Aeneid Translation I.297-401

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 * 1) He speaks these words and sends down from heaven the one
 * 2) born from Maja*, so that the lands and so that the new citadels of Carthage may lie open (*ablative of source. Agent might work, but an ablative of agent is typically preceded by the preposition "a/ab", which "Majā" is not.)
 * 3) for hospitality to the Trojans*, so that Dido, unaware of fate**, (*double dative; "hospitiō" is dative of purpose and "Trojanīs" is dative of reference; **genitive with special adjective "nescia".)
 * 4) might not keep them off from its borders*. That god flies through the great air** (*ablative of separation. **Greek accusative singular form of "aer".)
 * 5) with the rowing* of wings** and stood quick at Libya on the shores. (*ablative of means. **subjective genitive.)
 * 6) And now, he performs his orders, and the Phoenicians place aside their
 * 7) fierce hearts when the god wants it*; among the first (ones), the queen (*ablative absolute.)
 * 8) receives a peaceful spirit toward the Trojans and a kind mind.
 * 9) But loyal Aeneas, rolling very many things* through the night** (*i.e. in his mind. **can either be parsed as simply "accusative - object of a preposition" or more specifically as "accusative - duration of time".)
 * 10) as soon as the first nurturing light has been given, decided to
 * 11) go out and examine the new places, to seek what shores he reached* with the wind (*indirect question)
 * 12) [and] who holds them (for he sees that they are wild), whether they were men or wild animals,
 * 13) and to report the things discovered to his comrades.
 * 14) He hides his army enclosed around by trees and
 * 15) trembling shadows in a valley of groves beneath a hollowed cliff.
 * 16) Aeneas himself proceeds, accompanied by Achates alone,
 * 17) brandishing with his hand two spears with wide iron*. (*ablative of description.)
 * 18) To meet whom*, his mother brought herself in the middle of the forest, (*I translated it very literally, as "whom", because I don't know exactly how literal the College Board wants you to be. It is dative of reference or dative because of the special adjective "obvia".)
 * 19) wearing the face and appearance of a maiden and the arms of a
 * 20) Spartan maiden, or of what kind the Tracian Harpalyce tires her horses
 * 21) and surpasses the swift Hebrus in her flight.
 * 22) For the huntress had hung a handy bow from her shoulders*, (*ablative of separation.)
 * 23) according to custom, and she had given her hair to the winds to scatter*, (*this rare use of the infinitive; it is an infinitive of purpose.)
 * 24) bare as to her knee* and having collected flowing folds in a knot**. (*accusative of respect. **ablative of manner or means.)
 * 25) And the former sas, "Hey, young men, if you
 * 26) have seen any* of my sisters** wandering here, by chance, (*"quam" is short for "aliquam"; the "ali" gets dropped because it is in a conditional clause; **partitive genitive.)
 * 27) show her, girded up with a quiver and the hide of a spotted lynx,
 * 28) or pursuing the course of a foaming boar with a shout."
 * 29) In this way Venus spoke; and the son of Venus began in this wa in turn:
 * 30) "No one of your sisters* has been heard by me** nor has she been seen; (*partitive genitive; **dative of agent.)
 * Oh, what should I call* you, maiden? For your** face is not mortal, (*deliberative subjunctive; **dative of possession.)
 * 1) and your voice does not sound human; Oh, certainly
 * 2) let you be* a lucky goddess (or a sister of Apollo? Or one of the blood of nymphs?) (*jussive subjunctive.)
 * 3) and let you lighten*, whoever you are**, our hardship, and (*jussive subjunctive. **"es" supplied.)
 * 4) let you teach* below whih sky, on which shores of the world (*jussive subjunctive.)
 * 5) we are being tossed* at last; we, unaware of both the people** and the places**, (*indirect question; **both genitive with a special adjective "ignarī".)
 * 6) wander here, driven by the wind and the vast waves:
 * 7) much sacrifice will die before altars by our own right hand for you."
 * 8) Then Venus said: "Indeed, I do not deem myself worthy of such honor*; (*ablative with special verb "dignor". For this verb, its direct object is still accusative as with most verbs, but what the object is deemed worthy of is in the ablative.)
 * 9) it is the custom for Tyrian maidens to wear the quiver
 * 10) and to bind the legs high up with a purple boot.
 * 11) You are seeing a Phoenician kingdom, the Tyrians, and Agenor's city;
 * 12) but the borders are Libyan*; the people is unmanageable in war**. (*ellipsis. **ablative of respect.)
 * 13) Dido, having set out from a Tyrian city, rules an empire,
 * 14) fleeing her brother. The insult is long, the devious tales
 * 15) are* long; but I will follow the highest points of the affairs. (*ellipsis.)
 * 16) For this woman was a husband Sychaeus*, very rich of land** of the Phoenicians, (*dative of possession; can alternately be translated as "this woman had a husband Sychaeus" but it is not recommended because the AP examiners want you to be literal. **genitive with special adjective "ditissimus".)
 * 17) and cherished with the great love* of a miserable woman**, (*ablative of manner; **subjective genitive.)
