer 7

Nor indeed did I rejoice to receive on the lake Hercules going, descendant of Alceus, nor Theseus and Pirithous, although begotten by gods and were undefeated in strength.

Question 8

Tartareum ille manū custodem in vincla petivit ipsius ā soliō regis traxitque trementem;

Answer 8

That man sought the Tartarean guard into chains and dragged (it) trembling from the throne of the king himself;

Question 9

hī dominam Ditis thalamō deducere adortī.”

Answer 9

these attempted to lead off the queen of Dis from the bed chamber.”

Question 10

Quae contra breviter fata est Amphrysia vates:

Answer 10

Which things briefly the Amphrysian prophetess spoke in reply:

Question 11

“Nullae hīc insidiae tales (absiste moverī), nec vim tela ferunt;

Answer 11

“No such plots here (cease to be moved), nor do the weapons carry force;

Question 12

licet ingens ianitor antrō aeternum latrans exsangues terreat umbras,

Answer 12

it is permitted that the huge doorkeeper barking eternally should terrify the bloodless shades in the cave,

Question 13

casta licet patruī servet Proserpina limen.

Answer 13

it is permitted that the chaste Proserpina should guard the threshold of her paternal uncle.

Question 14

Troius Aeneas, pietate insignis et armīs, ad genitorem imās Erebi descendit ad umbrās.

Answer 14

Trojan Aeneas, distinguished by piety and by arms, descends to the lowest shades of Erebus to his father.