II.780-804


 * //Aeneid// II.780-804**



long exiles must be born by you and the long plane of the sea must be plowed (by you) //gerundive of obligation//
 * 780 longa tibi exsilia ( ferenda sunt) et vastum maris aequor arandum, **

and you will come to the Hesperian land (Italy), where the Lydian Tiber
 * et terram Hesperiam venies, ubi Lydius arva **

flows among the rich fields of men, in a gentle line.
 * inter opima virum leni fluit agmine Thybris.  **

There, happy things and a kingdom and a royal wife (Lavinia)
 * illic res laetae regnumque et regia coniunx  **

will be acquired to you; drive away tears of loved Creusa //Creusa: objective genitive//
 * parta tibi; lacrimas dilectae pelle Creusae.  **

I, a Dardanian woman, and the daughter in law of divine Venus will not
 * 785 non ego Myrmidonum sedes Dolopumue superbas **

look at the proud seats of the Myrmidons or the Dolopians //servitum (supine)->acc. is used for purpose with verbs of motion// //servio takes dative// //she's saying she is dead, not captured//
 * aspiciam aut Grais servitum matribus ibo, **

nor will I go to serve the Greek mothers;
 * Dardanis et divae Veneris nurus;  **

but the great mother of the gods holds me back on these shores. //Cybele->ancient female deity, fertility, etc.//
 * sed me magna deum genetrix his detinet oris.  **

And now, goodbye and preserve love of (our) shared son.' //obj. gen.//
 * iamque vale et nati serva communis amorem.' **

When she gave these words (n. pl.), she deserted (me) crying and wanting to
 * 790 haec ubi dicta dedit, lacrimantem et multa volentem **

//tenues//
 * dicere deseruit, tenuisque recessit in auras.  **
 * say many things, and she departed into the thin airs. **

There I tried three times to give my arms around her neck;
 * ter conatus ( sum) ibi collo dare bracchia circum; **

Three times, her image, having been grasped in vain, escaped my hands, //ter: anaphora//
 * ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago,  **

equal to the light winds and most similar to a winged dream. //par and simillima to imago// //abab: par levibus simillima somno//
 * par levibus ventis volucrique simillima somno. **

Thus at length I revisit my comrades with the night having been spent.
 * 795 sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso. **

And here I, wondering, find the huge number of new comrades //partitive gen//
 * Atque hic ingentem comitum adfluxisse novorum  **

to have flown in, of mothers and men,
 * invenio admirans numerum, matresque virosque,  **

the youth collected by exile, a miserable crowd.
 * collectam exsilio pubem, miserabile vulgus.  **

They have assembled from all sides, prepared in the minds and wealth
 * undique convenere animis opibusque parati **

to lead forth into whatever lands I might wish onto the sea
 * 800 in quascumque velim pelago deducere terras. **

And already, Lucifer (morning star) was rising on the highest ridges of Mt. Ida
 * iamque iugis summae surgebat Lucifer Idae  **

and was leading the day, and the Greeks were holding the besieged
 * ducebatque diem, Danaique obsessa tenebant **

thresholds of the gate, nor was any hope for resources given to them.
 * limina portarum, nec spes opis ulla dabatur.  **

I departed and sought out the mountains with my father having been raised.
 * cessi et sublato montis genitore petivi. **