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from the shores of Troy
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ab oris Troiae
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profugus fato
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an exile by fate
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venit Italiam
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came to Italy
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multum iactatus
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much tossed
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venit litora
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came to the shores
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et terris et alto
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on land and on the deep
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vi superum
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through violence of gods above
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ob memorem iram saevae Iunonis
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on acct of the unforgeting rage of cruel Juno
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passus multo quoque bello
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having suffered much in war
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dea iam tum tenditque fovetque hoc esse regnum gentibus
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the goddess already aims and fondly hopes this shall be seat of royal power for the nations
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si qua fata sinant
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if by any means desstiny shall allow
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sed enim audierat progenium duci a Troiano sanguine
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but indeed she had heard a race was springing up from Trojan blood
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quae verteret Tyrias arces olim
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that would overturn Tyrian towers in times to come
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hinc populum regem late superbumque bello venurum excidio Libyae
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that hence a nation ruling far and wide and proud in war would come for the destruction of Libya
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sic Parcas volvere
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thus the fates were planning
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Saturnia metuens id
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daughter of saturn fearing this
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memorque veteris bellis
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mindful of the old war
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quod prima gesserat ad Troiam pro caris Argis
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(war) which she had formerly wages at Troy for her dear Greeks
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nec dum etiam causae irarum saevique dolores exciderant animo
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nor yet had the ground of her wrath and bitter resentment faded from her mind
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manet alta repostum mente iudicium Paridis
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there remains deep buried in her mind the judgment of Paris
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iniuria spretae formae
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the wrong to her slighted beauty
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invisum genus
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the hated race
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honores rapti Ganymedis
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honors to ravished ganymede
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(Troas -obj) reliquias Danaum arque immitis Achilli
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the gleanings of the greeks and crual Achilles
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(Troas -obj) iactatos toto aequore
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tossed on the whole ocean
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perque multos annos errabant
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for many years they were wandering
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tante molis erat condere romanam gentem
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such proportions it was to found roman nation
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vix e conspectu telluris siculae
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scarce out of sight of the land of sicily
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dabant vela in altum
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they were spreading their sails over the deep
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et laeti ruebant aere spumas salis
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and joyously were turning up with their beaks foam of salt sea
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cum Iuno servans sub pectora aeternum volnus
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when Juno, nursing in her heart the neverdying wound
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mene victam desistere incepit
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am i baffled to give over my attempt
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nec posse avertere regem Teucrorum Itala
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and not be able to turn aside king of Trojans from Italy?
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Quippe vetor fatis
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true i am forbidden by the Fates
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pallas potuit exurere classem argivom pallas
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was able to burn up fleet of greeks
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submergere ipsos ponto
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and submerge drown (them) in sea
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noxam et furias unius
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of the guilt and frenzy of one man
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ipsa, iaculata iovis rapidum ignem e nubibus
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she herself, hurling jove's swift lightning from the clouds
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disiecit rates evertitque aequora ventis
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both scattered vessels and upturned waters with the winds
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illum expirantem flammas transfixo pectore
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him breathing flames from his pierced breast
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corripuit turbine infixtque acuto scopulo
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she seized in a whirlwind and impaled on a sharp rock
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atque soror et coniunx iovis
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both sister and wife to jove
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gero bello tot annos cum una gente
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i have to wage war for so many years with one nation!
