I.494-519


 * //Aeneid// I.494-519**



While these things seem wonderful to Trojan Aeneas,
 * Haec dum Dardanio Aeneae miranda videntur,  **

while he stands agape and clings fixed on a single view,
 * 495 dum stupet obtutuque haeret defixus in uno, **

the queen, Dido most beautiful with respect to form, //abl. of respect//
 * regina ad templum, forma pulcherrima Dido, **

marches to the temple with a large crowd of youth thronging
 * incessit magna iuvenum stipante caterva.  **

Such as on the banks of the Eurotus (//a spartan river)// or along the ridges of Cynthus (diana and apollo's birthplace), //qualis i ntroduce simile com[paring dido to Diana//
 * qualis in Eurotae ripis aut per iuga Cynthi **

Diana trains her choruses, whom (antecedent is diana) a thousand Oreades (mtn nymphs),
 * exercet Diana choros, quam mille secutae **

having followed, are gathered from here and there; she (diana)
 * 500 hinc atque hinc glomerantur Oreades; illa pharetram **

carries a quiver on her shoulder (abl. place where) and stepping, towers over all the goddesses
 * fert umero gradiensque deas supereminet omnes **

(joys master the silent chest of Latona[//the mother of Apollo and Diana//]):
 * (Latonae tacitum pertemptant gaudia pectus): **

such was Dido, she, happy, was bearing herself in such a way //talis talem: polyptoton//  through the middle (of the men), urging on the work and the future kingdoms.
 * talis erat Dido, talem se laeta ferebat  **
 * per medios instans operi regnisque futuris.  **

Then at the doors of the shrine, in the middle of the dome of the temple, //chiasmus?//
 * 505 tum foribus divae, media testudine templi, **

closed in by arms and having rested on the high throne, she sat down.
 * saepta armis solioque alte subnixa resedit. **

She was giving rights and laws to men, and was equalizing the labor of the tasks //pleonasm->not necessarily//
 * iura dabat legesque viris, operumque laborem **

in fair parts or she was drawing them by lot:
 * partibus aequabat iustis aut sorte trahebat:  **

when suddenly Aeneas sees
 * cum subito Aeneas concursu accedere magno **


 * 510 Anthea Sergestumque videt fortemque Cloanthum **
 * that Antheas (acc. sing.) and Sergetus and brave Cloanthus **

and others of the Trojans approach in a crowd, whom a black storm
 * Teucrorumque alios, ater quos ( in) aequore turbo **

had driven about on the sea and bore away deeply to other shores. At the same time he himself stood agape, at the same time Achates was struck
 * dispulerat penitusque alias avexerat oras.  **
 * obstipuit simul ipse, simul percussus ( est) Achates **

with both joy and fear; eager, they were burning to join right hands, //eager and burning=pleonasm//
 * laetitiaque metuque; avidi coniungere dextras  **

but an unknown circumstance disturbs their spirits. (they don't know what is going to happen, if they stay hidden and the carthaginians hack the friends to pieces they can escape)
 * 515 ardebant, sed res animos incognita turbat. **

They hide and they watch, wrapped in a hollow crowd,
 * dissimulant et nube cava speculantur amicti **

what fortune is to the men, (they watch) on which shore they leave their ship,
 * quae fortuna viris ( sit), classem quo litore linquant,  **

(they watch) why they come; for they were going, having been chosen from all the ships //all indirect qs//
 * quid veniant; cunctis nam lecti navibus ibant  **

** praying for pardon and seeking the temple with shouts. **   ** //the ones who werent with Aeneas are the ones praying and seeking//  ** 
 * orantes veniam et templum clamore petebant. **