Vita Vergiliana

Thanksgiving Discussion

2008-11-20T14:17:00.002-06:00

In Book II, lines 1-56, Vergil foreshadows the doom of Troy. Using at least 3 Latin examples, discuss how Vergil does this. After posting your own answer, comment (constructively!) on another student's answer. You must post your two assigned postings by midnight on Nov. 30. No late posts will be counted.

Welcome!

2008-09-09T10:50:00.002-05:00

Welcome, novi discipuli! Here's our first blog discussion question: what are some of the themes that run through Vergil's Aeneid? Give specific examples from your English reading to support your answer.

Post an answer (at least 5 substantial sentences) by Monday, Sept. 22, at 10:00 pm.

IV. 279 to 449 and 642 to 705: Lines for next test

2008-03-04T19:33:00.000-06:00

Aeneid IV. 279 -449
279 At vero Aeneas aspectu obmutuit amens,
But Aeneas stood speechless indeed, frenzied at the sight,
280 arrectaeque horrore comae et vox faucibus haesit.
and [his] hair stood on end from horror and his voice stuck in [his] throat.
281 Ardet abire fuga dulcesque relinquere terras,
He burns to depart in flight and to leave the sweet lands,
282 attonitus tanto monitu imperioque deorum.
astounded by so great a warning and the order of the gods.
283 Heu quid agat? Quo nunc reginam ambire furentem
Alas, what should he do? With what address now should he dare to
284 audeat adfatu? Quae prima exordia sumat?
conciliate the raging queen? What first beginnings should he take up?
285 Atque animum nunc huc celerem nunc dividit illuc
And he divides his swift mind now in this direction, now in that direction,
286 in partesque rapit varias perque omnia versat.
and he takes [it] into different parts and rolls [it] through all things.
287 Haec alternanti potior sententia visa est:
This resolve seemed preferable to him wavering:
288 Mnesthea Sergestumque vocat fortemque Serestum,
he calls Mnetheus and Sergestus and brave Serestus,
289 classem aptent taciti sociosque ad litora cogant,
[so that] they, silent, should make ready the fleet and drive the comrades to the shore,
290 arma parent et quae rebus sit causa novandis
prepare the arms and hide what cause is for renewing things;
291 dissimulent; sese interea, quando optima Dido
meanwhile, since finest Dido does not know and does not expect such great loves to be broken,
292 nesciat et tantos rumpi non speret amores,
he himself
293 temptaturum aditus et quae mollissima fandi
will test the approaches and what times for speaking [are] most mild,
294 tempora, quis rebus dexter modus. Ocius omnes
what way is right for things. Very swiftly all, happy,
295 imperio laeti parent et iussa facessunt.
obey the order and fufill commands.
296 At regina dolos (quis fallere possit amantem?)
But the queen suspects tricks (who can deceive a lover?)
297 praesensit, motusque excepit prima futuros
and first she catches the future movements,
298 omnia tuta timens. Eadem impia Fama furenti
fearing everything, [even] safe ones. The same wicked Rumor brought to the furious one,
299 detulit armari classem cursumque parari.
[the news that] the fleet was being armed and the way was being prepared.
300 Saevit inops animi totamque incensa per urbem
She rages, bereft of [her] mind and she rushes wild, inflamed, through the whole city,
301 bacchatur, qualis commotis excita sacris
like a Bacchant stirred, with the rituals having been stirred,
302 Thyias, ubi audito stimulant trieterica Baccho
the cry “Bacchus” having been heard, when the triennial (three times a year) rites spur her
ablative
absolute
303 orgia nocturnusque vocat clamore Cithaeron.
and nocturnal Cithaeron calls [her] with a shout.
metonomy
304 Tandem his Aenean compellat vocibus ultro:
At last she adresses Aeneas voluntarily with these voices:
305 ‘Dissimulare etiam sperasti, perfide, tantum
“Treacherous one, did you expect to pretend still that so great a crime
306 posse nefas tacitusque mea decedere terra?
was possible, and silent to depart from my land?
307 Nec te noster amor nec te data dextera quondam
Does neither our love, nor right hands once given,
308 nec moritura tenet crudeli funere Dido?
nor Dido aboutr to die from cruel death, hold you?
309 Quin etiam hiberno moliri sidere classem
Aren’t you hurrying in fact to prepare the fleet under the wintry star
310 et mediis properas Aquilonibus ire per altum,
and to go though the deep sea in the middle of the North Winds,
ire= to go
311 crudelis? Quid, si non arva aliena domosque
cruel one? What, if you were not seeking foreign lands and unknown homes,
312 ignotas peteres, et Troia antiqua maneret,
and old Troy remained,
313 Troia per undosum peteretur classibus aequor?’
would Troy be sought through the wavy sea with fleets?
314 ‘Mene fugis? Per ego has lacrimas dextramque tuam te
Are you fleeing me? By these tears and your right hand
315 (quando aliud mihi iam miserae nihil ipsa reliqui),
since I myself have abandoned nothing else to my wretched self),
316 per conubia nostra, per inceptos hymenaeos,
by our marriages, by the wedding hymns begun,
317 si bene quid de te merui, fuit aut tibi quicquam
if I have earned well anything from you, or anything of mine has been sweet to you,
318 dulce meum, miserere domus labentis et istam,
have pity the wavering house and discard,
labentis=
wavering,
falling
319 oro, si quis adhuc precibus locus, exue mentem.
I beg, that intention of yours, if [there is] any place still for prayers.
ista= negative
conotation
(that)
320 Te propter Libycae gentes Nomadumque tyranni
because of you the Libyan race and the leaders of the Nomads
syncope
321 odere, infensi Tyrii; te propter eundem
hate [me], the Tyrians [are] hostile; because of the same you
anaphora
322 exstinctus pudor et, qua sola sidera adibam,
shame [has been] estinguished, and my former reputation, by which I alone was approaching the
stars.
323 fama prior. Cui me moribundam deseris hospes
For what do you, guest, desert me dying
324 (hoc solum nomen quoniam de coniuge restat)?
(since this name alone remains from the marriage)?
325 Quid moror? An mea Pygmalion dum moenia frater
Why do I delay? Or [am I waiting] until my brother Pygmalion destroys my walls
326 destruat aut captam ducat Gaetulus Iarbas?
or the Gaetulian Iarbas leads me [as] captive?
327 Saltem si qua mihi de te suscepta fuisset
At least, if there had been any offspring begotten to me from you
328 ante fugam suboles, si quis mihi parvulus aula
before [your] departure, if there were any little Aeneas playing in the palace for me,
329 luderet Aeneas, qui te tamen ore referret,
who at least would restore you in his face,
330 non equidem omnino capta ac deserta viderer.’
indeed I would not seem altogether captivated and deserted.”
331 Dixerat. Ille Iovis monitis immota tenebat
She had spoken. That man was holding his eyes motionless because of the warnings of Jove
332 lumina et obnixus curam sub corde premebat.
and he was repressing [his] care under his heart, having struggled.
333 Tandem pauca refert: ‘Ego te, quae plurima fando
Finally he recalls a few things: “Queen, I will never deny that you,
334 enumerare vales, numquam, regina, negabo
who are able to recount very many [things] by saying, [have] deserved [very many things],
335 promeritam, nec me meminisse pigebit Elissae
nor will it displease me to remember Elissa
336 dum memor ipse mei, dum spiritus hos regit artus.
while I am mindful of myself, while breath controls these limbs.
337 Pro re pauca loquar. Neque ego hanc abscondere furto
I will speak a few [words] on behalf of my case. I neither expected
338 speravi (ne finge) fugam, nec coniugis umquam
(don’t imagine [this]) to hide this escape by trick, nor did I ever
339 praetendi taedas aut haec in foedera veni.’
hold forth the marriage torches of a husband or come into these agreements.
340 “Me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam
If the fates permitted me to lead [my] life by my own authorities (auspices)
341 auspiciis et sponte mea componere curas,
and to calm [my] cares by my desire,
342 urbem Troianam primum dulcesque meorum
I would [dwell in] the Torjan city first of all and would cherish the sweet remnants of my people,
343 reliquias colerem, Priami tecta alta manerent,
the high homes of Priam would remain,
344 et recidiva manu posuissem Pergama victis.
and I would have placed by [my own] hand a reborn Troy for conquered ones.
345 Sed nunc Italiam magnam Gryneus Apollo,
But now Grynean Apollo [has ordered me to pursue] great Italy,
346 Italiam Lyciae iussere capessere sortes;
the Lycian lots have ordered [me] to pursue Italy;
347 hic amor, haec patria est. Si te Karthaginis arces
this [is my] love, this is [my] homeland. If the citadels of Carthage
348 Phoenissam Libycaeque aspectus detinet urbis,
and the sight of the Libyan city detains you, a Phoenician,
349 quae tandem Ausonia Teucros considere terra
what jealousy at last is it for Teucrians to settle in Ausonian land?
why do you
begrudge the
Trojans their
homeland...
350 invidia est? Et nos fas extera quaerere regna.
It is right for us, too, to seek foreign kingdoms.
351 Me patris Anchisae, quotiens umentibus umbris
As often as night covers lands with dewy shadows,
352 nox operit terras, quotiens astra ignea surgunt,
as often as fiery stars rise,
353 admonet in somnis et turbida terret imago;
The troubled image of father Anchises advises me in sleep[s] and frightens [me].
subject
354 me puer Ascanius capitisque iniuria cari, synecdoche
[My] boy Ascanius [advises] me, and the injury of his dear head,
355 quem regno Hesperiae fraudo et fatalibus arvis.
whom I deprive of the kingdom of Hesperia and the destined fields.
356 Nunc etiam interpres divum Iove missus ab ipso
Even now agent/interpreter of the gods, sent by Jove himself
357 (testor utrumque caput) celeres mandata per auras
(I swear on each [of our] heads) brought down orders through the swift airs:
358 detulit: ipse deum manifesto in lumine vidi
I myself saw the god in the clear light
359 intrantem muros vocemque his auribus hausi.
entering the walls and I drank in [his] voice with these ears.
360 Desine meque tuis incendere teque querelis;
Stop inflaming both me and yourself with your complaints;
361 Italiam non sponte sequor.”
I seek Italy not by [my own] desire.”
