II.1-30


 * //Aeneid// II.1-30**



They all grew silent, and they, intent, were holding their faces // transferred epithet: intentique ora //
 * Conticuere omnes intentique ora tenebant; **

Thence father Aeneas began thus from the high couch
 * inde toro pater Aeneas sic orsus ab alto: **

**“infandum, regina, iubes renovare dolorem,** "Queen, you order (me) to revive an unspeakable sadness, //emphatic: first and last word- intended// //hyperbaton//

**Troianas ut opes et lamentabile regnum** how the Greeks tore up the Trojan powers and the lamentable kingdom //Synchesis//

**5 eruerint Danai, quaeque ipse miserrima vidi** and which very miserable things I myself saw

**et quorum pars magna fui. quis talia fando** and of which I was a big part. Who, in speaking such things

**Myrmidonum Dolopumve aut duri miles Ulixi** of the Myrmidons or of the Dolopums or what soldier of harsh Ulixi

temperet a lacrimis? et iam nox umida caelo
 * would refrain from tears? And now the moist night**

**praecipitat suadentque cadentia sidera somnos.** rushes from the sky and the falling stars urge dreams.

**10 sed si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros** But if you have such a great love to learn our misfortunes

**et breviter Troiae supremum audire laborem,** and to hear briefly the greatest hardship of Troy,

**quamquam animus meminisse horret luctuque refugit** although my spirit shudders to remember and flees from grief

**incipiam. fracti bello fatisque repulsi** I will begin. Having been shattered by war and driven back by the fates

**ductores Danaum tot iam labentibus annis** the leaders of the Greeks, now with so many years slipping by, // abl. abs. //

**15 instar montis equum divina Palladis arte** build a horse in the image of a mountain with the divine skill of Pallas, // Pallas= Athena //

**aedificant, sectaque intexunt abiete costas;** and they weave the sides with cut fur;

**votum pro reditu simulant; ea fama vagatur.** they pretend it is an offering for their return; this story spreads abroad.

**huc delecta virum sortiti corpora furtim** Here, having drawn by lot, they close the chosen bodies of the men stealthily //virum= syncopation//

**includunt caeco lateri penitusque cavernas** in the dark flank and they fill deeply the huge hollows and the

**20 ingentes uterumque armato milite complent.** belly with an armed troop.

**Est in conspectu Tenedos, notissima fama** Tenedos is in sight, an island most known for its fame,

**insula, dives opum Priami dum regna manebant,** rich in resorces while the realms of Priam were remaining,

**nunc tantum sinus et statio male fida carinis:** now only a bay and a station not at all safe for ships //male fida: litotes// **huc se provecti deserto in litore condunt;** having been carried here, they establish themselves on the deserted shore;

**25 nos (**eos**) abiisse rati (**sumus**) et vento petiisse Mycenas.** we thought that they had departed and had sought Mycenae by the wind.

**ergo omnis longo solvit se Teucria luctu;** therefore, all Troy freed itself from long grief; //longo luctu together in meaning so alliteration// //synchisis: somewhere in there//

**panduntur portae, iuvat (**nos**) ire et Dorica castra** the gates lie open, it pleases (us) to go (out of the city) and //panduntur portae: alliteration//

**desertosque videre locos litusque relictum:** to see the Greek camps and the deserted places and the abandoned shore:

**hic Dolopum manus, hic saevus tendebat Achilles;** here the band of Delopians (greeks) (strove), here savage Achilles was striving; //tendebat:elipsis//

**30 classibus hic (**erat**) locus, hic acie certare solebant.** here there was the place for the ships (greek), here they were accustomed to strive in a battle line. //hic hic hic hic->anaphora//