VI.133-165


 * //Aeneid// VI.133-165**



But if there is such great love to your mind, if there is such great desire //si...si: anaphora//
 * quod si tantus amor menti, si tanta cupido est **


 * bis Stygios innare lacus, bis nigra videre **

to swim the Stygian lakes twice, to see twice black //bis...bis: anaphora//


 * 135 Tartara, et insano iuvat indulgere labori, **

Tartarus, and it is pleasing to indulge in insane labor,


 * accipe quae peragenda prius. latet arbore opaca  **

accept which things must be completed first. The branch, //accipe: imperative// //missing sint with peragenda// //peragenda: gerundive of obligation//


 * aureus et foliis et lento vimine ramus, **

golden both in its leaves and in its flexible twig, hides in the dark tree, //aureus, foliis, lento, ramus: chiasmus//


 * Iunoni infernae dictus sacer; hunc tegit omnis **

said to be sacred to infernal Juno; the whole grove protects this (branch) //hunc: branch//


 * lucus et obscuris claudunt convallibus umbrae.  **

and the shadows shut (it) in with gloomy valleys.


 * 140 sed non ante datur telluris operta subire **

But it is not given to approach hidden things of the earth //ante...quam: tmesis//


 * auricomos quam quis decerpserit arbore fetus.  **

until/before anyone will have plucked off the golden haired offspring from the tree. //quis: aliquis//


 * hoc sibi pulchra suum ferri Proserpina munus **

Beautiful Proserpina established (that) this her offering be borne/brought to her. //ferri: present passive//


 * instituit. primo avulso non deficit alter **

With the first (branch) having been torn off, a second golden (branch) doesn't //primo avulso: abl. absolut// //non deficit: litotes//


 * aureus, et simili frondescit virga metallo.  **

fail, and a branch sprouts in/with a similar metal.


 * 145 ergo alte vestiga oculis et rite repertum **

Therefore trace on high with your eyes and rightly pluck the thing having been found //vestiga: imperative//


 * carpe manu; namque ipse uolens facilisque sequetur, **

with your hand; for it itself will follow, willing and easy,


 * si te fata uocant; aliter non viribus ullis  **

if the fates call you; otherwise you will not be able to conquer (it) with any forces


 * vincere nec duro poteris convellere ferro.  **

nor will you be able to tear it off with a harsh sword.


 * praeterea iacet exanimum tibi corpus amici  **

Besides the breathless body of a friend to you lies


 * 150 (heu nescis) totamque incestat funere classem, **

(alas you don't know) and defiles the whole fleet with death,


 * dum consulta petis nostroque in limine pendes.  **

while you seek oracles and you hang in our threshold. //"You are wasting your time here"//


 * sedibus hunc refer ante suis et conde sepulcro.  **

First bring back this one to its proper abodes and establish it in a tomb.


 * duc nigras pecudes; ea prima piacula sunto.  **

lead black animals; Let these be the first expiations.


 * sic demum lucos Stygis et regna invia vivis  **

Thus at last you will gaze upon the groves of the Styx and the realms


 * 155 aspicies.' dixit, pressoque obmutuit ore. **

pathless to the living.' She spoke, and she grew silent with her mouth pressed.

Aeneas, having been fixed with respect to his eyes with a sad expression,
 * Aeneas maesto defixus lumina vultu **

advances/enters, leaving the cave, and he turns over the blind/hidden
 * ingreditur linquens antrum, caecosque volutat  **

events with himself in his mind. To whom/him faithful Achates
 * eventus animo secum. cui fidus Achates **

goes as a companion and fixes footsteps with equal cares.
 * it comes et paribus curis vestigia figit.  **

They were discussing many (things) among themselves with various conversation, //sese...sermone serebant: consonance complements quiet conversation//
 * 160 multa inter sese vario sermone serebant, **

which comrade the prophet (said) (was) dead, which body (the prophet) said //quem... quod: polyptoton, asyndeton//
 * quem socium exanimum vates, quod corpus humandum **

must be buried. And those guys see Misenus on the dry shore,
 * diceret. atque illi Misenum in litore sicco, **

as they came, destroyed by an undeserved death,
 * ut venere, vident indigna morte peremptum,  **

Misenus descendent of Aeolus, than whom no other was more outstanding
 * Misenum Aeoliden, quo non praestantior alter  **

to rouse men with the bronze/trumpet and to stir up war with a song. //aere: metonymy// //Martem: metonymy// //aere ciere viros Martemque accendere cantu: mega-chiasmus//
 * 165 aere ciere viros Martemque accendere cantu. ****