II.254-280


 * //Aeneid// II.254-280**



** et iam Argiva phalanx instructis navibus ibat ** and now the Greek phalanx, with the ships having been equipped, was going

**  255 a Tenedo tacitae per amica silentia lunae ** from Tenedos (a small island near troy) through the friendly stillnesses of the silent moon

** litora nota petens, flammas cum regia puppis  ** seeking familiar shores (had been fighting there), when the royal ship had born out flames (signal), //synechdoche->puppis//

** extulerat, fatisque deum defensus iniquis  ** and Sinon, defended by the unjust fates of the g-ds, frees

** inclusos utero Danaos et pinea furtim  ** the Greeks enclosed in the stomach and loosens the pine bolts secretly. //laxat-zuegma// //hysteron proteron->loosening bolts should be first//

** laxat claustra Sinon. illos patefactus ad auras ** The horse having been lain open returns

**  260 reddit equus laetique cauo se robore promunt ** ** those guys (the greeks) to the airs and they, ** [insert list here] **, happy, bring themselves forth from the hollow oak. **

**Thessandrus Sthenelusque duces et dirus Ulixes,** Thessandrus and Sthenelus the leaders anf harsh Ulysses,

**demissum lapsi per funem, Acamasque Thoasque** having descended/slipped by a rope having been sent down, and Axamas and Thoas,

**Pelidesque Neoptolemus primusque Machaon** and Neoptolemus, descendant of Peleus, and the noble Machaon

**et Menelaus et ipse doli fabricator Epeos.** and Menelaus and Epeos himself the creator of the trick (horse). //polysyndeton//

**  265 invadunt urbem somno vinoque sepultam; ** they invade the city, buried by sleep and wine; //hysteron proteron-sleep wine//

** caeduntur vigiles, portisque patentibus omnes  ** the guards are killed, and with the gates lying open, they

** accipiunt socios atque agmina conscia iungunt. ** receive all their comrades and join confederate lines.

** Tempus erat quo prima quies mortalibus aegris ** There was a time in which the first rest begins for the weary mortals (dative) //first time trojans have had rest//

**   incipit et dono divum gratissima serpit. ** and, [rest] most welcoming, creeps as a gift of the g-ds. //dono->>>irony// //horse gift// //serpit like laocoon//

**  270 in somnis, ecce, ante oculos maestissimus Hector ** In dreams, look, before my eyes, most gloomy Hector seemed

**   visus adesse mihi largosque effundere fletus,  ** to be present to me and to pour out copious tears,

** raptatus bigis ut quondam, aterque cruento  ** as once carried off (dragged) by a two horse chariot, and black with bloody

** pulvere perque pedes traiectus lora tumentes. ** dust and pierced (this refers to Hector bc sing. masc. nom.) by straps through his swollen feet

//lora: acc. of respect with ppp traiectus __or__ object of traiectus taken as "middle" participle ("having pierced the straps through his swollen feet")//

**ei mihi, qualis erat, quantum mutatus ab illo** alas to me, he was such, having been changed how much from that

**275 Hectore qui redit exuvias indutus Achilli** Hector who returned having been donned with respect to the spoils of Achilles //exuvias: acc. of respect with ppp indutus __or__ object of indutus taken as "middle" participle ("having donned the spoils")//

**vel Danaum Phrygios iaculatus puppibus ignes;** or having hurled Phrygian (trojan) flames at the ships (place to which dative) of the Greeks;

**squalentem barbam et concretos sanguine crinis** bearing a squalid beard and (bearing) his hair matted with blood

**vulneraque illa gerens, quae circum plurima muros** and (bearing) those wounds, very many (of) which he received around the homeland walls. //polysyndeton//

**accepit patrios. ultro flens ipse videbar** Weeping further/voluntarily, I myself seemed

**280 compellare virum et maestas expromere voces:** to address the man and to utter sorrowful voices:

disclaimer: the last eight lines we translated using the Vergil project and so do not reflect some of the vocab/grammar choices made by the textbook