Virgil Pg 4b (407-416)

Question 1

Pg 4b Line 1
tumida ex ira tum corda residunt; nec plura his.

Answer 1

Then his swollen heart settled down after his anger; no more [words] were said than these.

Question 2

Pg 4b Line 2
ille admirans venerabile donum fatalis virgae longo post tempore visum caeruleam advertit puppim ripaeque propinquat.

Answer 2

That man [Charon], wondering at the venerable gift of the fateful branch, seen after a long time, turned his dark blue boat and approached the bank.

Question 3

Pg 4b Line 3
inde alias animas, quae per iuga longa sedebant, deturbat laxatque foros; simul accipit alveo ingentem Aenean.

Answer 3

Then he drove out the other souls, which were sitting along the long benches, and opened the gangways; at the same time, he took Aeneas in the boat.

Question 4

Pg 4b Line 4
gemuit sub pondere cumba sutilis et multam accepit rimosa paludem.

Answer 4

The boat, sewn together, groaned under the weight and, full of cracks, took in much marshy water.

Question 5

Pg 4b Line 5
tandem trans fluvium incolumes vatemque virumque informi limo glaucaque exponit in ulva.

Answer 5

Finally, Charon landed both the priestess and the man unharmed across the river in the shapeless slime and grey swamp-grass.