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et quisquam praterea adoret numun iunonis
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and will anyone in the future worship divinity of juno
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supplex imponet honorem aris
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as a suppliant place a sacrifice upon her altar
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volutans talia secum flammato corde
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revolving such (thoughts) in her incensed heart
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dea venit in aeoliam
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the goddess comes to aeolium
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patriam nimborum
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to the land of storms
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lora feta furentibus austris
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to places pregnant with raging winds south
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tempestates frenat carcere et vinclis
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curbs storms in prison with chains
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illi indignantes cum magno murmure montis
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they indignant with mighty rumbling of mountain
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illi fremunt circum claustra
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they rage around the barriers
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aeolus sedet celsa arce tenens sceptra
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he sits in his lofty citadel holding his sceptre
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mollitque animos et temperat iras
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and he soothes the passions and calsm their wrath
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ni faciat
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were he not to do so
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ferant rapidi secum maris ac terras profumdumque caelum
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they would quickly carry with them sea and earth and deep heaven
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verrant per auras
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they would sweep (them) through the air
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abdidit atris specluncis metuens hoc
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he has hidden them in dark cave fearing this
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imposuit insuper molem et altos montis
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he has placed over them a heavy mass and lofty mountains
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dedit regem qui sciret certo foedere et premere et iussus dare laxas habena
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he has given them a king who should know by fixed law both to tighten and when bidden slacken reins
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tollere fluctus vento
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raise the waves with the wind
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gens inimica mihi
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a race inimical to me
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avigat Tyrrhenum aequor
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sails over Turcan sea
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portans Ilium
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carrying trojans
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perflant terras turbine
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blow over the earth in hurricane
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creber procellis ruunt totum a imis sedibus
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teeming with storms turn up the whole of it from lowest depths
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volvunt vastos fluctus ad litora
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they roll mighty waves to shore
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insequitur clamorque virum stridorque rudentum
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then follow shouting of men and creaking of cordage
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subito eripiunt caelumque diemque ex oculis Teucrorum
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suddenly clouds snatch nth heaven and day from eyes of trojans
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poli intonuere et aether micat crebis ignibus
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heavens thunder and sky flashes with frequent ligtning
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omnia intentant praesentem mortem viris
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all threatens imminent death to men
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extemplo membra aeneae solvuntur frigore
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at once limbs of aeneus are paralyzed with chilling fear
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ingemit et tendens duplicis palmas ad sidera
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he groans and holding out both hands to stars
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refert talia voce
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utters these words with his voice
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beati quis contigit oppertere ante patrum ora
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blessed whose lot it was to die in fathers presence
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sub altis moenibus troiae
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beneath lofty moenibus of troy
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occumbere campis iliacis effundereque hanc animum tua dextra
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to die on plains of troy and pour out this life by your right hand
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ubi saevis hector iacet telo aeacidae
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where cruel hector lies by the spear of achilles
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where ingens sarpedon volvit scuta galeasque et fortia corpora tot virumcorrepta sub undis
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where sarpedon rolls shields and helmets and strong bodies of so many heroes carried away beneath waves
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iactanti talis procella stridens aquilone ferit velum adversa
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uttering these words the hurricane whistling with south wind strikes his sail in front
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tollit fluctus ad sidera
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raises waves to stars
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remi fraguntur
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oars are broken
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dat latus undis
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exposes side to waves
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praeruptus mons aquae insequitur cumulo
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a precipitate mountain of water follows in a heap
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hi pendent in smmo fluctu
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some are hanging on top of flood
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his dehiscens unda aperit terram inter fluctus
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to others gaping wave opens land between waves
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aestus furit arenis
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the flood furies with sand
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notus abreptas tris torquet in latentia saxa
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south wind carris off 3 and casts them on hidden rocks
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itali vocant saxa quae in mediis fluctibus aras
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the italians call rockes which are in midst of waves altas
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immane dorsum summo mari
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an immense ridge on surface of sea
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tris eurus urget ab alto on brevia et syrtis
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3 the east wind drives from deep on to shoals and quicksand
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inlidit vadis
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dashes them on the shallows
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cingit aggere arenae
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girds them with mound of sand
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unam quae vehebat fidum orontem
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one which was carrying faithful orontes
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ingens pontus a vertice ferit in puppim ante ipsuis oculus
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mighty sea from above strikes on stern before his very eyes
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magister excutitur volviturque pronus in caput
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helmsman is dashed and rolled headprone
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ast fluctus ter ibidem torquet agens illam circum
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but waves 3x samespot twists turning (ship) around
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rapidus vortex vorat aequore
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a swift whirlpool whirls it in its waters
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dum conderet urbem
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til he should found a city
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accensa his super
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inflamed at this besides
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arcebat longe Latio Troas
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she was keeping the Trojans far from Latium
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acti Fatis circum omnia maria
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(they) driven by fates round all seas
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haec secum
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spoke thus to self
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ast ego. quae incedo, regina divom
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but i who walk in majesty the queen of gods
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hic rex aoelus vast antro premit imperio luctantis ventos
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here king aeolus in a mighty cave keeps down by his power the struggling winds
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atra nox incubant ponto
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black night broods over the sea
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rari nantes adparent in vasto gurgite
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scattered swimmers appear on mighty abyss
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Troia gaza per undas
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trojan wealth among waves
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iam hiemps vicit validam navem ilionei
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now storm overcomes stout ship of Ilioneus
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fortis achati
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of brave achates
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que abas vectus
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that in which abas sailed
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omnes accipiunt imicum imbrem laxis compagibus laterum gatiscuntque rimis
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they all admit the fatal water through loose joints of their sides and open with chinks
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graviter commotus
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deeply disturbed
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neptunus sensit pontum misceri magno murmure
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neptune perceived that the sea was being disturbed with a great roar
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heimem emissam
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that storm storm had been launched forth
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stagna refusa imis vadis
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that the waters poured back from lowest depths
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prospiciens alto extulit placidum caput summa unda
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peering forth over the deep, he raised his calm head on the surface of the water
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videt classem aeneae disiectam toto aequore
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he sees fleet of aeneas scattered over the whole sea
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nec doli et irae iononis latuere fratrem
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not did the wiles and wrath of juno escape her brother
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dehinc fatur talia
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then he speaks so:
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tantane fiducia vestri generis tenuit vos
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has so great confidence inyour birth possessed you?