362 Talia dicentem iamdudum aversa tuetur
Having turned away for a long time, she watches [him] saying such things
363 huc illuc volvens oculos totumque pererrat
turning her eyes here [and] there, and surveys [him] completely
asynd.
364 luminibus tacitis et sic accensa profatur:
with silent eyes and, having been inflamed, speaks thus:
365 “Nec tibi diva parens generis nec Dardanus auctor,
For you [there is] neither a divine parent of your race nor Dardanus [as] founder,
366 perfide, sed duris genuit te cautibus horrens
treacherous, but the Caucasus rough with hard crags begot you,
367 Caucasus Hyrcanaeque admorunt ubera tigres.
and Hyrcanean tigresses moved their teats [toward you] [i.e. suckled you].
368 Nam quid dissimulo aut quae me ad maiora reservo?
For why do I pretend or for what greater [things] do I preserve myself?
369 Num fletu ingemuit nostro? Num lumina flexit?
Has he groaned at our weeping? Has he turned his eyes?
anaphora
asyndeton
tricolon
crescens
370 Num lacrimas victus dedit aut miseratus amantem est?
Has he, conquered, given tears or pity the loving [one]?
371 Quae quibus anteferam? Iam iam nec maxima Iuno
What [things] shall I prefer to what [other things]? Now, now neither greatest Juno
372 nec Saturnius haec oculis pater aspicit aequis.
nor the Saturnian father sees these things with just eyes. [i.e. fairly]
373 Nusquam tuta fides. Eiectum litore, egentem
Loyalty [is] never safe. Tossed out on the shore, needy
374 excepi et regni demens in parte locavi.
I received [him] and, mad, I placed [him] in part of [my] kindgom [i.e. shared my rule with him].
375 Amissam classem, socios a morte reduxi
The lost fleet, the comrades from death I led back
376 (heu furiis incensa feror!): nunc augur Apollo,
(alas inflamed by the furies I am being carried off!): now prophet Apollo,
tricolon
crescens
377 nunc Lyciae sortes, nunc et Iove missus ab ipso
now the Lycian lots, now even an interpreter of the gods sent by Jove himself
mocking of
Aeneas’ speech
(345+)
378 interpres divum fert horrida iussa per auras.
brings horrible orders through the air.
379 Scilicet is superis labor est, ea cura quietos
Doubtless this is the task, for [those] above, this care disturbs the calm [ones].
380 sollicitat. Neque te teneo neque dicta refello:
Neither do I hold you nor refute your words:
enjambment
381 i, sequere Italiam ventis, pete regna per undas.
go, seek Italy on the winds, seek the kingdoms through the waves.
382 Spero equidem mediis, si quid pia numina possunt,
Indeed I hope, if the devoted divine powers are able [to do] anything,
Dido’s curse
383 supplicia hausurum scopulis et nomine Dido
you will drink in punishments in the middle of the rocks
384 saepe vocaturum. Sequar atris ignibus absens
and you will call out the name of Dido often. I will follow, though absent, with black fires
385 et, cum frigida mors animā seduxerit artus,
and when cold death will have separated your limbs from your spirit,
386 omnibus umbra locis adero. Dabis, improbe, poenas.
I will be present as a shade in all places. You will pay the penalties, cruel one.
387 Audiam et haec Manes veniet mihi fama sub imos.”
I will hear and this rumor will come to me under the lowest souls of Hades.
388 His medium dictis sermonem abrumpit et auras
She stops her speech in the middle with these words and, sick, she flees the breezes
389 aegra fugit seque ex oculis avertit et aufert,
and turns herself away from his eyes and carries [herself] away,
390 linquens multa metu cunctantem et multa parantem
leaving [him] delaying in fear to say many things preparing and [to say] many things.
391 dicere. Suscipiunt famulae conlapsaque membra
The household slaves support [her] and carry back [her] collapsed limbs
392 marmoreo referunt thalamo stratisque reponunt.
to the marble bedchamber and place [her] on the bed[s].
393 At pius Aeneas, quamquam lenire dolentem
But dutiful Aeneas, although he wants to soothe the grieving [one] by consoling
394 solando cupit et dictis avertere curas,
and to turn away [her] cares with words,
395 multa gemens magnoque animum labefactus amore
groaning much and shaken in his mind by great love,
396 iussa tamen divum exsequitur classemque revisit.
nevertheless he performs the orders of the gods and revisits the fleet.
397 Tum vero Teucri incumbunt et litore celsas
Then indeed the Teucrians urge on and lead down the towering ships on the whole shore.
synchesis
398 deducunt toto naves. Natat uncta carina,
The keel anointed [with pitch] swims,
399 frondentesque ferunt remos et robora silvis
and they bring the leafy oars and oaks from the forests,
400 infabricata fugae studio.
unfashioned because of [their] zeal for flight.
hysteron
proteron
401 Migrantes cernas totaque ex urbe ruentes:
You could see [them] departing and rushing from the whole city:
402 ac velut ingentem formicae farris acervum
and just as when ants plunder a huge pile of grain,
403 cum populant hiemis memores tectoque reponunt,
mindful of winter, and store [it] in a shelter,
404 it nigrum campis agmen praedamque per herbas
the black line [of ants] goes in the fields and they carry the booty through the grasses
405 convectant calle angusto; pars grandia trudunt
in a narrow track; a part push huge
406 obnixae frumenta umeris, pars agmina cogunt
grains with shoulders having leaned against [them], part force the battle-line
407 castigantque moras, opere omnis semita fervet.
and punish delays, the whole path is busy with work.
408 Quis tibi tum, Dido, cernenti talia sensus,
What sensation [was there] for you then, Dido, seeing such things,
409 quosve dabas gemitus, cum litora fervere late
or what groans did you give, when you saw that the shores were busy far and wide
410 prospiceres arce ex summa, totumque videres
from the highest citadel, and saw that the whole plain
411 misceri ante oculos tantis clamoribus aequor!
was mixed before your eyes with such great shouts!
412 Improbe Amor, quid non mortalia pectora cogis!
Wicked love, what do you not force mortal hearts [to do]!
apostrophe
413 Ire iterum in lacrimas, iterum temptare precando
She is driven to go again into tears, again to try [Aeneas] by praying
414 cogitur et supplex animos summittere amori,
and as a suppliant to submit [her] spirits to love,
415 ne quid inexpertum frustra moritura relinquat.
lest, about to die in vain, she should leave anything untried.
416 ‘Anna, vides toto properari litore circum:
“Anna, you see [that it is] being hurried around on the whole shore :
417 undique convenere; vocat iam carbasus auras,
they come together from all sides; now the sail calls the breezes,
418 puppibus et laeti nautae imposuere coronas.
and the happy sailors have placed garlands on the sterns.
419 Hunc ego si potui tantum sperare dolorem,
If I am able to expect this so great grief,
420 et perferre, soror, potero. Miserae hoc tamen unum
I will be able to endure it too, sister. Nevertheless, carry out
421 exsequere, Anna, mihi; solam nam perfidus ille
this one thing for miserable me, Anna; for that treacherous one cherished you alone,
422 te colere, arcanos etiam tibi credere sensus;
he even entrusted his hidden feelings to you;
historical
infinitives
423 sola viri molles aditus et tempora noras.
you alone know soft approaches and the times of the man.
424 I, soror, atque hostem supplex adfare superbum:
Go, sister, and address the proud enemy as a suppliant:
425 non ego cum Danais Troianam exscindere gentem
I did not swear with the Greeks at Aulis to destroy the Trojan race
426 Aulide iuravi classemve ad Pergama misi,
or send a fleet to Troy,
427 nec patris Anchisae cinerem manesve revelli:
nor did I tear away the ashes and dead soul of Father Anchises:
428 cur mea dicta negat duras demittere in aures?
Why does he deny to receive my words into [his] harsh ears?
alliteration
429 Quo ruit? Extremum hoc miserae det munus amanti:
Where does he rush? Let him give this last gift to the miserable loving [one]:
430 exspectet facilemque fugam ventosque ferentes.
let him wait for both easy flight and conveying winds.
polysyndeton
431 Non iam coniugium antiquum, quod prodidit, oro,
No longer do I ask for the ancient marriage, which he betrayed,
432 nec pulchro ut Latio careat regnumque relinquat:
nor that he should be without beautiful Latium and relinquish the kingdom:
433 tempus inane peto, requiem spatiumque furori,
I seek empty time, a rest and a space for madness,
434 dum mea me victam doceat fortuna dolere.
while fortune may teach me, conquered, to suffer.
435 Extremam hanc oro veniam (miserere sororis),
This last favor I ask (take pity on [your] sister),
436 quam mihi cum dederit cumulatam morte remittam.’
which I shall give heaped up in death when he has given [it] to me.
437 Talibus orabat, talesque miserrima fletus
She was begging with such [words], and her most miserable sister carries and brings back such
weepings.
438 fertque refertque soror. Sed nullis ille movetur
But he is moved by no
439 fletibus aut voces ullas tractabilis audit;
weepings nor does he, gentle, hear any voices;
440 fata obstant placidasque viri deus obstruit aures.
fates stand in the way and the god blocks the calm ears of the man.
441 Ac velut annoso validam cum robore quercum
And just as when the Alpine Northern Winds
simile
442 Alpini Boreae nunc hinc nunc flatibus illinc
with blasts now from this side, now from that side,
443 eruere inter se certant; it stridor, et altae
strive among themselves to uproot an oak strong with sturdy age; a noise goes [forth], and
444 consternunt terram concusso stipite frondes;
the high leaves strew the land, the trunk having been shaken;
445 ipsa haeret scopulis et quantum vertice ad auras
she herself [the tree] clings to the rocks, and however much she stretches toward the heavenly breezes
with its top,
446 aetherias, tantum radice in Tartara tendit:
she [stretches] as much with the root into Tartarus:
447 haud secus adsiduis hinc atque hinc vocibus heros
hardly otherwise the hero is beaten by constant voices on this side and this,
litotes
448 tunditur, et magno persentit pectore curas;
and he feels cares in his great heart;
449 mens immota manet, lacrimae volvuntur inanes.
[but] his mind remains unmoved, and empty tears are rolled [down cheeks].

