Virgil Section 2 Flashcards
Nec non et pulcher Iulus, ante annos animumque gerens curamque virilem, multa patri mandata dabat portanda; sed aurae omnia discerpunt et nubibus inrita donant [310-313]
Above all, the handsome Iulus, displaying the spirit and responsibility of a man beyond his years, was giving many instructions to be conveyed to his father; but the breezes scattered them all and gave them up useless to the clouds
Protinus armati incedunt; quos omnis euntes primorum manus ad portas iuvenumque senumque prosequitur votis [308-310]
Straightaway they march out in arms and as they go the whole band of leaders, of young and old, escort them with prayers to the gates
Egressi superant fossas noctisque per umbram castra inimica petunt, multis tamen ante futuri exitio. Passim somno vinoque per herbam corpora fusa vident, arrectos litore currus, inter lora rotasque viros, simul arma iacere, vina simul [314-319]
Having left, they climbed over the ditches and made for the enemy camp under the darkness of the night, yet destined to kill many men first. Everywhere they saw bodies sprawled in drunken sleep on the grass, chariots tipped up on the shore and their men lying amongst the reins and wheels with both their arms and their wine-cups
Prior Hyrtacides sic ore locutus: “Euryale, audendum dextra: nunc ipsa vocat res [319-320]
The son of Hyrtacus was the first to utter these words: “Euryalus, we must be bold with our hands - the moment itself is now calling us
Hac iter est. Tu, ne qua manus se attollere nobis a tergo possit, custodi et consule longe; haec ego vasta dabo et lato te limite ducam” [321-323]
Here lies the way. You keep guard and look around so that no hand can be raised against us from behind; here I will deal out destruction and lead you by a broad path”