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audetis miscere caelum terramque sine meo numine venti
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do you now dare to confound heaven and earth without my leave, you winds
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sed praestat componere motos fluctus
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but it is better to calm the troubled waves
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post luetis mihi
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later you will atone to me
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commissa nom simili poena
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for your crimes by a very different punishment
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maturate fugam
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speed on your flight
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haec dicite vestro regi
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take this message to your king
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non illi sed mihi imperium pelagi saevumque tridentem datum sorte
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not to him but to me has authority over the sea and the cruel trident been assigned by lot
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ille tenet immania saxa
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he holds the enormous rocks
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aeolus iactet se in illa aula
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let him vaunt himself in that court
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regnet clauso carcere ventorum
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let him rule in the pent prison of the winds
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citius dicto placat tumida aequora
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quicker than his words he calms the swollen waters
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fugat collectas nubes
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he puts to flight the gathered clouds
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reducit solem
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he brings back the sun
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simul adnixus detrudent navis acuto scopulo
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they by joint effort push off the ships from the sharp rocks
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ipse levat tridenti
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he himself raises them with his trident
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aperit vastas syrtis
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he discloses the mighty quicksans
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temperat aequor
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he calms the sea
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ac veluti cum saepe in magno populo
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and just as when as often happens in a great mob
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seditio coorta est, ignobileque volgus saevit animis
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a riot has arisen and the base rabble rages with passion
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iam faces et saxa volant
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now firebrands and stones fly
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furor ministrat arma
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frenzy supplies weapons
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si forte conspexere virum gravem pietate ac meritis
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if perchance they behold a man revered by moralworth and services
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silent astantque auribus arrectis
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they are silent and stand with ears erect
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ille regit animos dictis
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he controls pasions with his words
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mulcet pectora
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he calms their breasts
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sic cunctus fragor pelagi cecidit postquam genitor prospiciens aequora
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even so the whole crash of ocean subsided when father looking forth upon the water
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invectus aperto caelo flectit equis
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borne through open sky he guides his horses
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volans dat lora secundo curru
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flying he gives rein to his speeding car
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aeneadae defessi contendunt petere cursu litora
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followers of aeneas tired out hasten to gain in their course the shores
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quae proxuma et vertuntur ad oras libyae
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which are nearest and turn to the coasts of libya
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est locus in longo secessu
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there is a spot in a deep bay
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insula efficit portum obiectu laterum
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an island forms a harbor by projection of its sides
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quibus omnis unda ab alto frangitur
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against which every wave from the deep breaks
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scindit sese in reductos sinus
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it divides itself into the retiring bays
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hinc atque hinc
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on either side
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vastae rupes geminique scopuli minantur in caelum
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huge rocks and twin cliffs rise in menace to the sky
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sub quorum vertice tuta aequora silent late
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beneath whose top the safe waters lie silent far and wide
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tum scaena coruscis silvis atrumque nemus horrenti umbra immine desuper
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then a scene of quivering woods and dark grove of bristling shade hangs over from above
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hic
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here, in this place
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huc
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to this place
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hinc
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from here, hence
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hinc portum petit
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from here he seeks the harbor
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socios partitur in omnes
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it is divided among all the companions
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horrentique atrum nemus imminet umbra
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a black grove hangs over with bristling shade
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in that place
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Conticuere omnes
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all were hushed
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intenti ora tenebant
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they kept their faces fixed on him
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inde toro pater Aeneas sic orsus ab alto
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then father aeneas thus began from his lofty couch
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Infandum iubes renouare dolorem
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you order me to renew unspeakable sorrow
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Troianas ut opes eruerint Danai
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how the greek utterly destroyed the wealth of troy
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et lamentabile regnum
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and the kingdom we must weep for
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quorum pars magna fui
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in which I played a great part
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quis talia fando
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who reciting such things
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quis Myrmidonum Dolopumue aut duri miles Vlixi
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who of greeks or what soldier of cruel Ulysses
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quis temperet a lacrimis?
