IV.232-270

//**Aeneid**// **IV.232-270**

**si nulla accendit tantarum gloria rerum** If no glory of such great things kindles (him)

**nec super ipse sua molitur laude laborem,** and he himself does not strive further for the task because of his own praise,

**Ascanione pater Romanas invidet arces?** Does the father begrudge Ascanius the Roman citadels?

**235 quid struit? aut qua spe inimica in gente moratur** What is he planning? or with what hope does he delay in a hostile people

**nec prolem Ausoniam et Lavinia respicit arva?** and not regard the Italian offspring and the Lavinian fields?

**naviget! haec summa est, hic nostri nuntius esto.'** Let him set sail! This is the chief thing, let this be our message.'

**Dixerat. ille patris magni parere parabat** He had spoken. He (Mercury) was preparing to yield to the great father's

**imperio; et primum pedibus talaria nectit** command; and first he fastens golden sandals to his feet,

**240 aurea, quae sublimem alis sive aequora supra** which carry him on high with the wings whether //anastrophe//

**seu terram rapido pariter cum flamine portant.** above the seas or the land with an equally swift breeze.

**tum virgam capit: hac animas ille evocat Orco** Then he seizes the staff: with this (staff) he summons the pale spirits up from

**pallentes, alias sub Tartara tristia mittit,** Orcus, he sends others under sad Tartarus,

**dat somnos adimitque, et lumina morte resignat.** he gives and takes away sleeps, and he seals eyes with death. //lumina: metonomy//

**245 illa fretus agit ventos et turbida tranat** Relying on that (staff) he drives the winds and swims across the stormy //transnato//

**nubila. iamque volans apicem et latera ardua cernit** clouds. And now, flying, he perceives the summit and the lofty sides

**Atlantis duri caelum qui vertice fulcit,** of harsh Atlas who supports the sky on his head,

**Atlantis, cinctum adsidue cui nubibus atris** of Atlas, whose pine bearing head, surrounded constantly by black clouds,

**piniferum caput et vento pulsatur et imbri,** is struck by both wind and rain,

**250 nix umeros infusa tegit, tum flumina mento** snow, having been poured on, covers his shoulders, then rivers rush down

**praecipitant senis, et glacie riget horrida barba.** from the chin of the old man, and his shaggy beard is rigid with ice.

**hic primum paribus nitens Cyllenius alis** Here first Cyllenius (Mercury) halted, resting on balanced wings;

**constitit; hinc toto praeceps se corpore ad undas** from here he, headlong, sent himself with his whole body to the //enjambment//

**misit avi similis, quae circum litora, circum** waves like a bird, which flies low around the shores, which flies low

**255 piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora iuxta.** around the fishy crags near the sea. //ellipsis//

**haud aliter terras inter caelumque volabat** Not at all otherwise he was flying between the earths and the sky

**litus harenosum ad Libyae, ventosque secabat** to the sandy shore of Libya, and the Cyllenean offspring,

**materno veniens ab avo Cyllenia proles.** coming from a maternal ancestor, was cutting the winds. //Materno avo: Atlas. The mother of Mercury was Maia, daughter of Atlas// //Cyllenius,a,um: Cyllenean, of Mt. Cyllene in Arcadia, birthplace of Mercury//

**ut primum alatis tetigit magalia plantis,** As soon as he touched the huts with (his) winged heels, //magalia: the word is not native to Latin, but is derived from Punic; its use here succinctly identifies Mercury's exotic destination//

**260 Aenean fundantem arces ac tecta novantem** He sees Aeneas establishing citadels and building roofs (houses). //tecta: synechdoche// //chiasmus fundantem...novantem//

**conspicit. atque illi stellatus iaspide fulva** And the sword (hilt) to that guy (Aeneas) was studded with yellow jasper //illi: usually refers to what wasn't the subject of last//

**ensis erat Tyrioque ardebat murice laena** and the woolen mantel sent down from his shoulder was burning (vibrant)

**demissa ex umeris, dives quae munera Dido** with a Tyrian purple, which gifts rich Dido had made/granted,

**fecerat, et tenui telas discreverat auro.** and she had seperated the textiles with delicate gold. //dido wove gold thread into the fabric//

**265 continuo invadit: 'tu nunc Karthaginis altae** He addresses (him, Aeneas) at once: "are you, wife ruled, now

**fundamenta locas pulchramque uxorius urbem** placing the foundations of high Carthage  and building the pleasing //transferred epithet->wife ruled close to city and not tu//

**exstruis? heu, regni rerumque oblite tuarum!** city? Alas, you, forgetful of your kingdom and your affairs!

**ipse deum tibi me claro demittit Olympo** The ruler of the gods himself, who twists the sky and and the lands with his divine power,

**regnator, caelum et terras qui numine torquet,** sends me down to you from clear Olympus,

**270 ipse haec ferre iubet celeres mandata per auras:** he himself orders (me) to bear these orders through the swift breezes. //asyndeton// //ispe: anaphora// //ipse and regnator to the same thing//