 * 18) to whom* her father had given her untouched and had joined them
 * 19) in the first omens*. But her brother Pygmalion had (*ablative of manner; referring to marriage.)
 * 20) the kingdom of Tyre, more dreadful before all others in his villainy*. (*ablative of respect.)
 * 21) Between which men* a middle rage came. That man, (*Sychaeus and Pygmalion.)
 * 22) unholy and blind with a love* of gold**, secretly overcomes (*ablative of manner or cause. **objective genitive.)
 * 23) unsuspecting* Sychaeus before the altars with a sword, careless (*hyperbaton; "incautum" is two lines down from what it describes.)
 * 24) careless of the loves* of his sister**; and for a long time, he hid his deed (*genitive with special adjective; **subjective genitive.)
 * 25) and the evil man, pretending many things, deceived the sick lover with false hope*. (*debatable as to whether this is ablative of means or manner; means because Pygmalion is actually using fake hope to deceive Dido, but manner because hope is a quality or characteristic.)
 * 26) But the image itself of her unburied husband came
 * 27) in her dreams, raising its face pale in marvelous manners;
 * 28) he exposed the cruel altars and his chest pierced with a sword,
 * 29) and he uncovered every blind sin of the house*. (*subjective genitive; "house" meaning family.)a
 * 30) Then he advises to hasten her flight and to depart from the country* (*ablative of place from which or separation.)
 * 31) and he reveals old treasures in the earth, an aid for the road* from the country (*dative of purpose.)
 * 32) an unknown weight of silver and gold*. (*genitive of material.)
 * 33) Moved by these things, Dido was preparing her flight and comrades.
 * 34) They for whom* there was a fierce hatred or (*dative of possession. Translated more naturally, but also more loosely, as "they who had a fierce hatred…"
 * 35) a fierce fear of the tyrant* gather; they snatch up ships, which (*objective genitive.)
 * 36) have been prepared by chance, and load them with gold*. (*ablative of means.)
 * 37) The riches of Greedy Pygmalion are carried on the sea; the leader of the deed was a woman.
 * 38) They arrived at the places where you will now see huge
 * 39) walls and the rising citadel of new Carthage,
 * 40) they bought* ground, Byrsa according to the name of the deed**, (*"sunt" supplied. **the "deed" being covering the land with an ox hide)
 * 41) as much as they could surround with the hide of a bull.
 * 42) But finally, who are you? Or from what shores have you come?
 * 43) Or to where do you hold a journey?" To her inquiring with such words,
 * 44) that man, sighing and dragging his voice from the bottom of his heart, said*: (*ellipsis; "said" supplied.)
 * 45) "O goddess, if I should proceed*, retracing from my first origin, (*subjunctive in a conditional clause (future less vivid).)
 * 46) or if it should be at (your) leisure* to hear the stories of our hardships, (*another subjunctive in conditional clause.)
 * 47) the evening star will settle the day sooner after Olympus has been closed.
 * 48) A storm, by its own chance, drove us, carried from ancient Troy, if by chance the name
 * 49) of Troy went through your ears -- through different seas
 * 50) to Libyan shores.
 * 51) I am loyal Aeneas, who carry with me houshold gods seized from the enemy* (*ablative of separation, as is any ablative with a verb of depriving, tearing away from, freeing from, keeping away from, etc.)
 * 52) with my ship, known above heaven for my reputation*. (*ablative of cause.)
 * 53) I seek the country Italy and a people from highest Jupiter.
 * 54) I embarked (on) the Phrygian sea with twice ten ships,
 * 55) having followed the given fates as my mother goddess was showing the way;
 * 56) scarcely seven, shattered by waves and the East Wind, remain.
 * 57) I myself, unknown, being needy, wander through the deserts of
 * 58) Libya, forced from Europe* and Asia*." And having not allowed him
 * 59) complaining more things, Venus interrupted in this way in the middle of his grief:
 * 60) "Whoever you are, I believe, you, who have arrived* at a Tyrian city (*relative clause of characteristic.)
 * 61) consume vital air, not odious to the gods.
 * 62) Proceed now and bear yourself from here to the thresholds of the queen.
 * 63) For I announce to you that your comrades are* led back (*or "have been" to go with the tense of the next verb. Either way, it's ellipsis with either "esse" or "fuisse" missing.)
 * 64) and that your fleet has been carried back and driven into a safe harbor after the North Winds were turned,
 * 65) unless false parents taught a prophecy in vain.
 * 66) Look at the twice six swans rejoicing in a line
 * 67) which a bird of Jupiter, having fallen from the ethereal region,
 * 68) was agitating in the open sky; now they seem either
 * 69) to occupy lands in a long line or to look down on them already occupied:
 * 70) as those led back sport with rustling wings
 * 71) and encircled the sky in a band* and gave melodies; (*ablative of manner since it is talking about a formation. See Uses of the ablative.)
 * 72) not otherwise, your ships and the youth of your men
 * 73) either holds* the harbor or approaches* the harbors with a full sail. (*verbs agree with "pubēs", which is singular.)
 * Now, proceed, and, in any way the road leads you, direct your walk.