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who could hold back tears
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si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros
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if you have so great a desire to hear our misfortunes
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quamquam animus meminisse horret luctuque refugit
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although my mind shudders at the memory and recoils through grief
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incipiam
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i will begin
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ductores Danaum
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the leaders of the greeks
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tot iam labentibus annis
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when now so many years were gliding by
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secta intexuntque abiete costas
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and line its ribs with placks of pine
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uotum pro reditu simulant
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they pretend it is a votive offering for their return
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huc caeco lateri furtim includunt corpora virum delecta sortiti
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in its dark sides they stealthily enclose bodies of men picked for the purpose
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armato milite
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with armed soldiery
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tenedos est in conspectu
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tenedos lies within sigfht
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Priami dum regna manebant
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while priam's realm stood
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nunc tantum sinus et statio male fida carinis
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now only a bay and a treacherous roadstead for vessels
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huc se prouecti deserto in litore condunt = huc provecti condunt se in deserto litore
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hither they sail and hide themselves in the desolate shore
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nos abiisse rati
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we thought that they had gone away
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nos rati vento petiisse Mycenas
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we thought they had sought mycenae with the wind
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portae panduntur
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the gates are thrown open
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iuvat ire et videre Dorica castra
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we delight to go and see the greek camp
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manus dolopum
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a band of dolopians
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hic saevus achilles tendebat
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here cruel achilles used to pitch his tent
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hhic solebat certare acie
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here they used to contend in battle
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pars stupet exitiale donum innuptae minervae
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some are amazed at the deadly present to the maiden minerva
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mirantur molem equi
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they marvel at the bulk of the horse
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thymoestes primus hortatur duci intro muros
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thymoetes is the first to advise that it be brought within the walls
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hortatur locari arce
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he advises it be placed in the citadel
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sive dolo
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if with tresonable intent
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seu fata troiae iam sic ferebant
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or the destiny of troy now so directed
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iubent aut praecipitare pelago insidias danaum suspectaque dona
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they bid ua either to hurl into the sea the snare of greeks and their mistrusted present
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urere flammis subiectis
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to burn it by placing fire underneath
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terebrare et temptare cavas latebras uteri
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to pierce and probe the hollow hiding places of the womb
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incertim volgus scinditur in contraria studia
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the fickle populace is divided into opposite factions
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magna caterva comitante
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with a mighty crowd attending
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Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce
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Laocoon runs down eagerly from the top of the citadel
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creditis auectos hostis?
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do you think the foe has sailed away?
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putatis ulla dona danaum carere dolis?
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or any gifts of the greeks can be free from guile?
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sic notus Vlixes?
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is this how you know ulysses?
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aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi
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either greeks are hiding shut up in thiis wood
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aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros
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or this engine has been fashioned against our walls
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inspectura domos uenturaque desuper urbi
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to look into ur homes and to come doen from above upon the city
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aut aliquis latet error
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or some trickery lurks behind it
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quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentis
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whatever it is, I fear the greeks bearing gifts
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in latus feri
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against the side of the monster
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in alvum curvam compagibus
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against its belly rounded with jointed fraework
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stetit illa tremens
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it stood quivering
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utero recusso insonuere cauae gemitumque dedere cauernae
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when the womb was struck, the hollow cavern rang again and gave forth a groan
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si fata deum, si mens non laeua fuisset
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if the destiny of heaven, if our mind had bot been unpropitious
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impulerat ferro Argolicas foedare latebras
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he had induced us to spoil the grecian hiding places with the sword
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Troiaque nunc staret
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and Troy would now be standing
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Priami arx alta maneres
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the lofty citadel of priam, you would still endure!
