VI.1-39


 * //Aeneid// VI.1-39**



**Sic fatur lacrimans, classique immittit habenas** Thus, crying, he speaks, and he freely gives reins to the fleet

**et tandem Euboïcis Cumarum adlabitur oris.** and at last glides to the Euboean shores of Cumae.

**obvertunt pelago proras; tum dente tenaci** They turn the prows to the sea; then, with a gripping tooth,

**ancora fundabat naves et litora curvae** the anchor was making fast the ships and the curved sterns

**5 praetexunt puppes. iuvenum manus emicat ardens** fringe the shores. A band of young men, burning, darts out

**litus in Hesperium; quaerit pars semina flammae** onto the Hesperian shore; a part seeks the seeds of flame

**abstrusa in venis silicis, pars densa ferarum** having been hidden in the veins of flint, part takes the woods, the

**tecta rapit silvas inventaque flumina monstrat.** houses of wild beasts, and shows the found rivers.

**At pius Aeneas arces quibus altus Apollo** But loyal Aeneas seeks (//petit//, line 11) the citadels which tall

**10 praesidet horrendaeque procul secreta Sibyllae,** Apollo rules and the far off secrets of the dreadful Sibyl,

**antrum immane, petit, magnam cui mentem animumque** a huge cave, (the Sibyl) to whom the Delian seer inspires //huge cave: in apposition with the secrets// //Delian seer: Apollo// //hendiadys: mentem / animumque//

**Delius inspirat vates aperitque futura.** the great mind and spirit and reveals the future (lit. "futures/future things").

**iam subeunt Triviae lucos atque aurea tecta.** Now they approach the groves and golden houses of Hecate. //they: Aeneas and comrades// //Trivia: Hecate -- tri via (sacred to Romans that anywhere three roads meet)//

**Daedalus, ut fama est, fugiens Minoia regna** Daedulus, as is the story, fleeing the Minoan kingdom(s),

**15 praepetibus pennis ausus se credere caelo** having dared to trust himself to the sky with swift wings

floated along an unaccustomed path to the chilly Arctos,
 * insuetum per iter gelidas enavit ad Arctos,**

And he, light, stood at last above the Chalcidian citadels
 * Chalcidicaque levis tandem super astitit arce.**

Having been returned to these lands he first dedicated to you, Pheobus,
 * redditus his primum terris tibi, Phoebe, sacravit**

the oarage of his wings and established great temple(s).
 * remigium alarum posuitque immania templa.**

On the doors is the death of Androgeos; at that time the Athenians //Missing est// //NAMBLA// //Androgeo: gen. sing.//
 * 20 in foribus letum Androgeo; tum pendere poenas**

(were) ordered to pay (How miserable) as penalties seven bodies //corpora in apposition with poenas//
 * Cecropidae iussi (miserum!) septena quotannis**

of sons annually; the urn stands with the lots having been chosen. //Like Ms. T But she took a point away from Andrew's homework//
 * corpora natorum; stat ductis sortibus urna.**

On the opposite side, the Cnossian earth having been raised from the sea corresponded:
 * contra elata mari respondet Cnosia tellus:**

here is ("//inest//", line 26) the cruel love for the bull and Pasiphae having been subjected
 * hic crudelis amor tauri suppostaque furto**

to a trick and the mixed race and the two-formed offspring,
 * 25 Pasiphae mixtumque genus prolesque biformis**

the Minotaur, the memorials of an unspeakable love, //Minotaur: apposition with "proles"// //Venus metonymy for love//
 * Minotaurus inest, Veneris monimenta nefandae,**

here (is) that labor of the home and the insoluble error/wandering;
 * hic labor ille domus et inextricabilis error;**

but indeed Daedalus, having pitied the great love
 * magnum reginae sed enim miseratus amorem**

of the queen, himself unraveled the tricks and windings of the house,
 * Daedalus ipse dolos tecti ambagesque resolvit,**

guiding the blind/dark steps with a thread. You, too, Icarus,
 * 30 caeca regens filo vestigia. tu quoque magnam**

would have a great part in such a work, (if) grief allowed (it). //chiasmus//
 * partem opere in tanto, sineret dolor, Icare, haberes.**

Twice he had tried to mold/fashion the falls in gold,
 * bis conatus erat casus effingere in auro,**

twice the fatherly hands failed (//literally "fell", same word as casus, line 32)//. In fact they (//Aeneas and company)// would //anaphora//
 * bis patriae cecidere manus. quin protinus omnia**

examine everything continuously with their eyes, if Achates, sent forward, were not now
 * perlegerent oculis, ni iam praemissus Achates**

present and at the same time the priestess of Phoebus and Hecate,
 * 35 adforet atque una Phoebi Triviaeque sacerdos,**

Deiphobe (daughter) of Glaucus, who says such things to the king: //regi !?// //aposition of Diephobe and sacerdos//
 * Deiphobe Glauci, fatur quae talia regi:**

This time does not seek those sights for itself; //"Now is not the time for these sights"// //hoc ista... tempus spectacula//: //synchysis//
 * 'non hoc ista sibi tempus spectacula poscit;**

now it would be better to sacrifice seven bullocks from the unbroken
 * nunc grege de intacto septem mactare iuvencos**

herd, as many sheep chosen according to custom. //praestiterit translated as present//
 * praestiterit, totidem lectas ex more bidentis.'****