Virgil

Question 1

hic Hecuba et natae nequiquam altaria circum,

Answer 1

Here Hecuba and her daughters, in vain around sections of altar,

Question 2

praecipites atra ceu tempestate columbae,

Answer 2

like doves driven headlong by the black storm,

Question 3

condensae et divum amplexae simulacra sedbant.

Answer 3

were sitting huddled close together and embracing the images of the gods.

Question 4

ipsum autem sumptus Priamum iuvenalibus armis

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

Answer 4

But when she saw Priam himself, with his youthful arms taken up, “what intention so terrible, most wretched husband,

Question 5

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

Answer 5

drives you to put on these weapons? And where do you rush to?” she said.

Question 6

‘non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis

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

Answer 6

“The moment does not need such help nor those sort of defenders; not even if my Hector himself were now present here.

Question 7

huc tandem concede; haec ara tuebitur omnis,

Answer 7

Yield finally to here; this altar will protect all of us,

Question 8

aut moriere simul.’

Answer 8

or you will die together (with us).”

Question 9

sic fatus senior telumque imbelle sine ictu

coniecit, rauco quod protinus aere repulsum,

Answer 9

Having spoken in this way the old man threw his harmless spear without force, which was immediately repelled by the raucous bronze,

Question 10

et summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit.

Answer 10

and it hung in vain from the surface of the boss of his shield.

Question 11

cui Pyrrhus: ‘referes ergo haec et nuntius ibis Pelidae genitori. illi mae tristia facta degeneremque Neoptolemum narrare memento.

Answer 11

Pyrrhus (replied) to him: “and so you will take these words and as a messenger you will go to my father Pelides. Recount to him my grim deeds and remember to tell him of wicked Neoptolemus.

Question 12

‘ergo age, care pater, cervici imponere nostrae;

Answer 12

‘Therefore come, dear father, put yourself on my neck;

Question 13

ipse subibo umeris nec me labor iste gravabit;

Answer 13

I myself shall lift you up on my shoulders, nor will that task weigh me down;

Question 14

quo res cumque cadent, unum et commune periclum,

Answer 14

however the situation turns out, there will be one shared danger,

Question 15

una salus ambobus erit. mihi parvus Iulus

sit comes, et longe servet vestigia coniunx.

Answer 15

one hope of safety for both of us. Let little Iulus be my companion, and let my wife follow my footsteps at a distance.

Question 16

vos, famuli, quae dicam animis advertite vestris.

Answer 16

You, servants, pay your attention to what I am going to say.

Question 17

est urbe egressis tumulus templumque vetustum

Answer 17

As you go out of the city there is a mound and an ancient temple

Question 18

desertae Cereris, iuxtaque antiqua cupressus

Answer 18

of deserted Ceres, and next to it an ancient cypress tree

Question 19

religione patrum multos servata per annos;

Answer 19

Preserved for many years by the devotion of our forefathers;

Question 20

hanc ex diverso sedem veniemus in unam.

Answer 20

we will come to this one place from different directions.

Question 21

ferimur per opaca locorum,

Answer 21

We are borne through the shadows of the places,

Question 22

et me, quem dudum non ulla iniecta movebant

tela neque adverso glomerati examine Grai,

Answer 22

and me, whom until recently not any of the weapons thrown affected nor the Greeks gathered in their swarm (from their battle-line) against me,

Question 23

nunc omnes terrent aurae, sonus excitat omnis

Answer 23

now every breeze terrifies (me), every sound rouses me,

Question 24

suspensum et pariter comitique onerique timentem.

Answer 24

hesitant and fearing equally both for my companion and my burden.

Question 25

iamque propinquabam portis omnemque videbar

evasisse viam, subito cum creber ad auris

Answer 25

And now I was approaching the gates and I seemed to have emerged from every path, when suddenly to my ears the swift

Question 26

visus adesse pedum sonitus, genitorque per umbram

prospiciens ‘nate,’ exclamat, ‘fuge, nate; propinquant.

Answer 26

sound of feet seemed to be present, and my father looking out through the darkness exclaims, “son, flee, son; they are approaching.

Question 27

ardentis clipeos atque aera micantia cerno.’

Answer 27

I can see their shining shields and flashing bronze (weapons).”

Question 28

hic mihi nescio quod trepido male numen amicum

Answer 28

At this point, in my nervousness, some unfriendly divine power

Question 29

confusam eripuit mentem. namque avia cursu

dum sequor et nota excedo regione viarum,

Answer 29

snatched away my troubled mind. For indeed while I pursue pathless places at a run, and I leave the area of streets that was known to me,

Question 30

heu misero coniunx fatone erepta Creusa

Answer 30

alas my wife Creusa, snatched away by wretched fate,

Question 31

substitit, erravitne via seu lapsa resedit,

Answer 31

stopped, wether she strayed from the path or wether, having collapsed, she sat down,

Question 32

incertum; nec post oculis est reddita nostris.

Answer 32

it is uncertain; and she was not later returned to my eyes.

Question 33

ausus quin etiam voces iactare per umbram

Answer 33

In fact even daring to project my cries through the darkness,

Question 34

implevi clamore vias, maestusque Creusam

nequiquam ingeminans iterumque iterumque vocavi.

Answer 34

I filled the streets with my shouting, and in sadness in vain repeating ‘Creusa’ again and again I called for her.

Question 35

quaerenti et tectis urbis sine fine ruenti

Answer 35

As I was searching and rushing among the buildings of the city without end,

Question 36

infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae

Answer 36

the unfortunate phantom and ghost of Creusa herself

Question 37

visa mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago.

Answer 37

appeared to me before my eyes and her image was larger than the woman I had knew.

Question 38

obstipui, steteruntque comae et uox faucibus haesit.

Answer 38

I was dumbstruck, and my hair stood on end and my voice stuck in my throat.

Question 39

tum sic adfari et curas his demere dictis:

Answer 39

Then (she seemed) to speak to me in this way and to relieve my cares with these words:

Question 40

‘quid tantum insano iuvat indulgere dolori,

Answer 40

“What good does it do to indulge so much in crazed grief,

Question 41

o dulcis coniunx? non haec sine numine divum

Answer 41

o sweet husband? These things, without the will of the gods, do not

Question 42

eveniunt; nec te comitem hinc portare Creusam

fas, aut ille sinit superi regnator Olympi.

Answer 42

come about; it is not divine will that you carry Creusa as your companion from here, nor does he, the ruler of high up Olympus, allow it.

Question 43

longa tibi exsilia et vastum maris aequor arandum,

Answer 43

For you (there is) lengthy exile and the vast expanse of ocean to be ploughed,

Question 44

et terram Hesperiam venies, ubi Lydius arva

inter opima virum leni fluit agmine Thybris.

Answer 44

and you will come to the land of Hesperia, where the Lydian river Thyber flows in a gentle stream among the rich fields of men.

Question 45

illic res laetae regnumque et regia coniunx

Answer 45

There happy times and a kingdom and a royal wife

Question 46

parta tibi; lacrimas dilectae pelle Creusae.

Answer 46

will be brought forth for you; drive away your tears for your beloved Creusa.