IV.642-675

//**Aeneid**// **IV.642-675**

**at trepida et coeptis immanibus effera Dido** But Dido, trembling and mad with dreadful undertakings, **sanguineam volvens aciem, maculisque trementis** rolling her bloodshot eye, and having been suffused with respect to **interfusa genas et pallida morte futura,** her quivering cheeks with spots, and pale because of future death, **645 interiora domus inrumpit limina et altos** breaks into the inner thresholds of the house and, frenzied, climbs the high **conscendit furibunda rogos ensemque recludit** funeral pyres and unsheathes the Trojan sword, **Dardanium, non hos quaesitum munus in usus.** a gift not having been sought for these uses. **hic, postquam Iliacas vestes notumque cubile** Here, after she saw the Trojan cloaks and the known bed, **conspexit, paulum lacrimis et mente morata** having delayed slightly in tearful recollection, //Hendiadys: lacrimis et mente = tearful recollection// **650  incubuitque toro dixitque novissima verba:** she both reclined on the bed and said her last words: **'dulces exuviae, dum fata deusque sinebat,** "Sweet momentos, as long as fates and the god were allowing it, **accipite hanc animam meque his exsolvite curis.**  accept this spirit and free me of these cares. **vixi et quem dederat cursum Fortuna peregi,**  I lived and I finished the course the course that fad had given (me), **et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago.**  and now the great soul of me will go under the lands. **655 urbem praeclaram statui, mea moenia vidi,** I founded the very renowned city, I saw my walls,   **ulta virum poenas inimico a fratre recepi,**  having avenged my husband, I received punishments from the hostile brother, //ulta: perfect active participle// **felix, heu nimium felix, si litora tantum**  Happy, alas excessively happy, if only **numquam Dardaniae tetigissent nostra carinae.'**  the Trojan ships had never reached our shores ." **dixit, et os impressa toro 'moriemur inultae,** She spoke, and, having imprinted a farewell kiss on the couch, she says 'we will die, unavenged, **660 sed moriamur' ait. 'sic, sic iuvat ire sub umbras.** but let us die. thus, thus it is pleasing (to me) to go under the shadows. //sic, sic, conduplicatio. repeated stabs?// //moriemur, moriamur: polyptoton// //thus, thus: conduplicatio// **hauriat hunc oculis ignem crudelis ab alto** The cruel Trojan ought to drink in this fire with his eyes from the sea, **Dardanus, et nostrae secum ferat omina mortis.'** and he ought to bear the omens of our death with him.' **dixerat, atque illam media inter talia ferro** She had said, and the comrades see her having fallen on the sword **conlapsam aspiciunt comites, ensemque cruore** between the middle of such great things, and the sword //elipsis// **665 spumantem sparsasque manus. it clamor ad alta** frothing with blood and the hands having been sprinkled. The shout goes to **atria: concussam bacchatur Fama per urbem.** the tall walls: Rumor rushes through the city, having been shattered. **lamentis gemituque et femineo ululatu** The houses roar with laments and groaning and //metonymy// **tecta fremunt, resonat magnis plangoribus aether,** feminine wail, the upper air resounds with great wailings, **non aliter quam si immissis ruat hostibus omnis** not otherwise than if all Carthage or Ancient Tyre should rush **670 Karthago aut antiqua Tyros, flammaeque furentes** with the enemies, having been sent in, and the raging flames **culmina perque hominum volvantur perque deorum.** are turned through the roots of both men and of gods. //perque, perque: anaphora// **audiit exanimis trepidoque exterrita cursu** The sister, breathless and terrified with the trembling course, heard **unguibus ora soror foedans et pectora pugnis** defiling her face with her nails and her chest with her **per medios ruit, ac morientem nomine clamat:** fists and rushes through the middle and calls the dying one by name: **675 'hoc illud, germana, fuit? me fraude petebas?** "Was this that, sister, which you were planning? Were you seeking me with deceit?