I.297-334


 * //Aeneid// I.297-334**



297-304 Mercury is sent to Dido, at Carthage, to prepare the way for Aeneas and the Trojans

**Haec ait et Maia genitum demittit ab alto,** He says these things and sends down the son of Maia from heaven // Maia genitum = Mercury // //Maia: abl. of origin//

**ut terrae utque novae pateant Karthaginis arces** so that the lands and so that the new citadels of Karthage may lie open // ut: introduces purpose clause // //pateant...arceret: subjuctives expressing purpose//

**hospitio Teucris, ne fati nescia Dido** in hospitality to the Teucrians, and so that Dido, ignorant of her fate, // Ambiguous introduction of Dido: Unaware of the Trojan fate __or__ Unaware of her own gloomy destiny //

would not keep (them) away from her territories. He flies through the great air //aera: (Greek) acc. sing.//
 * 300 finibus arceret. volat ille per aera magnum **

**remigio alarum ac Libyae citus adstitit oris.** with the oarage of his wings, and, quick(ly), he stood on the shores of Libya. //remigio alarum: metaphor// //adstitit:// And now he performs the orders (follows the commands), and the Phoenicians set aside their
 * et iam iussa facit, ponuntque ferocia Poeni  **

savage hearts with the god willing; among the first, the queen
 * corda volente deo; in primis regina quietum  **

receives peaceful spirit and a kind mind towards the Teucrians.
 * accipit in Teucros animum mentemque benignam. **

305-417 Aeneas sets out to explore the unknown region, and meets his mother Venus disguised as a huntress. The g-ddess tells him that he is near Carthage, relates the history of Dido, announces the safety of his remaining ships, resumes her form as a divinity, and disappears

But pious Aeneas, through the night, rolling/considering many (things),
 * 305 At pius Aeneas per noctem plurima volvens **

as soon as nurturing light was given, decided to go out and to explore new places, which shores he approached by the wind, //indirect q-> accesserit// who holds them (for he sees that they (inculta n. for places and shores) are wild/untilled/uncultivated), whether men or wild beasts, //indirect q also// //quas and qui: polyptoton// to seek and to bring back to his comrades the things that he learned. //exacta->subst. act// He hides the fleet in the valley of the sacred groves under a hollowed out rock (cave), enclosed around by trees and trembling shadows; //circum-claudo: tmesis// //horrentibus: transferred epithet// e himself walks accompanied by Achates alone (refers to Achates), waving two spears with broad iron in his hand. //synchisis: bina lato hastilia ferro//
 * ut primum lux alma data est, exire locosque  **
 * explorare novos, quas vento accesserit oras,  **
 * qui teneant (nam inculta //(esse)// videt), hominesne feraene,  **
 * quaerere constituit sociisque exacta referre. **
 * 310 classem in convexo nemorum sub rupe cavata **
 * arboribus clausam circum atque horrentibus umbris **
 * occulit; ipse uno graditur comitatus Achate **
 * bina manu lato crispans hastilia ferro. **

In the middle of the forest his mother carried herself to meet him.
 * cui //( dat. )// mater media sese tulit obvia //( acts like infinitive->refers to mater) // silva **

carrying the face and the outfit of a virgin and the equipment of a Spartan virgin,
 * 315 virginis os habitumque gerens et virginis arma **

or just as a the Thraisian Harpalyce who wears down horses //wearing the same stuff as the Thracian Harpalyce (huntress) wears when she tires out horses//
 * Spartanae, vel qualis equos Threissa fatigat  **

and outstrips the swift river in her flight For according to custom as a huntress she had suspended the bow from her shoulder to scatter in the wind, bare with respect to the knee and having gathered the flowing folds in a knot. //or// having been gathered in a know with respect to the flowing folds. //middle sense of ppp makes it active?// And first she says, "Hey young men, show, if you have seen anyone of my sisters wandering here by chance, girded by quiver and by the hide of a spotted lynx, or pursuing the course of a foaming boar with a shout." Thus Venus (said) and thus the son of Venus began in turn: "Nothing of your sisters has been heard nor seen by me (dat agent), O what should I call you, virgin? For your face is not mortal, nor does your voice sound human; O, certainly a goddess (whether the sister of Phoebi? or one of the blood of nymphs?), may you be happy and may you lighten our labor, whoever (you are), //sis: 2nd sing. pres. act. subjunctive of sum, esse//
 * Harpalyce volucremque fuga praevertitur Hebrum.  **
 * namque umeris de more habilem suspenderat arcum  **
 * venatrix dederatque comam diffundere ventis,  **
 * 320 nuda genu nodoque sinus collecta fluentes. **
 * ac prior, “Heus,” inquit, “iuvenes, monstrate, mearum  **
 * vidistis si quam hic errantem forte sororum  **
 * succinctam pharetra et maculosae tegmine lyncis,  **
 * aut spumantis apri cursum clamore prementem.” **
 * 325 Sic Venus et Veneris contra sic filius orsus: **
 * “nulla tuarum audita //(est)// mihi neque visa sororum,  **
 * O quam te memorem, virgo? namque haud tibi voltus ( //est//) **
 * mortalis, nec vox hominem sonat; O, dea certe  **
 * (an Phoebi soror? an Nympharum sanguinis una?), **
 * 330 sis felix nostrumque leves, quaecumque, laborem **

and may you teach under which sky at last, on which shores
 * et quo sub caelo tandem, quibus orbis in oris  **

of the world we are tossed: we wander ignorant of both men and
 * iactemur doceas: ignari hominumque locorumque **

places, driven here by wind and enormous waves:
 * erramus vento huc vastis et fluctibus acti:  **

much sacrifice will fall to you before your altars by our right hand."
 * multa tibi ante aras nostra cadet hostia dextra.” **