Aeneid IV. 642-705
642 At trepida et coeptis immanibus effera Dido
But Dido, trembling because of the monstrous things begun, and wild,
643 sanguineam volvens aciem, maculisque trementes
turning [her] bloody eye, and suffused with respect to her trembling cheeks with spots,
644 interfusa genas et pallida morte futura,
and pale because of future death,
645 interiora domus inrumpit limina et altos
breaks into the inner thresholds of the house and
646 conscendit furibunda rogos ensemque recludit
climbs the high pyres, crazed, and unsheathes the Trojan sword,
647 Dardanium, non hos quaesitum munus in usus.
a gift sought not in/for these uses.
enjambment
648 Hic, postquam Iliacas vestes notumque cubile
Here, after she saw the Trojan clothes and the known bed,
649 conspexit, paulum lacrimis et mente morata
she delayed a little in tears and in thought
hendiadys
650 incubuitque toro dixitque novissima verba:
and she lay on the couch and spoke [her] last words:
651 “Dulces exuviae, dum fata deusque sinebat,
“Sweet relics, while the fates and the god did allow,
652 accipite hanc animam meque his exsolvite curis.
receive this spirit and release me from these cares.
653 Vixi et quem dederat cursum Fortuna peregi,
I have lived, and I have finished the course which Fortune had given,
654 et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago.
and now the great image of me will go under the lands..
655 Urbem praeclaram statui, mea moenia vidi,
I founded a very famous city, I saw my walls,
656 ulta virum poenas inimico a fratre recepi,
I received punishments from my hostile brother, having avenged [my] husband,
657 felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum
[I would have been] lucky, alas too lucky, if only
658 numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae.”
the Trojan ships had never touched our shores.”
659 Dixit, et os impressa toro, “Moriemur inultae,
She spoke, and her face having been pressed on the couch, “We will die unavenged,
660 sed moriamur,” ait. “Sic, sic iuvat ire sub umbras.
but let us die,” she said. “Thus, thus it is pleasing to go under the shades.
661 Hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto
Let the cruel one drink in this fire with [his] eyes from the deep [sea],
662 Dardanus, et nostrae secum ferat omina mortis.”
the Trojan, and let him bear with him the omens of our death.”
663 Dixerat, atque illam media inter talia ferro
She had spoken, and her comrades see that woman between the middle of such things
664 conlapsam aspiciunt comites, ensemque cruore
having collapsed on the sword, and the sword foaming with gore
665 spumantem sparsasque manus. It clamor ad alta
and [her] hands sprinkled [with blood]. A clamor goes to the high
666 atria: concussam bacchatur Fama per urbem.
atriums: Rumor rushes through the shaken city.
667 Lamentis gemituque et femineo ululatu
With lamentations and a groan and feminine shrieking
668 tecta fremunt, resonat magnis plangoribus aether,
the roofs roar, the sky resounds with great wailings,
669 non aliter quam si immissis ruat hostibus omnis
not otherwise than if, with enemies having been let in, all Carthage should fall
cf: fall of
Troy, Book
II
670 Karthago aut antiqua Tyros, flammaeque furentes
or old Tyre, and raging flames
671 culmina perque hominum volvantur perque deorum.
were to roll through the roofs of men and through [the roofs] of gods.
672 Audiit exanimis trepidoque exterrita cursu
The half-dead sister heard and terrified, with a trembling run
673 unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis
, defiling [her] face(s) with [her] fingernails and [her] chest(s) with [her] fists,
674 per medios ruit, ac morientem nomine clamat:
rushes through the middle [of the men] and calls on the dying one by name:
675 “Hoc illud, germana, fuit? Me fraude petebas?
“Was this that [which you were planning], sister? Were you seeking me with deceit?
676 Hoc rogus iste mihi, hoc ignes araeque parabant?
Was it this that this pyre, this that the fires and altars were preparing for me?
677 Quid primum deserta querar? Comitemne sororem
Having been deserted, what should I complain about first? Did you, dying, spurn your sister as
companion?
678 sprevisti moriens? eadem me ad fata vocasses,
Would that you had called me to these same fates,
679 idem ambas ferro dolor atque eadem hora tulisset.
that the same sadness and the same hour had borne away both [of us] by the sword.
680 His etiam struxi manibus patriosque vocavi
Have I even built [your pyre] by these hands and have I called upon the ancestral gods with a voice,
681 voce deos, sic te ut posita, crudelis, abessem?
so that, with you having been placed thus, I should be apart [from you], cruel one?
682 Exstinxti te meque, soror, populumque patresque
You have destroyed yourself and me, sister, and the people and the Sidonian fathers
polysyndeton
683 Sidonios urbemque tuam. Date, vulnera lymphis
and your city. Give [her to me], [so that] I might wash [her] wounds with waters,
684 abluam et, extremus si quis super halitus errat,
and, if any last breath wanders above,
685 ore legam.” Sic fata gradus evaserat altos,
I may collect [it] with my mouth.” Thus having spoken, she had passed beyond the high steps,
686 semianimemque sinu germanam amplexa fovebat
and cherished her half-dead sister in her fold, having embraced [her]
687 cum gemitu atque atros siccabat veste cruores.
with a groan, and she dried the black blood with her clothes.
688 Illa graves oculos conata attollere rursus
That woman, having tried to raise her heavy eyes again,
689 deficit; infixum stridit sub pectore vulnus.
falls back; the wound pierced beneath her chest hissed.
690 Ter sese attollens cubitoque adnixa levavit,
Three times lifting herself and having leaned on [her] elbow she raised [herself],
691 ter revoluta toro est oculisque errantibus alto
three times she was rolled over on the bed and with wandering eyes
692 quaesivit caelo lucem ingemuitque reperta.
she sought light in the high sky and groaned, [light] having been found.
693 Tum Iuno omnipotens longum miserata dolorem
Then omnipotent Juno, having pitied her long grief
694 difficilesque obitus Irim demisit Olympo
and difficult deaths, sent down Iris from Olympos
695 quae luctantem animam nexosque resolveret artus.
who would release her struggling spirit and her bound limbs.
hendiadys
696 Nam quia nec fato merita nec morte peribat,
For because she was dying neither because of fate nor a deserved death,
697 sed misera ante diem subitoque accensa furore,
but pitifully before her day and inflamed by sudden passion,
698 nondum illi flavum Proserpina vertice crinem
Proserpina had not yet taken the yellow hair from that one’s head
699 abstulerat Stygioque caput damnaverat Orco.
and [had not] condemned her head to Stygian Orcus.
700 Ergo Iris croceis per caelum roscida pennis
Therefore dewy Iris, with her yellow feathers, through the sky
synchesis
701 mille trahens varios adverso sole colores
dragging 1000 diverse colors with the sun opposite
chiasmus
702 devolat et supra caput astitit. “Hunc ego Diti
flies down and stood above her head. “I take this sacred [lock of hair] for Dis
703 sacrum iussa fero teque isto corpore solvo.”
having been ordered, and I release you from this body.”
704 Sic ait et dextra crinem secat, omnis et una
Thus she speaks, and she cuts the hair with her right hand, and at the same time all
705 dilapsus calor atque in ventos vita recessit.
heat departed and life withdrew into the winds.

Opera

2008-02-15T14:02:00.001-06:00

Hi guys,

If you'll bring your music players next class, I'll give you a bit of opera to listen to. :)

Discussion

2008-02-14T19:03:00.001-06:00

Here are some discussion questions to ponder on IV. 129-278, as promised (post some thoughts with citations on the blog for possible extra points toward a test grade!):

1) Lines 129-142: How does Vergil use visual techniques to build suspense and create a dramatic opening scene?

2) Relate the comparison of Aeneas and Apollo in IV. 143-150 to that of Dido and Diana in I. 494-504. Why might Vergil be deliberately referring back to Dido's simile here?

3) In IV. 173-188, how does Vergil use visual imagery to make his allegorical Rumor especially frightening? Some people believe Vergil was alluding to a painting that his contemporaries would have known. What evidence might support this theory?

4) Compare the conversation between Jove and Mercury in IV. 223-237, to the one between Venus and Jove in I. 229 to 253, and Jove's reply and ensuing action in 257-296. What are the similarities, both verbally and in motivation? Why does Vergil make them so similar? (hint: assume it's not because he's lazy!)

5) Compare the description of Mercury's flight in IV. 245-258 to Rumor's flight in IV. 173-218. What are the narrative and cinematic functions of both scenes? Are they identical, or are they different?

6) Mercury's visit to Aeneas in IV. 259-278 can be seen as both a literal physical event and as symbolic of Aeneas's own conscience. Explain how both of these views can be true.

7) This is the 4th "otherworldly" messenger that has helped Aeneas on his journey. Name the other 3 messengers. Compare the messages of all 4 - what are the similarities and differences? Why do you think Vergil uses these "dei ex machina" rather than having Aeneas figure things out for himself?

Stuff for tomorrow

2008-02-14T19:00:00.000-06:00

Hi guys,

The fill-in answers for 129-278 are on the Quia site, as are the fill-ins for our next set of translations. If you can, please have the fill-ins done for tomorrow.

Also, don't forget that I've asked you to do the first couple of exercises in the "Participles" chapter of Excelability - I think it's 6.1A and B - it's the sections on the Death of Caesar, at any rate.

Revised Schedule for 2/15 and 2/19

2008-02-14T08:15:00.000-06:00

Ok comites, as per (most of) y'all's request, we will switch the test over IV. 129 to 278 to Tuesday. I'll post the "fill-in" answers on the Quia site soon - hopefully today!

This means that for Friday, I need you to do what would have been homework for Tuesday - read lines 279 to 361. I know it's a lot - I'll post some fill-ins to help you get through it ASAP. We've got to pick up the pace a bit to reach the end of our syllabus, although it's not as bad as it sounds since Books IV-XII are actually grammatically less complex than Book I (did Vergil get tired after writing Books I & II?? If so, who could blame him?).

I will also post some "discussion" questions/observations for you to ponder for Tuesday's test, since we didn't get to do a lot of discussion in class. :)

More to come later!

