II.752-778


 * //Aeneid// II.752-779**

First, I seek again walls and dark thresholds of the gate
 * principio muros obscuraque limina portae,  **

where I had carried out my step and I follow back the tracks
 * qua gressum extuleram, repeto et vestigia retro  **

having been observed, through the night and I survey with my eye.
 * observata sequor per noctem et lumine lustro:  **

Horror is everywhere for/in my spirit, at the same time silences themselves terrify. //est missing after horror//
 * 755 horror ubique animo, simul ipsa silentia terrent. **

Thence I bring back myself to the home, if by chance, if by chance
 * inde domum, si forte pedem, si forte tulisset,  **

she had born her foot there: The Greeks had rushed and they held the entire roof. //tectum: synecdoche (part for the whole)//
 * me refero: inruerant Danai et tectum omne tenebant.  **

Immediately, the devouring fire is rolled to the greatest
 * ilicet ignis edax summa ad fastigia vento  **

summits by wind; the flames mount, the heat rages to the airs. //volvitur: enjambment//
 * volvitur; exsuperant flammae, furit aestus ad auras.  **

I advance and see again the citadel and seat of Priam: //sedes: poetic plural//
 * 760 procedo et Priami sedes arcemque reviso: **

and now Phoeniz and terrible Odysseus, the chosen guardians, in the vacant
 * et iam porticibus vacuis Iunonis asylo  **

porticos, the sanctuary of Juno,
 * custodes lecti Phoenix et dirus Ulixes  **

were protecting the booty. To here from everywhere
 * praedam adservabant. huc undique Troia gaza **

the Trojan wealth is heaped up, snatched up from burned sanctuaries,
 * incensis erepta adytis, mensaeque deorum  **

both the tables of the gods and the mixing bowls solid in gold,
 * 765 crateresque auro solidi, captivaque uestis   **

and captured clothing. The children and the terrified mothers stand
 * congeritur. pueri et pavidae longo ordine matres  **

around in a long line. //stant circum: tmesis//
 * stant circum.  **

In fact, having even dared to hurl voices through the shade,
 * ausus quin etiam uoces iactare per umbram **

I filled the road with a shout, and I, sad, called Creusa
 * implevi clamore vias, maestusque Creusam **

in vain repeating and again and again. //que: polysyndeton//
 * 770  nequiquam ingeminans iterumque iterumque vocavi. **


 * quaerenti et tectis urbis sine fine ruenti **

The unhappy form and the shade of Creusa herself appeared

to me, seeking and rushing in the houses of the city without end,
 * infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae  **

before my eyes and her image (appeared to me) larger than (the one) known.
 * visa ( est ) mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago.  **

I stood speechless, and my hairs bristled and my voice stuck in my throat. //faucibus: only exists in plural (in Latin)//
 * obstipui, steteruntque comae et vox faucibus haesit.  **

Then (she seemed) to speak in this way and to relieve my cares with these words: //or, with adfari and demere as historical infinitives:// Then she (began) to speak in this way and to relieve my cares with these words
 * 775 tum sic adfari et curas his demere dictis: **

'Why does it please to indulge in mad sorrow to such an extent,
 * 'quid tantum insano iuvat indulgere dolori,  **

o sweet husband? These things do not happen without the divine will of the g-ds; //pleonasm:divine will of the g-ds "numine divum"//
 * o dulcis coniunx? non haec sine numine divum **

it is neither (divine) right that you carry Creusa as a companion from here,
 * eveniunt; nec te comitem hinc portare Creusam **

nor does that ruler of high Olympus allow (it).
 * fas, aut ille sinit superi regnator Olympi.  **