IV.143-172


 * // Aeneid //**** IV.143-172 **

**qualis ubi hibernam Lyciam Xanthique fluenta** such as when Apollo deserts the wintery Lycia and the streams of the Xanthus

**deserit ac Delum maternam invisit Apollo** and looks on the maternal Delos, and

**145 instauratque choros, mixtique altaria circum** renews the songs and both the Cretans and the

**Cretesque Dryopesque fremunt pictique Agathyrsi;** Dryopes, having been mixed and the Scythians, haing been painted, roar around the altars.

**ipse iugis Cynthi graditur mollique fluentem** He himself was walking the ridges of Cynthis and

**fronde premit crinem fingens atque implicat auro,** he presses the flowing hair, fixing it, with soft leaves and

**tela sonant umeris: haud illo segnior ibat** he entwines it with gold, weapons resound on his shoulders:

**150 Aeneas, tantum egregio decus enitet ore.** Aeneas was going not more slowly than that guy, so great glory gleams from his remarkable face.

**postquam altos ventum in montes atque invia lustra (est),** As soon as they came onto the tall mountains and into the pathless bog, //ventum (est) illis): impersonal perfect passive//

**ecce ferae saxi deiectae vertice caprae** behold! : the wild she-goats, thrown down from the peak of the rock

**decurrere iugis; alia de parte patentis** run down from their ridge; down from another part,

**transmittunt cursu campos atque agmina cervi** the stags cross the open fields with a run and

**155 pulverulenta fuga glomerant montesque relinquunt.** they gather their dusty battle lines in a flight and they move away from the mountains.

**at puer Ascanius mediis in vallibus acri** But the by Ascanius rejoices in the middle of the valleys

**gaudet equo iamque hos cursu, iam praeterit illos,** on his fiery horse and now he passes these guys in his path, now he passes those guys (in his path),

**spumantemque dari pecora inter inertia votis** and he wishes that the foaming boar be given to his prayers //ind. statement//

**optat aprum, aut fulvum descendere monte leonem.** among the lazy herds, or a tawny lion descend from the mountain.

**160 Interea magno misceri murmure caelum** Meanwhile the sky begins to be mixed with a roar, //consonance; alliteration//

**incipit, insequitur commixta grandine nimbus,** a rainstorm follows with mixed hail

**et Tyrii comites passim et Troiana iuventus** and the Tyrian comrades and the Trojan youth and

**Dardaniusque nepos Veneris diversa per agros** the Dardian grandson of Venus sought scattered shelter

**tecta metu petiere; ruunt de montibus amnes.** through the fields in fear; rivers rushed down from the mountains.

**165 speluncam Dido dux et Troianus eandem** dido and the Trojan leader arrive at the same cave.

**deveniunt. prima et Tellus et pronuba Iuno** Both first earth and Juno the maid of honor

**dant signum; fulsere ignes et conscius aether** gave the signal; the fires and the conscious heaven flashed for the marriage

**conubiis summoque ulularunt vertice Nymphae.** and the Nymphs shrieked on the highest summit.

**ille dies primus leti primusque malorum** That was the first day of destruction and (that day) was the first cause

**170 causa fuit; neque enim specie famave movetur** of evils; for she is not moved by her appearance or reputation

**nec iam furtivum Dido meditatur amorem:** nor does Dido consider the love secret now:

**coniugium vocat, hoc praetexit nomine culpam.** she calls it a marriage, by this name she covers her fault. //She believes their relationship is a marriage and therefor official.//