Vergil's Aeneid Book VI Lines 450-476

Question 1

Inter quās Phoenissa recens ā vulnere Dido errabat silvā in magna;

Answer 1

Among whom Phoenician Dido fresh from her wound was wandering in the great forest;

Question 2

quam Troius heros ut primum iuxtā stetit agnovitque per umbrās obscuram,

Answer 2

next to whom the Trojan hero as soon as he stood near and recognised her dim through the shades,

Question 3

qualem primō quī surgere mense aut videt aut vidisse putat per nubila lunam,

Answer 3

as he who either sees or thinks he has seen the moon rise through the clouds at the first of the month,

Question 4

demisit lacrimās dulcīque adfatus amore est:

Answer 4

he let fall tears and addressed her with sweet affection:

Question 5

“Infelix Dido, verus mihi nuntius ergo venerat exstinctam ferrōque extrema secutam?

Answer 5

“Unfortunate Dido, a true message therefore had come to me that you had been destroyed and that you had followed the end with a sword?

Question 6

Funeris heu tibi causa fuī?

Answer 6

Alas was I the cause of death for you?

Question 7

Per sidera iurō, per superōs et sī qua fides tellure sub imā est,

Answer 7

I swear by the stars, by the gods above and if there is any belief under the lowest land,

Question 8

invitus, regina, tuō de litore cessī.

Answer 8

unwilling, queen, I departed from your shores.

Question 9

Sed me iussa deum, quae nunc hās ire per umbrās,

Answer 9

But the orders of the gods, which now compel me to go through these shades,

Question 10

per loca senta sitū cogunt noctemque profundam, imperiīs egēre suīs;

Answer 10

through places rough by situation and deep night, have driven me by their commands;

Question 11

nec credere quivi hunc tantum tibi me discessū ferre dolorem.

Answer 11

nor have I been able to believe that I bring this such great pain by my departure.

Question 12

Siste gradum teque aspectū ne subtrahe nostrō.

Answer 12

Stop your step and do not withdraw yourself from my sight.

Question 13

Quem fugis?

Answer 13

Whom do you flee?

Question 14

Extremum fatō quod te adloquor hoc est.”

Answer 14

This is the last time which I address you by fate.”

Question 15

Talibus Aeneas ardentem et torva tuentem lenibat dictīs animum lacrimāsque ciebat.

Answer 15

With such words Aeneas was soothing (her) looking grimly and her mind burning and he was stirring up tears.

Question 16

Illa solō fixōs oculōs aversa tenebat nec magis inceptō vultum sermone movetur quam sī dura silex aut stet Marpesia cautes.

Answer 16

That woman having turned away was holding her eyes fixed on the ground nor is she moved with respect to her expression by his speech undertaken than if she should stand as hard rock or a Marpesian cliff.

Question 17

Tandem corripuit sese atque inimica refugit in nemus umbriferum,

Answer 17

Finally she snatched away herself and hostile fled into the shady forest,

Question 18

coniunx ubi pristinus illī respondet curīs aequatque Sychaeus amorem.

Answer 18

where her former husband Sychaeus responds to that woman with cares and equals her love.

Question 19

Nec minus Aeneas casū concussus iniquō prosequitur lacrimīs longe et miseratur euntem.

Answer 19

Nor does Aeneas struck by her unfair misfortune follow less with tears and from afar he pities her going.