IV. 90 to 128

2008-02-01T11:35:00.001-06:00

Aeneid IV. 90-128
90 Quam simul ac tali persensit peste teneri
As soon as beloved wife of Jove realized that [she] was being possessed by such plague
91 cara Iovis coniunx nec famam obstare furori,
and that [her] reputation did not hold back passion,
92 talibus adgreditur Venerem Saturnia dictis:
the Saturnian [goddess] approaches Venus with such words:
93 “Egregiam vero laudem et spolia ampla refertis
Indeed you win outstanding praise and ample spoils,
94 tuque puerque tuus (magnum et memorabile numen),
both you and your boy (great and glorious [is your] divine power),
95 una dolo divum si femina victa duorum est.
if by deceit of two of the gods one woman was overcome.
96 nec me adeo fallit veritam te moenia nostra
Nor does it deceive me to such an extent that you, having dreaded our walls,
97 suspectas habuisse domos Karthaginis altae.
considered houses of high Carthage suspect.
98 sed quis erit modus, aut quo nunc certamine tanto?
But what will be the limit, or to what place now [are you headed] with such a great strife?
99 Quin potius pacem aeternam pactosque hymenaeos
Why don’t we perform instead eternal peace and fixed weddings?
100 exercemus? Habes tota quod mente petisti:
You have what you have sought with [your] whole mind:
101 ardet amans Dido traxitque per ossa furorem.
Dido burns loving and dragged fury through her bones.
102 Communem hunc ergo populum paribusque regamus
Therefore let us rule this common population and with equal powers;
103 auspiciis; liceat Phrygio servire marito
let it be permitted [for her] to serve for the Trojan husband
104 dotalesque tuae Tyrios permittere dextrae.”
and entrust the Tyrians as a dowry to your right hand.”
105 Olli (sensit enim simulata mente locutam,
To that girl (for she felt that [she] had spoken with a feigned mind,
106 quo regnum Italiae Libycas averteret oras)
in order to turn the kingdom of Italy to the Libyan shores
quo = ut
107 sic contra est ingressa Venus: “Quis talia demens
thus in reply Venus approached: “Who, demented, would refuse such things
108 abnuat aut tecum malit contendere bello?
or prefer to contend with you in war?
109 Si modo quod memoras factum fortuna sequatur.
If only fortune would follow what deed you recount.
110 Sed fatis incerta feror, si Iuppiter unam
But I uncertain am carried by the fates, whether Jupiter would wish
111 esse velit Tyriis urbem Troiaque profectis,
there to be one city for the Tyrians and those having set out from Troy,
112 miscerive probet populos aut foedera iungi.
or would approve that the people be mixed or alliances be joined.
113 Tu coniunx, tibi fas animum temptare precando.
You [are his] wife, for you it is allowed to examine his mind with praying.
114 Perge, sequar.” Tum sic excepit regia Iuno:
Proceed, I will follow.” Then thus royal Juno replied:
115 “Mecum erit iste labor. Nunc qua ratione quod instat
“This work will be mine. Now with what reason that which presses on
mecum =
mine
116 confieri possit, paucis (adverte) docebo.
it is able to be done, I will teach with a few [words] (turn to).
117 Venatum Aeneas unaque miserrima Dido
Together Aeneas and most miserable Dido prepare to go into the forests to hunt,
supine!
118 in nemus ire parant, ubi primos crastinus ortus
when tomorrow’s Titan will have raised the first risings
119 extulerit Titan radiisque retexerit orbem.
and will have uncovered the earth with rays.
120 His ego nigrantem commixta grandine nimbum,
Onto these I will pour on a black rain cloud with hail mixed in,
121 dum trepidant alae saltusque indagine cingunt,
while the hunters tremble and with nets they encircle the forests,
122 desuper infundam et tonitru caelum omne ciebo.
from above and I will stir up the whole sky with thunder.
123 diffugient comites et nocte tegentur opaca:
The comrades will scatter and they will be covered with dark night:
124 speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandem
Dido and the Trojan leader will arrive at the same cave.
word
picture
125 devenient. Adero et, tua si mihi certa voluntas,
I will be present and, if your consent [is] certain to me,
126 conubio iungam stabili propriamque dicabo.
I will join [them] in stable marriage and I will call her his own.
127 Hic hymenaeus erit.” Non adversata petenti,
This will be [their] wedding.” Not having resisted the seeking one,
128 adnuit atque dolis risit Cytherea repertis.
Cytherea [Venus] promised and smiled with the deceits having been found out.

Book IV. 30 to 89

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Aeneid IV. 30-89
30 Sic effata sinum lacrimis implevit obortis.
Thus having spoken, she filled her bosom with tears welling up.
31 Anna refert: “O luce magis dilecta sorori,
Anna replies: “O beloved to your sister more than light,
32 solane perpetua maerens carpere iuventa
grieving alone in continual youth will you be eaten away,
carpere
=
carperis
33 nec dulces natos Veneris nec praemia noris?
will you know neither the sweet children nor the rewards of Venus?
noris =
noveris
34 Id cinerem aut manes credis curare sepultos?
Do you believe that the ash or the buried shades of the dead care about this?
<--
Sychaeus
35 Esto: aegram nulli quondam flexere mariti,
So be it: once no suitors moved you, wretched,
36 non Libyae, non ante Tyro; despectus Ïarbas
not in Libya, not before Tyre; Iarbas [was] scorned [by you],
37 ductoresque alii, quos Africa terra triumphis
and other leaders, whom African land wealthy in victories nourishes:
38 dives alit: placitone etiam pugnabis amori?
will you fight even a pleasing love?
39 Nec venit in mentem quorum consederis arvis?
And does it not come into your mind in whose fields you have settled?
40 Hinc Gaetulae urbes, genus insuperabile bello,
On this side the Gaetulian cities, a people unconquerable in war,
41 et Numidae infreni cingunt et inhospita Syrtis;
and the unbridled Numidians and the inhospitable Syrtis surround [you];
42 hinc deserta siti regio lateque furentes
on this side [is] a deserted region on account of drought, and
43 Barcaei. Quid bella Tyro surgentia dicam
the Barcaeans, raging far and wide. Why should I mention the wars rising from Tyre
44 germanique minas?
and the threats of [your] brother?
45 Dis equidem auspicibus reor et Iunone secunda
Indeed I think that with gods being as seers and with Juno being favorable
46 hunc cursum Iliacas vento tenuisse carinas.
the Trojan ships held [their] course on the wind.
47 Quam tu urbem, soror, hanc cernes, quae surgere regna
What a city you will see [is] this, sister, you will see, what kingdoms [you will see] rise
48 coniugio tali! Teucrum comitantibus armis
from such a marriage! To what great things will Punic glory
49 Punica se quantis attollet gloria rebus!
raise itself with weapons of Trojans accompanying!
50 Tu modo posce deos veniam, sacrisque litatis
Only ask the gods for mercy, and with sacrifices having been performed
51 indulge hospitio causasque innecte morandi,
indulge in hospitality and connect reasons for delaying,
52 dum pelago desaevit hiems et aquosus Orion,
while winter rages on the sea and Orion [is] rainy,
53 quassataeque rates, dum non tractabile caelum.”
and [their] ships [have] been shaken, while the sky [is] not manageable.”
54 His dictis impenso animum flammavit amore
With these things said, she inflamed [Dido’s] spirit with vast love
55 spemque dedit dubiae menti solvitque pudorem.
and gave hope to her wavering mind and released [her] modesty.
56 Principio delubra adeunt pacemque per aras
At first they approach the shrines and seek peace through the altars;
57 exquirunt; mactant lectas de more bidentes
they sacrifice the two-year old sheep chosen by custom
58 legiferae Cereri Phoeboque patrique Lyaeo,
to law bringing Ceres and Apollo and father Bacchus,
59 Iunoni ante omnes, cui vincla iugalia curae.
[and] to Juno before all, for whom the bonds of wedlock [are] a care .
60 Ipsa tenens dextra pateram pulcherrima Dido
Most beautiful Dido herself holding the bowl with her right hand
61 candentis vaccae media inter cornua fundit,
she pours [it] in between the middle of the horns of the sleek young cow,
62 aut ante ora deum pingues spatiatur ad aras,
or before the faces of the gods she walks to the rich altars,
63 instauratque diem donis, pecudumque reclusis
and she renews the day with gifts, and with the hearts of the animals revealed,
64 pectoribus inhians spirantia consulit exta.
gaping she consults quivering entrails.
65 Heu, vatum ignarae mentes! quid vota furentem,
Alas, unknowing [are the] minds of prophets! How [do] prayers [help her] raging,
66 quid delubra iuvant? Est molles flamma medullas
how do shrines help her? The flame consumes [her] soft marrow[s] meanwhile,
67 interea et tacitum vivit sub pectore vulnus.
and the secret wound beneath her heart is alive.
68 Uritur infelix Dido totaque vagatur
Unlucky Dido is burned and in a frenzy she wanders through the whole city,
69 urbe furens, qualis coniecta cerva sagitta,
like a deer, an arrow having been shot,
70 quam procul incautam nemora inter Cresia fixit
which, unsuspecting, a shepherd, chasing with weapons, has pierced from afar
71 pastor agens telis liquitque volatile ferrum
among the Cretan groves, and [in which] he, unknowing , has left [his] swift iron.
72 nescius: illa fuga silvas saltusque peragrat
That one wanders through the forests and glades of Mount Dicte in flight;
73 Dictaeos; haeret lateri letalis harundo.
the death-bringing arrow clings to [her] side.
74 Nunc media Aenean secum per moenia ducit
Now she brings Aeneas with herself through the middle of the walls
75 Sidoniasque ostentat opes urbemque paratam,
and shows [him] Sidonian wealth and the city [that has been] prepared,
76 incipit effari mediaque in voce resistit;
she begins to speak and in the middle of a word she stops;
77 nunc eadem labente die convivia quaerit,
now, with the day waning, she seeks out the same feast,
78 Iliacosque iterum demens audire labores
and mad[ly] demands to hear again the Trojan labors
79 exposcit pendetque iterum narrantis ab ore.
and again hangs on/from the mouth [words] of [the one] speaking.
80 Post ubi digressi, lumenque obscura vicissim
Afterwards, when they departed, and the gloomy moon in turn hides its light
81 luna premit suadentque cadentia sidera somnos,
and the falling stars suggest sleep,
82 sola domo maeret vacua stratisque relictis
she mourns alone in [her] empty house and lies upon the bedcoverings left behind [by Aeneas].
83 incubat. illum absens absentem auditque videtque,
Absent [from him], she hears and sees that man, absent,
84 aut gremio Ascanium genitoris imagine capta
or seized by the image of [his] father she holds Ascanius in her lap,
85 detinet, infandum si fallere possit amorem.
if [only] she might be able to deceive her unspeakable love.
86 Non coeptae adsurgunt turres, non arma iuventus
The towers [having been] started do not rise up, the youth do not exercise weapons,
87 exercet portusve aut propugnacula bello
or prepare the battlement [to be] safe for war:
88 tuta parant: pendent opera interrupta minaeque
the interrupted projects hang
89 murorum ingentes aequataque machina caelo.
and the huge threats of the walls, and the scaffolding made equal to the sky.