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Vestibulum ante ipsum primoque in limine Pyrrhus exsultat telis et luce coruscus aena
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Pyrrhus
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frigida sub terra tumidum quem bruma tegebat
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whom swelling the cold winter was lately hiding underground
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pastus mala gramina
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fed on poisonous herbs
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nunc, positis nouus exuuiis
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having shed his old skin with new life
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nitidusque iuuenta
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and shining with youthful beauty
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lubrica conuoluit sublato pectore terga
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rolls forth his slimy body with upreared breast
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sublato pectore
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with upreared breast
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arduus ad solem
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raising his head to the sunshine
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una ingens Periphas et armiger Automedon Achillis
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with him great periphas and automedon his armor-bearer
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equorum agitator
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driver of the steeds
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una omnis Scyria pubes
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with hime all the youth of scyria
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succedunt tecto
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come up to the building
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et flammas ad culmina iactant
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and hurl firebrands to the roof
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ipse inter primos
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he himself amid the first
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ipse correpta bipenni
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himself seizes a 2-edged axe
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limina dura perrumpit
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he tries to break through the stout door
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iamque excisa trabe
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and now he has cut out a plank
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et ingentem lato dedit ore fenestram
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and made a huge window with a gaping mouth
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et atria longa patescunt
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and the long halls are disclosed to view
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penetralia Priami
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the inner chambers of priam
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armatosque uident stantis in limine primo
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and they see armed men standing on the very threshold
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penitusque cauae plangoribus aedes femineis ululant
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and the hollow rooms reecjo with women's cries ferit aurea sidera clamor
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tum pauidae tectis matres ingentibus errant
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then the fearstricken matrons are running to and fro through the great palace
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tenent postis
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holding on to dooposts
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amplexaeque atque oscula figunt
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embracing them and fixing kisses on them
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instat ui patria Pyrrhus
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pyrrhus presses on with his father's force
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nec claustra nec ipsi custodes sufferre ualent
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nor barriers nor guards themselves are able to withstand
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labat ariete crebroianua
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the door gives way under the frequent strokes oof ram
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immissi
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when let in
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et late loca milite complent
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and fill the space far and wide with soldiers
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non sic
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not so (violently)
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aggeribus ruptis cum spumeus amnis
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a foaming river when bursting its banks
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exiit oppositasque euicit moles
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iy has poured forth overcomes the opposing dams
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camposque per omnis
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through all the fields
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cum stabulis armenta trahit
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it carries the herds with their stalls
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uidi ipse furentem caede
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I myself saw raging with destruction
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Neoptolemum geminosque in limine Atridas
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neoptolemus and 2 sons of atreus on the threshold
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hic mihi nescio quod trepido male numen amicum confusam eripuit mentem.
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Hereupon some unkindly divinity confounded and took away my presence of mind in my confusion
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namque auia cursu dum sequor
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for while I follow the trackless path in my course
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et nota excedo regione uiarum
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and depart from the familiar direction of the road
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errauitne uia
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she wandered from the road
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resedit lassa
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she sat down weary
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incertum
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it is not known which
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nec post oculis est reddita nostris
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nor was she afterward restored to my sight
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animum reflexi priusquam tumulum uenimus
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turn my thoughts (to her) until we came to the mound
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hic demum collectis omnibus una defuit
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here at last when all were gathered, she alone was wanting
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fefellit comites natumque uirumque
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she was missed by her companions, son, husband
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quem non incusaui amens hominumque deorumque
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whom of men and of gods did I not upbraid in my madness
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aut quid in euersa uidi crudelius urbe?
