Aen.VI.847-99

1. Aen.VI.847-99

2. Excudentaliispirantiamolliusaera, Others will hammer out more gently breathing bronzes, credo equidem, vivosducent de marmorevultus, I believe indeed, they will lead/draw living expressions/features from the marble, orabuntcausasmelius, caeliquemeatus They will plead cases better, and the motions of heaven 850 describent radio, et surgentiasideradicent:they will map with a compass, and they will tell of the rising stars:

3. turegereimperiopopulos, Romane, memento; You, Roman, remember to rule the people with authority; haetibieruntartes; pacisqueimponeremorem, These crafts/skills/arts will be to you; and to impose a custom/habit of peace, parceresubiectis, et debellaresuperbos.” to spare the vanquished, and to bring down the proud in war.” ***NOTE*** This ties to another story of the founding of Rome—the Republic began when the Romans fought off the last of the kings from the Tarquin dynasty. The last king of Rome was TarquiniusSuperbus, or Tarquin the Proud

4. Sic paterAnchises, atquehaecmirantibusaddit: Thus father Anchises (spoke), and he added these things for those marvelling: 855“Aspice, utinsignisspoliis Marcellus opimis Look, how Marcellus distinguished/extraordinary/outstanding with the spoliaopima ingreditur, victorquevirossupereminetomnes!proceeds, and (how, as a) victor, he surpasses all men!

5. Hic remRomanam, magnoturbantetumultu, This man the Roman state, a great crowd being in an uproar, sistet, equessternetPoenosGallumquerebellem, will settle,(this man)of equestrian rank will lay low Phoenicians and the insurgent Gaul, tertiaquearmapatrisuspendetcaptaQuirino.” and he will hang up a third set of captured/won weapons for Father Quirinus.”

6. 860 Atque hic Aeneas (unanamque ire videbat And so here Aeneas (said) (for he was seeing that egregium forma iuvenem et fulgentibusarmis, a young man outstanding in one? beauty and in shining weapons, sedfronslaetaparum, et deiectoluminavultu): But (his) brow was too little happy, and (his) eyes (were) in a gloomy expression):

7. “Quis, pater, ille, virum qui sic comitatureuntem? Who, father, is that one, who thus accompanies the man going? Filius, annealiquis magna de stirpenepotum? A son, or someone from the great lineage of descendants? 865Quis strepitus circa comitum!Quantuminstar in ipso! What an uproar of companions around! What great presence in the man himself! Sednoxatra caput tristicircumvolat umbra.” But black night flies around his head with a dark shade.” TumpaterAnchises, lacrimisingressusobortis: Then father Anchises, tears having sprung up, proceeded:

8. “O gnate, ingentemluctum ne quaeretuorum; O son, do not seek/inquire about the huge grief of your (people); ostendentterrishunctantumfata, nequeultra The fates will show this so great man to the lands, and will not allow him to exist 870 essesinent. NimiumvobisRomanapropago further. The Roman sock (would have) seemed too powerful to you all, visa potens, Superi, propriahaecsidonafuissent Gods above, if these gifts had been secure. I.E. if he had securely lived to adulthood, Rome would have been so strong that it would have scared the gods, since Rome’s greatness would have rivaled that of the gods.

9. QuantosillevirummagnamMavortis ad urbem How many groans of men will that field (of Mars) bring to the great city of Mars, campus agetgemitus, vel quae, Tiberine, videbis or which, Tiber, funerals/deaths will you see, funera, cum tumulumpraeterlabererecentem! when you (will) flow beside the fresh burial mound!

10. 875NecpuerIliacaquisquam de gente Latinos Nor will any boy from the Ilian people raise up in tantumspetolletavos, necRomula quondam his grandfathers of Latium so much/high in hope, nor will the land of Romulus ever ullo se tantumtellusiactabitalumno. vaunt itself so much in any child (it has nursed) .

11. Heu pietas, heuprisca fides, invictaquebello Alas! (what) loyalty, alas! old-fashioned trustworthiness, and unconquered in war dextera! Non illi se quisquamimpunetulisset right hand! Not anyone would have gone up against that one with impunity 880obviusarmato, seu cum pedesiret in hostem, face-to-face against him armed,either when he went as foot soldier against the enemy, seuspumantisequifoderetcalcaribusarmos. or dug the sides of a foaming horse with spurs.

12. Heu, miserandepuer, si qua fataasperarumpas, Alas, boy to be pitied, if you were in any way to break the harsh fates, tu Marcellus eris. Manibus date liliaplenis, you will (i.e. must) be Marcellus. With hands full, give (me) lillies, purpureosspargamflores, animamquenepotis I will scatter purple flowers, and the soul of my descendent 885 his saltemadcumulemdonis, et fungarinani with these gifts at least let me heap up, and let me perform the empty munere”—Sic tota passim regionevagantur ritual”— thus they roam scattered on the whole region aëris in campislatis, atqueomnialustrant. in the broad fields of mist, and survey all things.

13. Quae postquamAnchisesnatum per singuladuxit, After Anchises led his son through every single one of which (i.e. these) things, incenditqueanimumfamaevenientis amore, and inflamed his mind with a love of coming fame, 890eximbellaviromemorat quae deindegerenda, then he recalls the wars which must be waged by the next man, LaurentisquedocetpopulosurbemqueLatini, and he teaches/explains (about) the Laurentian peoples and the city of Latinus, et quoquemquemodofugiatqueferatquelaborem. and in what way he must (both) flee and endure each labor/task/burden. **Notice the tmesis or cutting of quomodo ,not just into quo modo, but quo… modo.

14. SuntgeminaeSomniportae, quarumalterafertur There are twin gates of Sleep, of which one is reported (to be made of) cornea, qua verisfacilisdaturexitusumbris; horn, by which an easy exit is given to true shades; 895 alteracandenti perfecta nitenselephanto, the other, shining, is made from gleaming ivory, sedfalsa ad caelummittunt insomnia Manes.but the dead send false dreams to the sky/heaven.

15. His ubitumnatumAnchisesunaqueSibyllam With these words then Anchisesescorts his son and the Sibyl together prosequiturdictis, portaqueemittiteburna, and sends them out by the ivory gate, illeviamsecat ad naves sociosque revisit. (and) that one cuts a path to the ships and sees his comrades again.