"Long" Essay

2008-01-17T14:50:00.000-06:00

Here's a good example of a 45-minute essay question:

Go to Question V3

You can also see the "Scoring Guidelines" that the graders used on the College Board website - click on 2004 for the explanation of what it took to get a 6, 5, or 4 on question V3 in 2004!

We'll look at some sample essays in class as well.

Character essay

2008-01-17T14:39:00.000-06:00

Here's a link to some Free Response questions that you can access through the College Board website: Click Here.

For the character essay, last year's question was this:

The Aeneid focuses our attention on the sufferings of the Trojan wanderers. Choose one episode from Group A and one episode from Group B. In a short essay, discuss how each episode contributes to understanding the sufferings of the Trojans. Be sure to support your essay with specific details.

Group A
The Strophades and the Harpies

The women setting fire to the ships

Ascanius and the stag

Group B

The shield of Aeneas

Turnus in the Trojan camp

The death of Pallas

Of course, not all of these episodes are from Books I and II (in fact, usually the question focuses on the books we haven't translated, and mostly the second half of the Aeneid). However, this should give you an idea of what types of questions are asked for the final Free Response question. More often, it's characters rather than episodes that you're asked to analyze.

New Info

2008-01-17T14:30:00.000-06:00

Hi guys,

I hope you're having (or are about to have!) a restful break. A few things I'd like to give you a "heads-up" about:

1) Notice the revised schedule on the Quia calendar - on the day you come back (Thursday), we will translate lines 1-64 of Book IV, so pre-read those! The test over Books I-II will be the next Monday.

2)For the Test on Monday, review the translations of all Book I and II lines, and the reading questions for Books I and II. The test will be a truncated AP Free Response section, and will consist of:
a) 1 translation, approx. 10 lines
b) 1 "character" essay (I'll post some examples on the blog later)
c) 1 "long" essay (timed: 45 minutes; usually this consists of two passages that you have to compare, but otherwise it's the same idea as the "short" essays we've been doing up to now. Again, I'll post some examples of past "long" essays later)

3) Start reading Book IV in English and answering the study questions (in PDF on the Quia site).

We're approaching the home stretch of our journey to the end of the AP syllabus - hang on! You're all doing great!

II. 758 to 804

2008-01-10T15:36:00.000-06:00

Sorry - internet was down after school yesterday and I forgot to do this when I got home! Hope this helps!

Aeneid II. 758-804
758 Ilicet ignis edax summa ad fastigia vento
Immediately the hungry fire is rolled to the highest roofs by the wind;
759 volvitur; exsuperant flammae, furit aestus ad auras.
the flames overwhelm [the house], the heat rages to the breezes.
760 Procedo et Priami sedes arcemque reviso:
I proceed and revisit the seats of Priam and the citadel:
761 et iam porticibus vacuis Iunonis asylo
and now Phoenix and harsh Ulysses, chosen guards, were guarding
762 custodes lecti, Phoenix et dirus Ulixes,
the loot in the empty porticoes, the sanctuary of Juno.
763 praedam adservabant. huc undique Troïa gaza
To this place from all sides the Trojan treasure
764 incensis erepta adytis, mensaeque deorum
snatched from burnt inner shrines, and tables of the gods
765 crateresque auro solidi, captivaque vestis
and mixing bowls solid with gold, and captured clothing
766 congeritur. Pueri et pavidae longo ordine matres
heaped up. The boys and the terrified mothers
767 stant circum.
stand around in a long line.
768 Ausus quin etiam voces iactare per umbram
Having dared in fact to throw [my] voices / words through the shadow
769 implevi clamore vias, maestusque ‘Creusam’
I filled up the roads with a shout, and sad I called “Creusa”
770 nequiquam ingeminans iterumque iterumque vocavi.
in vain repeating [and] again and again.
rhetorical repetition
771 Quaerenti et tectis urbis sine fine ruenti
To me seeking and rushing in the houses of the city without end
772 infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae
the unlucky image and the shade of Creusa herself
773 visa mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago.
appeared before [my] eyes and an image larger than known.
774 Obstipui, steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit.
I stood in a daze, and [my] hairs stood up and [my] voice stuck in my throat[s].
775 Tum sic adfari et curas his demere dictis:
Then [she seemed] to address thus and to remove [my] cares with these words:
776 ‘Quid tantum insano iuvat indulgere dolori,
‘Why is it pleasing to indulge so much in insane sadness,
777 o dulcis coniunx? Non haec sine numine divum
oh sweet husband? These things do not happen without divine will of the gods;
litotes
778 eveniunt; nec te comitem hinc portare Creusam
it is not right for you to carry Creusa from here as a comrade,
779 fas, aut ille sinit superi regnator Olympi.
but that ruler of high Olympus permits.
780 Longa tibi exsilia et vastum maris aequor arandum,
The long exiles [there are] to you and the vast water of the sea must be plowed,
781 et terram Hesperiam venies, ubi Lydius arva
and you will come [to] the Hesperian land, where the Lydian Tiber
782 inter opima virum leni fluit agmine Thybris.
flows between the rich fields of men in a calm line.
783 Illic res laetae regnumque et regia coniunx
At that place happy things and a kingdom and a regal wife having been won to you;
784 parta tibi; lacrimas dilectae pelle Creusae.
dismiss tears for beloved Creusa.
785 Non ego Myrmidonum sedes Dolopumve superbas
I will not see the lofty seats of the Myrmidons or of the Dolopians
786 aspiciam aut Grais servitum matribus ibo,
or go be a slave to the Greek mothers,
787 Dardanis et divae Veneris nurus;
a Trojan woman and daughter in law of the goddess Venus;
788 sed me magna deum genetrix his detinet oris.
but the great mother of gods holds me back on these shores.
789 Iamque vale et nati serva communis amorem.’
And now goodbye and preserve the love of our shared son.’
790 Haec ubi dicta dedit, lacrimantem et multa volentem
When she gave these words, she deserted the crying one and wishing to speak many
things,
791 dicere deseruit, tenuesque recessit in auras.
and she departed into thin breezes.
792 Ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum;
Three times having tried to put [my] arms around [her] neck then;
anaphora
793 ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,
three times the image escaped my hands grasped in vain,
794 par levibus ventis, volucrique simillima somno.
like light winds, and very similar to winged sleep.
795 Sic demum socios, consumpta nocte reviso.
Thus finally I revist [my] allies, with the night consumed.
796 Atque hic ingentem comitum adfluxisse novorum
And here I, admiring, find a huge number of new comrades has flowed together,
chiasmus
797 invenio, admirans numerum, matresque virosque,
both mothers and men,
798 collectam exsilio pubem, miserabile vulgus.
gathered young men in exile, miserable crowd.
799 Undique convenere animis opibusque parati
Everywhere they came together prepared with wealth and spirits
800 in quascumque velim pelago deducere terras.
to lead forth on the sea in whatever lands I wish.
801 Iamque iugis summae surgebat Lucifer Idae
And now the morning star was surging from the ridges of highest Ida and was
leading the day,
802 ducebatque diem, Danaique obsessa tenebant
and the Greeks were holding captured thresholds of the gates,
803 limina portarum, nec spes opis ulla dabatur.
nor was any hope of help given.
804 Cessi et sublato montes genitore petivi.
I departed and I sought the mountains with [my] father picked up

II. 735 to 757

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Aeneid II. 735 to 757
735 Hic mihi nescio quod trepido male numen amicum
Here I don’t know which divinity badly friendly [i.e. unfriendly] took [my]
confused mind from me agitated.
litotes
736 confusam eripuit mentem. Namque avia cursu
For while I follow remote [places] by running
737 dum sequor et nota excedo regione viarum,
and depart from the known region of roads,
738 heu misero coniunx fatone erepta Creusa
alas! [whether] wife Creusa stopped, snatched by miserable fate,
739 substitit, erravitne via seu lapsa resedit,
or wandered from the road or sat down having fallen,
740 incertum; nec post oculis est reddita nostris.
[is] uncertain; nor afterward was she returned to our eyes.
741 nec prius amissam respexi animumve reflexi
Nor did I look back at the lost one or turn back my mind before
tmesis
prius/quam
742 quam tumulum antiquae Cereris sedemque sacratam
we came to the mound of ancient Ceres and the sacred seat.
743 venimus. Hic demum collectis omnibus una
Here finally with all gathered one was missing,
744 defuit, et comites natumque virumque fefellit.
and she deceived the comrades and her son and her man.
745 Quem non incusavi amens hominumque deorumque,
Whom did I not accuse insane both of men and gods,
746 aut quid in eversa vidi crudelius urbe?
or what did I see more cruel in the destroyed city?
747 Ascanium Anchisenque patrem Teucrosque Penates
I entrust Ascanius and father Anchises and the Trojan Penates
748 commendo sociis et curva valle recondo;
to my comrades and I hide [them] in the curved valley;
749 ipse urbem repeto et cingor fulgentibus armis.
I myself seek again the city and am encircled with the flashing arms (armor).
Hysteron
Proteron
750 Stat casus renovare omnes omnemque reverti
It is decided to renew all the misfortunes and return through all Troy
751 per Troiam et rursus caput obiectare periclis. *synechdoche
and again to expose [my] head to dangers.
752 Principio muros obscuraque limina portae,
First I seek again the walls and the dark thresholds of the gate,
753 qua gressum extuleram, repeto et vestigia retro
where I had carried forth the step, and again I follow the observed footsteps
754 observata sequor per noctem et lumine lustro:
through the night and I survey with eye(s):
755 horror ubique animo, simul ipsa silentia terrent.
the horror [is] everywhere for my soul, at the same time the silences themselves
terrify.
756 inde domum, si forte pedem, si forte tulisset,
Thence I bring myself back home, if by chance, if by chance she had carried her
foot [there]:
757 me refero: inruerant Danai et tectum omne tenebant.
the Greeks had rushed in and were holding all the house.

