Aen.VI.384-425

1. Aen.VI.384-425

2. Ergo iterinceptumperaguntfluvioquepropinquant. Therefore they continue their journey begun and approach the stream. 385Navita quos iamindeutStygiaprospexitabunda As the ferryman looked at whom(them) now from the Stygian wave (and saw them) per tacitumnemus ire pedemqueadvertereripae, going through the quiet grove and turning a foot to the bank, sic prior adgrediturdictis, atqueincrepatultro:(the ferryman) first addresses them with words, and further chides them:

3. “Quisquises, armatus qui nostra ad fluminatendis, Whoever you are, who, armed, stretch/head toward our banks, fare age,quidvenias,iamistinc, etcomprimegressum. Come (on,) say why you come, and hold (your) step now from there (where you stand). 390 Umbrarum hic locus est,somninoctisquesoporae; This is the place of shades, of sleep and of night made gloomy; corpora viva nefasStygiavectare carina. It is not right (lit. unspeakable) to carry living bodies in the Stygian boat.

4. NecveroAlciden me sum laetatuseuntem And in truth/indeed I did not rejoice that I had received the descendant of Alceus (Hercules) as he was going, accepisselacu, necTheseaPirithoumque, On my/the lake, not Theseus and Pirithous, disquamquamgenitiatqueinvictiviribusessent. Although they were born from gods and undefeated in strength. He is referencing two instances in mythology where heros descended to the underworld; Hercules did to achieve one of his labors or another, and the doofusTheseus and his doofus buddy Pirithous went down there to try and steal brides for themselves…idiots.

5. 395Tartareum illemanucustodem in vinclapetivit, That one (Herc.) sought (to put) the Tararean guard (Cerberus) in chains, ipsius a solioregis, traxitquetrementem; And from the throne of the king himself dragged (the dog) trembling. hi dominamDitisthalamodeducereadorti.” These (Th. & P.) tried to abduct the wife of Dis (Pluto) from her chamber (bedroom).” Quae contra breviterfataestAmphrysiavates: Which things (i.e. these things) the Amphrysian prophetess spoke briefly in reply/return: “Nullae hic insidiae tales; absistemoveri; No such plots (are) here; cease to be moved;

6. 400 nec vim telaferunt; licet ingensianitorantro Nor do the weapons bring force; it is permitted that the huge doorkeeper in his cave aeternumlatransexsanguisterreatumbras, Barking eternally terrifies the bloodless shades, casta licet patruiservet Proserpina limen. It is permitted that chaste Proserpina preserve the threshold of her uncle. Troius Aeneas, pietateinsignis et armis, Trojan Aeneas, distinguished in/outstanding because of his sense of duty & weapons, ad genitoremimasErebidescendit ad umbras. descends to the deep shades of Erebus to (see) his father.

7. 405 Si tenullamovettantaepietatis imago, If no image of such great sense of devotion moves you, at ramumhunc”(aperitramum, qui vestelatebat) But/nevertheless this bough (she reveals the bough, which was hidden in her cloak) “adgnoscas.” Tumida ex iratumcordaresidunt.You recognize.” Then his heart(s) swollen from anger settle(s) down.

8. Necplura his. Illeadmiransvenerabiledonum And(they don’t say)more things than these. That 1 marveling at the awe-inspiring gift fatalisvirgae, longo post tempore visum, of the fateful twig, seen after a long time, 410caeruleam advertitpuppim,ripaequepropinquat. turns his dark blue boat, and approaches the bank.

9. Inde alias animas, quae per iugalongasedebant, Thereupon the other souls, which/who were sitting along the long ridges, deturbat, laxatqueforos; simulaccipitalveo he dislodges, and releases/clears the gangways; immediately he receives in the hull ingentemAenean. Gemuit sub ponderecumba huge Aeneas. The sewn-together skiff groans under/beneath the weight sutilis, et multamaccepitrimosapaludem.and full of leaks, took on/receives much swamp (water).

10. 415 Tandem trans fluviumincolumisvatemquevirumque Finally across the stream both the prophetess and the man unharmed informi limo glaucaqueexponit in ulva. in the shapeless mire and (in) the grayish green marsh he disembarks/unloads. Cerberus haecingenslatratu regna trifauci Huge Cerberus makes these kingdoms/realms resound with three-throated barking, personat, adversorecubansimmanis in antro. lying, massive/huge in the facing cave.

11. Cuivates, horrerevidensiamcollacolubris, To whom the prophetess, seeing that now his neck bristles with serpents, 420 mellesoporatam et medicatisfrugibusoffam a cake made drowsy with honey and drugged fruits obicit. Ille fame rabidatriagutturapandens she presents. That one laying open his three throats because of ravenous hunger corripitobiectam, atqueimmaniatergaresolvit Snatches the offered (cake), and relaxes/loosens his huge backs fussushumi, totoqueingensextenditurantro.having been poured on the ground, and, huge, is spread out in the whole cave.

12. Occupat Aeneas aditumcustodesepulto, Aeneas takes possession of the entrance, its guardian having been buried (in sleep), 425 evaditquecelerripaminremeabilisundae. and quick(ly) he departs/escapes the bank of the irretraceable wave.