II. 526 to 566

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Book II lines 526-566
526 Ecce autem elapsus Pyrrhi de caede Polites,
Behold however wounded Polites having escaped from the slaughter of Pyrrhus,
527 unus natorum Priami, per tela, per hostes
one of the sons of Priam, flees through weapons,
asyndeton/
anaphora (per)
528 porticibus longis fugit et vacua atria lustrat
through enemies in the long corridors and he surveys the empty halls.
529 saucius. Illum ardens infesto vulnere Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus follows behind him burning with a dangerous wound,
Prolepsis
530 insequitur, iam iamque manu tenet et premit hasta.
now and now he holds (him) with his hand and pierces (him) with a spear.
Chiasmus
531 Ut tandem ante oculos evasit et ora parentum,
When at last he escaped before the eyes and the faces of his parents,
532 concidit ac multo vitam cum sanguine fudit.
he fell and he poured out life with much blood.
533 Hic Priamus, quamquam in media iam morte tenetur,
Here Priam, although he is held now in the middle of death,
534 non tamen abstinuit nec voci iraeque pepercit:
he did not however restrain nor spare his anger and voice:
Hendiadys
535 ‘At tibi pro scelere,’ exclamat, ‘pro talibus ausis
‘But to you for the crime,’ he exclaims, ‘for such daring deeds,
536 di, si qua est caelo pietas quae talia curet,
if there is any piety in the sky which regards such things,
537 persolvant grates dignas et praemia reddant
may the gods pay back worthy thanks and may they give back rewards owed,
538 debita, qui nati coram me cernere letum
(you) who made me look face to face at the death of my son
539 fecisti et patrios foedasti funere vultus.
and defiled the fatherly faces with death.
syncope
540 At non ille, satum quo te mentiris, Achilles
But that famous Achilles, from whom you falsely say you have been born, was not
541 talis in hoste fuit Priamo; sed iura fidemque
of such a kind towards his enemy Priam; but he revered the laws and faith
542 supplicis erubuit corpusque exsangue sepulcro
of the suppliant and he returned the bloodless body of Hector for burial
543 reddidit Hectoreum meque in mea regna remisit.’
and sent me back to my kingdoms.’
544 Sic fatus senior telumque imbelle sine ictu
Thus the old man spoke and hurled his harmless weapon without a blow,
545 coniecit, rauco quod protinus aere repulsum,
which immediately was repulsed by the clanging bronze,
546 et summo clipei nequiquam umbone pependit.
and it hung from the top knob of the shield harmlessly.
547 Cui Pyrrhus: ‘Referes ergo haec et nuntius ibis
Pyrrhus (said) to him: ‘Therefore you will take these things back and as a messenger
548 Pelidae genitori. Illi mea tristia facta
you will go to my father Achilles. Remember to tell him my sad deeds
549 degeneremque Neoptolemum narrare memento.
and [how] ignoble Neoptolemus [is].
550 Nunc morere.’ Hoc dicens altaria ad ipsa trementem
Now die.’ Saying this he dragged him trembling to the altars themselves
551 traxit et in multo lapsantem sanguine nati,
and slipping in much blood of the son,
552 implicuitque comam laeva, dextraque coruscum
and entwined his hair with his left hand, and with his right hand he lifted the flashing
553 extulit ac lateri capulo tenus abdidit ensem.
sword and buried (it) up to the hilt in his side.
554 Haec finis Priami fatorum, hic exitus illum
This was the end of the fates of Priam, this destruction took him
555 sorte tulit Troiam incensam et prolapsa videntem
away by lot seeing Troy burned and the citadel of Troy collapsed,
556 Pergama, tot quondam populis terrisque superbum
once the ruler of Asia proud with so many peoples
557 regnatorem Asiae. Iacet ingens litore truncus,
and lands. A huge body lies on the shore,
558 avulsumque umeris caput et sine nomine corpus.
and a head torn away from its shoulders and a corpse without a name.
559 At me tum primum saevus circumstetit horror.
But then for the first time the savage horror surrounded me.
560 Obstipui; subiit cari genitoris imago,
I stood amazed; the image of my dear father entered (my mind),
561 ut regem aequaevum crudeli vulnere vidi
as I saw the equal-aged king with a cruel wound,
562 vitam exhalantem: subiit deserta Creusa
breathing out his life: the deserted Creusa entered (my mind)
563 et direpta domus et parvi casus Iuli.
and the ransacked home and the misfortune of small Iulus.
564 Respicio et quae sit me circum copia lustro.
I look back and I survey what forces there are around me.
565 Deseruere omnes defessi, et corpora saltu
All the weary men have deserted, and they have sent their bodies with a leap
566 ad terram misere aut ignibus aegra dedere.
to the land or they have given the sick (bodies) to the fires.

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Romulus and Remus Discovery

II. 503 to 525

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Don't forget to do Lesson 15, Multiple Choice, Short Answer, and Scansion! Study lines from Lessons 14 and 15 for the test.

Aeneid II. 503-525
469 Quinquaginta illi thalami, spes tanta nepotum,
Those (famous) fifty bedchambers, the so great the hope of grandchildren,
470 barbarico postes auro spoliisque superbi
the doorposts proud with foreign gold and with spoils,
471 procubuere; tenent Danai qua deficit ignis.
they fell; the Greeks hold [the palace] where fire fails.
juxtaposition
472 Forsitan et Priami fuerint quae fata requiras.
And perhaps you may ask what the fates of Priam were.
473 Urbis uti captae casum convulsaque vidit
When he saw the destruction of the captured city and the shattered doorways of the
houses
474 limina tectorum et medium in penetralibus hostem,
and the enemy in the middle of the inner-chambers,
475 arma diu senior desueta trementibus aevo
the old man vainly places the long unused weapons around his shoulders trembling
with age
476 circumdat nequiquam umeris et inutile ferrum
and is girded with useless iron
477 cingitur, ac densos fertur moriturus in hostes.
and is carried into the dense enemies, about to die.
478 aedibus in mediis nudoque sub aetheris axe
In the middle of the homes and under the open axis of the sky
479 ingens ara fuit iuxtaque veterrima laurus
there was a huge altar and next the very old laurel tree
480 incumbens arae atque umbra complexa Penates.
leaning over the altar and having enclosed the Penates with shade.
481 Hic Hecuba et natae nequiquam altaria circum,
Here Hecuba and her daughters vainly were sitting around the altar,
482 praecipites atra ceu tempestate columbae,
just like doves tossed headlong by the black storm,
483 condensae et divum amplexae simulacra sedebant.
condensed and having embraced the statues of the gods.
484 Ipsum autem sumptis Priamum iuvenalibus armis
However when she saw Priam himself with the weapons of his youth put on,
485 ut vidit, ‘quae mens tam dira, miserrime coniunx,
she said, ‘ what so dreadful mind, most miserable husband,
486 impulit his cingi telis? aut quo ruis?’ inquit.
has driven [you] to be girded with these weapons? or to what place do you rush?’
487 ‘Non tali auxilio nec defensoribus istis
‘The time does not need such help nor these defenders of yours;
488 tempus eget; non, si ipse meus nunc adforet Hector.
no, not even if my Hector himself were here now.
489 Huc tandem concede; haec ara tuebitur omnes,
Come here at last; this altar will protect us all,
490 aut moriere simul.’ Sic ore effata recepit
or else you will die together with us.’ Thus having spoken with her mouth she received
him to herself
morieris/
pleonasm
491 ad sese et sacra longaevum in sede locavit.”
and she placed the long aged one on the sacred seat.”

II. 469 to 502

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II. 469 to 502
469 “Vestibulum ante ipsum primoque in limine Pyrrhus
Before the entry itself and on the first doorway Pyrrhus
470 exsultat telis et luce coruscus aena:
leaps forth flashing with weapons and bronze light:
471 qualis ubi in lucem coluber mala gramina pastus,
just as when the snake, having eaten bad plants,
472 frigida sub terra tumidum quem bruma tegebat,
which [snake], swollen, the cold midwinter was hiding under the earth,
473 nunc, positis novus exuviis nitidusque iuventa,
now, new, its skin having been set aside and shining with youth,
474 lubrica convoluit sublato pectore terga
rolled slimy backs into the light, with chest raised
475 arduus ad solem, et linguis micat ore trisulcis.
to the sun, tall, and flashing from [its] mouth with a three forked tongue.
476 Una ingens Periphas et equorum agitator Achillis,
At the same time huge Periphas and the driver of the horses of Achilles,
477 armiger Automedon, una omnis Scyria pubes
Automedon the armorbearer, at the same time all Scyrian young men
478 succedunt tecto et flammas ad culmina iactant.
approach the house and throw flames to the roofs.
479 ipse inter primos correpta dura bipenni
Among the first [men] he himself, a double ax having been snatched up,
interlocked order
480 limina perrumpit postesque a cardine vellit
breaks through the hard doorways and tears bronze posts from the hinge;
481 aeratos; iamque excisa trabe firma cavavit
and now the beam having been destroyed he hollowed out the strong
482 robora et ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram.
oak and gave [created] a huge opening with a wide mouth .
483 Apparet domus intus et atria longa patescunt;
The house within appears and they open up the long atria;
484 apparent Priami et veterum penetralia regum,
the chambers of Priam and of the old kings appear,
485 armatosque vident stantes in limine primo.
and they see armed men standing in the first threshold.
486 At domus interior gemitu miseroque tumultu
But the inner house is confused with groaning and miserable uproar,
487 miscetur, penitusque cavae plangoribus aedes
and within the hollow halls they wail with feminine shrieks;
488 femineis ululant; ferit aurea sidera clamor.
the clamor strikes the golden stars.
489 Tum pavidae tectis matres ingentibus errant
Then the fearful mothers wander in the huge houses
490 amplexaeque tenent postes atque oscula figunt.
and having embraced the posts they hold [them] and they fasten kisses.
491 Instat vi patria Pyrrhus; nec claustra nec ipsi
Pyrrhus presses on with fatherly strength; neither barriers nor guardians themselves
492 custodes sufferre valent; labat ariete crebro
are able to endure [him]; the gate was wavered with the repeated battering ram,
493 ianua, et emoti procumbunt cardine postes.
and posts fall forward moved from the hinge.
494 Fit via vi; rumpunt aditus primosque trucidant
The way is made by force; the Greeks having been let in break the entrances and
slaughter the first men
495 immissi Danai et late loca milite complent.
and fill places far and wide with military.
496 Non sic, aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis
Not so [furiously] when, a foaming river rushes onward with the dams having erupted
litotes/
simile
497 exiit oppositasque evicit gurgite moles,
and it has overcome the opposite structures with a whirlpool,
498 fertur in arva furens cumulo camposque per omnes
it is carried in the fields raging in a mass and through all the fields it drags
double alliteration
499 cum stabulis armenta trahit. Vidi ipse furentem
the flock with the stables. I myself saw Neoptolemus raging
500 caede Neoptolemum geminosque in limine Atridas,
with slaughter and the twin sons of Atrides in a threshold,
501 vidi Hecubam centumque nurus Priamumque per aras
I saw Hecuba and a hundred daughters in law and Priam by the altars
502 sanguine foedantem quos ipse sacraverat ignes.
he was defiling the fires which he himself had sanctified with blood.

II. 250-297

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Aeneid II. 250 to 297
250 Vertitur interea caelum et ruit Oceano nox
Meanwhile the sky is turned and night rushes from the Ocean
251 involvens umbra magna terramque polumque
wrapping both the earth and the heavens
252 Myrmidonumque dolos; fusi per moenia Teucri
and the tricks of the Myrmidons in a huge shadow; spread along the walls, the
Trojans
253 conticuere; sopor fessos complectitur artus.
grew silent; sleep embraces the tired limbs.
254 Et iam Argiva phalanx instructis navibus ibat
And now the Greek phalanx with the ships equipped was going
abl. abs.
255 a Tenedo tacitae per amica silentia lunae
from Tenedos through the friendly silence of the quiet moon
256 litora nota petens, flammas cum regia puppis
seeking the known shores, when the royal ship had lifted up flames
257 extulerat, fatisque deum defensus iniquis
and protected by the unfair fates of the gods
258 inclusos utero Danaos et pinea furtim
the enclosed Greeks from the belly and the pine bars secretly
hysteron
proteron/
zeugma
259 laxat claustra Sinon. Illos patefactus ad auras
Sinon loosens. Having been laid open, the horse returns those [men] to the breezes
personification/
animification
260 reddit equus laetique cavo se robore promunt
and joyful they bring themselves forth from the hollow oak -
261 Thessandrus Sthenelusque duces et dirus Ulixes,
the leaders Thessandrus and Sthenelus and feared Ulysses,
262 demissum lapsi per funem, Acamasque Thoasque
having descended by the dropped rope, and
263 Pelidesque Neoptolemus primusque Machaon
Acamas and Thoas and Neoptolemus Peleus and well known Machaon
264 et Menelaus et ipse doli fabricator Epeos.
and Menelaus and Epeous the creator of the trick himself.
265 Invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam;
They invade the city buried in sleep and wine;
266 caeduntur vigiles, portisque patentibus omnes
the guards are slaughtered, and at the open gates
267 accipiunt socios atque agmina conscia iungunt.
they all receive their allies and join the confederate battle lines.
268 Tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris
It was the time in which the most pleasing first rest for the sick mortals begins
269 incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit.
and creeps as a gift of the gods.
270 In somnis, ecce, ante oculos maestissimus Hector
In sleep, behold, before my eyes gloomiest Hector
271 visus adesse mihi largosque effundere fletus,
seemed to appear to me and to pour out abundant tears,
272 raptatus bigis ut quondam, aterque cruento
as once [Hector] snatched by the two-horse chariot, and black with bloody dust
273 pulvere perque pedes traiectus lora tumentes.
and pierced through the swollen feet [with] reins.
274 ei mihi, qualis erat, quantum mutatus ab illo
Alas to me, he was of such a kind, how much change from that Hector
275 Hectore qui redit exuvias indutus Achilli
who returns clothed [in] the spoils of Achilles
276 vel Danaum Phrygios iaculatus puppibus ignes!
or having thrown Trojan fires on the ships of the Greeks!
277 Squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crines
Bearing filthy beard and hair hardened with blood
278 vulneraque illa gerens, quae circum plurima muros
and those wounds, many which he received around
279 accepit patrios. Ultro flens ipse videbar
the fatherlandly walls. Further weeping I myself seemed
280 compellare virum et maestas expromere voces:
to speak to the man and to express the mournful words:
281 ‘O lux Dardaniae, spes o fidissima Teucrum,
‘Oh light of Troy, oh most loyal hope of the Trojans,
282 quae tantae tenuere morae? Quibus Hector ab oris
what so great delays hold [you]? From which shores do you come Hector eagerly
awaited?
283 exspectate venis? Ut te post multa tuorum
How [gladly] we, tired, see you after many deaths of your [people],
284 funera, post varios hominumque urbisque labores
after various labors of men and of the city!
chiasmus
285 defessi aspicimus! Quae causa indigna serenos
What unworthy cause defiled your serene faces?
286 foedavit vultus? Aut cur haec vulnera cerno?’
Or why do I see these wounds?’
287 Ille nihil, nec me quaerentem vana moratur,
He [said] nothing, nor does he delay me seeking useless things,
288 sed graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens,
but heavily leading groans from his deep heart,
289 ‘Heu fuge, nate dea, teque his,’ ait, ‘eripe flammis.
‘Escape alas, son from a goddess, and snatch yourself from these flames,’ he says.
290 Hostis habet muros; ruit alto a culmine Troia.
The enemy holds the walls; Troy rushes from the high summit.
291 Sat patriae Priamoque datum: si Pergama dextra
Enough has been given to Priam and the fatherland: if Troy were able to be protected
292 defendi possent, etiam hac defensa fuissent.
by [my] right hand, it would have been defended by this [right hand] indeed.
293 Sacra suosque tibi commendat Troia Penates;
Troy entrusts the holy things and its Penates to you;
294 hos cape fatorum comites, his moenia quaere
seize these as comrades of the fates, seek the great walls for these
295 magna pererrato statues quae denique ponto.’
which you will establish at last with the sea having been wandered.’
296 Sic ait et manibus vittas Vestamque potentem
Thus he said and he carries forth with his hands the headbands and powerful Vesta
297 aeternumque adytis effert penetralibus ignem.”
and the eternal fire from the interior sanctuaries.”

Semester 1 Project

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1st Semester Project: Aeneid Book I Review

For this project, everyone will be assigned approximately 64 contiguous lines from Book I. From these lines, your job will be to create a “storyboard”. You need at least 5 visual representations of the action in the lines, in order, with the Latin lines represented below the respective picture. Additionally, to help us review, include strategically placed Latin words or phrases from the lines on the picture itself to “explain” each visual. Use as many words/phrases as you can, minimum 15 for each picture.

You may use any means available to create your visual, as long as each one is not much larger than 11 x 17”, and we can physically affix them to our classroom wall. Collages, drawings, paintings, computer-created pictures, and the like are acceptable; however, you may only use two paintings/drawings already created by artists of the scenes in your text as your visuals. Be careful of these - usually, the artist does not include all the details that Vergil gives us, and sometimes he or she even changes things!

The grading scale is as follows (Test Grade):

Visual represents the Latin lines included below the visual as fully as possible: 8 points

15 Latin words within the visual that are correctly placed: 8 points

Visual is neat, creative (effort was applied!): 4 points

TOTAL = 20 points
x 5 visuals = 100 points

Chunks:
1-63: Chase
64-130: Anna
131-194: Aaron
195-256: Lindsey
257-324: Ally
325-389: Blair
390-458: Katherine
459-519: Lauren

Projects are due no later than Jan. 15.

II. 225 to 249 and assignment

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For Friday: Study Book II lines 1-56 and 199-249, and do Lesson 13 Multiple Choice.

Aeneid II. 225 to 249
225 At gemini lapsu delubra ad summa dracones
But by gliding the twin snakes escape to the highest temple and seek
226 effugiunt saeuaeque petunt Tritonidis arcem,
the citadel of savage Minerva,
227 sub pedibusque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur.
and under the feet of the goddess and under the curve of the shield they are
hidden.
228 Tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis
Then indeed a new fear creeps through the terrified hearts in [us] all,
229 insinuat pavor, et scelus expendisse merentem
and they say that deserving Laocoon paid for the crime,
230 Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur
who wounded the sacred oak with a spear
231 laeserit et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.
and hurled a wicked spear into [the horse’s] back.
subjunctive
verbs
232 ducendum ad sedes simulacrum orandaque divae
They exclaim that the image should be led to the seats [of the gods]
233 numina conclamant.
and the divine powers of the goddess must be sought.
234 Dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis.
We divide the walls and open the gates of the city.
235 accingunt omnes operi pedibusque rotarum
All gird [themselves] to the task and put beneath the feet [of the horse] glidings
of wheels,
236 subiciunt lapsus, et stuppea vincula collo
and extend hemp cables from the neck;
237 intendunt; scandit fatalis machina muros
the fatal machine scales the walls,
238 feta armis. Pueri circum innuptaeque puellae
pregnant with weapons. The boys and unmarried girls sing holy things around
[it]
239 sacra canunt funemque manu contingere gaudent;
and rejoice to touch the rope with their hands;
240 illa subit mediaeque minans inlabitur urbi.
that [device] goes up and threatening glides into the middle of the city.
241 O patria, o divum domus Ilium et incluta bello
Oh fatherland, oh Troy home of the gods and the walls of the Trojans
personification/
apostrophe
renowned for war!
242 moenia Dardanidum! Quater ipso in limine portae
Four times it stopped in the very threshold of the gate
243 substitit atque utero sonitum quater arma dedere;
and four times in the belly the weapons gave a noise;
244 instamus tamen immemores caecique furore
nevertheless we press on unmindful and blinded by rage
245 et monstrum infelix sacrata sistimus arce.
and we stopped the unlucky monster at the sacred citadel.
246 Tunc etiam fatis aperit Cassandra futuris
Even at that time Cassandra opens her mouths [words] by means of future
fates
247 ora dei iussu non umquam credita Teucris.
by the order of the god [Apollo] not ever believed by the Trojans.
248 Nos delubra deum miseri, quibus ultimus esset
We miserable ones cover the shrines of the gods, with festive foliage through the
city,
249 ille dies, festa velamus fronde per urbem.”
for whom that was the final day.”

II. 199 to 224

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Aeneid II.199-224

199
“Hīc aliud maius miserīs multōque tremendum
alliteration

“Here something greater and terrible by much more is presented to the miserable [ones]
200
obicitur magis atque imprōvida pectora turbat.

and it disturbs unforseeing hearts.
201
Lāocoōn, ductus Neptūnō sorte sacerdōs,

Laocoon, priest for Neptune chosen by lot,
202
sollemnēs taurum ingentem mactābat ad aras.
chiasmus
/framing

was sacrificing a huge bull at the solemn altars.
203
Ecce autem geminī ā Tenedō tranquilla per alta—

Behold however twins from Tenedos through the tranquil depths –
204
horrēscō referēns!—immēnsīs orbibus anguēs

I shudder recalling [it]! – the snakes with immense coils loom over
205
incumbunt pelagō pariterque ad lītora tendunt;

the sea and side by side head to the shores;
206
pectora quōrum inter flūctūs arrēcta iubaeque

the upright chests of which among the waves and the bloody crests
207
sanguineae superant undās, pars cētera pontum

overtake the waves, the remaining part behind skims the sea and curves
208
pōne legit sinuatque immēnsa volūmine terga.

the immense backs in a coil.
209
Fit sonitus spūmante salō; iamque arva tenēbant
synecdoche

The sound is made with/in the frothing salt [sea]; and now they were holding the fields
210
ārdentēsque oculōs suffectī sanguine et ignī

and suffused with respect to their burning eyes with blood and fire
211
sībila lambēbant linguīs vibrantibus ōra.

they were licking their hissing mouths with [their] vibrating tongues.
212
Diffugimus vīsū exsanguēs. Illī agmine certō

We scattered bloodless by the sight. These [snakes] in a fixed battle line
213
Lāocoonta petunt; et prīmum parva duōrum
synchesis

seek Laocoon; and first the serpent having embraced
214
corpora nātōrum serpēns amplexus uterque

the small bodies of the two sons entwines both
215
implicat et miserōs morsū dēpāscitur artūs;

and it devours the miserable limbs with a bite;
216
post ipsum auxiliō subeuntem ac tēla ferentem

afterwards they snatch he himself coming as help and bringing weapons
217
corripiunt spīrīsque ligant ingentibus; et iam

and they bind [him] with huge coils; and now
218
bis medium amplexī, bis collō squāmea circum
anaphora/
tmesis

having embraced twice [his] middle, twice having encircled [their] scaly backs
219
terga datī, superant capite et cervīcibus altīs.

around [his] neck, they tower over [him] with head(s) and high necks.
220
Ille simul manibus tendit dīvellere nōdōs

That guy at the same time tries to tear apart with [his] hands the knots,
221
perfūsus saniē vittās ātrōque venēnō,

soaked with respect to his headbands with blood and black poison,
222
clāmōrēs simul horrendōs ad sīdera tollit—

at the same time he raises horrible shouts to the stars-
223
quālēs mūgītūs, fūgit cum saucius āram

just like the bellows, when the wounded bull has fled the altar
224
taurus et incertam excussit cervīce secūrim.

and has shaken off the uncertain ax from [its] neck.

II.21-56 - some changes!

2007-11-29T14:10:00.000-06:00

This translation contains some clarifications and (at the very end) a correction to what we did in class. :)

Aeneid II. 21-56
21 est in conspectu Tenedos, notissima fama
Tenedos is in sight, an island very famous by reputation,
begins ecphrasis
22 insula, dives opum Priami dum regna manebant,
rich of [in] wealth while the kingdoms of Priam remained,
23 nunc tantum sinus et statio male fida carinis:
now only a bay and a badly [un-] safe station for ships:
litotes
24 huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt;
having conveyed themselves here they hide on the deserted shore;
25 nos abiisse rati et vento petiisse Mycenas.
we thought that they had departed and had sought Mycenae(Greece) by wind.
synechdoche
26 “Ergo omnis longo solvit se Teucria luctu.
Therefore all Troy loosens itself from long grief.
interlocked word
order
27 Panduntur portae; iuvat ire et Dorica castra
The ports are opened; it is pleasing to go and to see the Doric (Greek) camps
28 desertosque videre locos litusque relictum:
and deserted places and the surrendered shore:
29 hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles;
here the troop of the Dolopes, here savage Achilles used to exercise;
anaphora (hic)
30 classibus hic locus, hic acie certare solebant.
here [was] the place for the fleets, here they were accustomed to fight in a battle line.
31 Pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae
Part stood agape at the fatal gift of the virgin Minerva
32 et molem mirantur equi; primusque Thymoetes
and they admire the structure of the horse; and first Thymoetes urges
33 duci intra muros hortatur et arce locari,
that it [should] be led within the walls and placed in the citadel,
34 sive dolo seu iam Troiae sic fata ferebant.
either by deceit or [because] thus the fates of Troy were now carrying [i.e. going that
way].
35 At Capys, et quorum melior sententia menti,
But Capys, and those whose minds had a better counsel [lit: to the mind of whom
there was better opinion],
menti = dative of
reference
36 aut pelago Danaum insidias suspectaque dona
order [the Trojans] either to throw the Greek treachery and the suspected gifts into the
sea
37 praecipitare iubent subiectisque urere flammis,
and to burn it [the horse] with flames placed underneath,
38 aut terebrare cavas uteri et temptare latebras.
or to pierce the hollow hiding places of the belly and to examine [them].
39 Scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus.
The uncertain crowd is split into opposing desires.
40 Primus ibi ante omnes, magna comitante caterva
First there before all, with a great crowd following,
41 Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce,
Laocoon eagerly runs down from the highest citadel,
42 et procul, ‘O miseri, quae tanta insania, cives?
and from afar [says], ‘O miserable ones, what so great insanity [is this], citizens?
43 Creditis avectos hostes? Aut ulla putatis
Do you believe the enemies [have been] carried away? Or do you think any gifts of the
Greeks
44 dona carere dolis Danaum? Sic notus Ulixes?
to be free from deceits? [Is] Ulysses thus famous? [i.e., is he known for being NOT
tricky?]
45 Aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi,
Either the Greeks are hidden enclosed in this wood,
metonymy
46 aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros,
or this machine has been made [to go] against our walls,
47 inspectura domos venturaque desuper urbi,
[so that] it will look down on our homes and come to our city from above,
48 aut aliquis latet error; equo ne credite, Teucri.
or some other error lies hidden; do not believe the horse, Trojans.
49 Quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.’
Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even [when they are] bearing gifts.’
50 Sic fatus, validis ingentem viribus hastam
Thus having spoken, he hurled a huge spear with mighty strength
51 in latus inque feri curvam compagibus aluum
in the side and into the belly of the beast curved with joints.
52 contorsit. Stetit illa tremens, uteroque recusso
That stood trembling, and the hollow caverns resounded
53 insonuere cavae gemitumque dedere cavernae.
in the shaken belly and gave a groan.
54 et, si fata deum, si mens non laeva fuisset,
and, if the fates of the gods, if the mind [of the gods] had not been unlucky,
55 impulerat ferro Argolicas foedare latebras,
he would have impelled [us] to defile the Greek hiding places with iron,
56 Troiaque nunc staret, Priamique arx alta maneres.”
and now Troy would stand, and you would remain, high citadel of Priam.”
personification
/apostrophe

II. 1-20

2007-11-27T13:50:00.001-06:00

1
Conticuēre omnēs intentīque ōra tenēbant.

All became silent and were holding [their] faces eagerly [on Aeneas].
2
inde torō pater Aenēās sīc ōrsus ab altō:
ellipsis

Then father Aeneas began thus from the high couch:
3
“Infandum, rēgīna, iubēs renovāre dolōrem,
framing

Queen, you order [me] to revive unspeakable grief,
4
Trōiānās ut opēs et lāmentābile rēgnum
ind. question

how the Danaans [Greeks] overthrew the Trojan powers and the lamentable kingdom,
5
ēruerint Danaī, quaeque ipse miserrima vīdī

and what very miserable things I saw myself
6
et quōrum pars magna fuī. quis tālia fandō

and of which I was a great part. What soldier of the Myrmidons or of the Dolopes
7
Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut durī mīles Ūlixī

or of harsh Ulysses would restrain from tears
8
temperet ā lacrimīs? Et iam nox ūmida caelō

in speaking such things? And now the damp night falls from the sky
9
praecipitat suādentque cadentia sīdera somnōs.

and the falling stars urge on sleep.
10
Sed sī tantus amor cāsūs cognōscere nostrōs

But if [your] desire [is] so great to know our misfortunes
11
et breviter Trōiae suprēmum audīre labōrem,

and to hear briefly the final work of Troy,
12
quamquam animus meminisse horret lūctūque refūgit,

although [my] spirit trembles to have recalled [it] and flees from sorrow, I will begin.
13
incipiam. “Frāctī bellō fātīsque repulsī,
enjambment

“ Broken by war and driven by the fates,
14
ductōrēs Danaum tot iam lābentibus annīs

the leaders of the Greeks, with so many years then gliding by,
15
īnstar montis equum dīvīnā Palladis arte
hyperbole

build a horse, the image of a mountain, with the divine skill of Pallas [Minerva/Athena],
16
aedificant, sectāque intexunt abiete costās;

and they weave the sides with the cut pine;
17
vōtum prō reditū simulant; ea fāma vagātur.

they pretend [that it is] a offering for [their] return [home]; this rumor spreads abroad.
18
Hūc dēlēcta virum sortītī corpora fūrtim

Here they, having chosen by lot, secretly enclose the chosen bodies of men
19
inclūdunt caecō laterī penitusque cavernās

in the dark side and they completely fill the huge caverns
20
ingentēs uterumque armātō mīlite complent.

and the belly with armed military.

Thanksgiving discussion question

2007-11-15T15:36:00.000-06:00

Write a response to the following question, using at least two Latin quotes to support your assertions:

Using your knowledge of the gods as depicted in book I, discuss the nature of divine-human relationships in the Aeneid. In your answer, refer to the depictions of at least two different gods who appear in Book I.

Your post is due by class time on Tuesday, Nov. 27.

Also, read Book II of the Aeneid in English and answer the study questions (posted on the quia site). Be prepared for a quiz!