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or what more cruel sight did I see in the overthrown city
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commendo Ascanium Anchisenque patrem Teucrosque penatis sociis
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I committed ascanius and my father and the household gods to my companions
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recondo curva valle
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I conceal them in the winding valley
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ipse urbem repeto et cingor fulgentibus armis
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I myself again seek the city and gird on my shining arms
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stat casus renouare omnis omnemque reuerti per Troiam
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My purpose is to revive all risks and to return through the whole of troy
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rursus caput obiectare periclis
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once again to expose myself to danger
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qua gressum extuleram, repeto et uestigia retro
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first of all I seek again the walls and dark threshold of the gate by which I had borne my steps out
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obseruata sequor per noctem et lumine lustro
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I examine and retrace our footsteps through the darkness and sccan them with my eyes
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me refero:
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firstr I betake myself home if perchance if perchance she may have borne her steps (thither)
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inruerant Danai et tectum omne tenebant
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the greeks had rushed in and were in possession of the whole house
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ilicet ignis edax summa ad fastigia uento uoluitur
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henceforth the devouring flame is rolled on by the wind to the topmost pinnacles
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procedo et Priami sedes arcemque reuiso
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I advance and revisit the palace of priam and the citadel
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iam porticibus uacuis Iunonis asylo custodes lecti Phoenix et dirus ulixes praedam adseruabant
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now in the empty porticibus, in the sanctuary of juno chosen sentinels phoenix and terrible ulysses were guarding the spoils
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porticibus uacuis
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in the empty colonnades
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custodes lecti
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chosen guards
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pueri et pauidae longo ordine matres stant circum
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boys and matrons in long array stnad trembling all around
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quin etiam ausus
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nay, more, I dared
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ausus uoces iactare per umbram
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I dared the fling cries through the darkness
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impleui clamore uias,
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I filled the streets with my shouts
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apparent Priami et ueterum penetralia regum
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the inner chambers of priam and of ancient kings is seen
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gurgite
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with its torrent
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fertur in arua furens cumulo
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is borne over the fields raging in a mass
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apparet domus intus
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the house within is seen
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at domus interior gemitu miseroque tumultu miscetur
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but the palace within is confounded with groans and wretched turmoil
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fit uia ui
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a way is made by force
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gurgite
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with its torrent
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Hic nescio quod male amicum numen confusam eripuit mentem mihi trepidum
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Hereupon some unkindly divinity confounded and took away my presence of mind in my confusion
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namque auia cursu dum sequor
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for while I follow the trackless path in my coursembling all around
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heu misero coniunx
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alas, unfortunate Creusa
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nec amissam respexi
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nor did I look back for the lost one
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horror ubique animo, simul ipsa silentia terrent
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everywhere horror and at the same time the darkness itself frightens my soul
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exsuperant flammae
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the flames triumph
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huc undique Troia gaza
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here on all sides the treasures of troy
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crateres auro solidi, captiuaque uestis congeritur
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bowls of solid gold and plundered garments are piled together
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quaerenti et tectis urbis sine fine ruenti
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as i was seeking and raging without end through houses of the city
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infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae uisa mihi ante oculos et nota maior imago
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the sad ghost and shade of creusa herself appearred before my eyes and her likeness larger than the well-known form
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uisa mihi ante oculos
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appeared before my eyes
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obstipui
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i was spellbound
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steterunt comae et uox faucibus haesit
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my hair stood on end and my voice stuck in my throat
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furenti sine fine
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raging without end
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'quid tantum insano iuuat indulgere dolori,o dulcis coniunx?
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why do you delight so much to give way to frenzied grief, dear husband?
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non haec sine numine diuum eueniunt
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these things are not happening without divine decree
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nec fas te comitem hinc portare Creusam
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nor is it the divine will that you shall carry hence creusa as a companion
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longa tibi exsilia et uastum maris aequor arandum
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you have a long exile and a wide tract of ocean to plough through
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terram Hesperiam uenies
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you shall come to the land of the west
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ubi Lydius inter opima arua uirum leni fluit agmine Thybris
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where the etruscan tiber flows with gentle stream amid the rich plains of men
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illic res laetae regnumque et regia coniunx parta tibi
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there prosperous fortunes and a kingdom and a royal bride are provided for you
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lacrimas dilectae pelle Creusae
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put away tears for your beloved creusa
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non ego Myrmidonum sedes Dolopumue superbas aspiciam
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i will not behold the proud dwellings of the greeks
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Dardanis et diuae Veneris nurus
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i a trojan woman and daughter-in-law of the goddess venus
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sed me magna deum genetrix his detinet oris
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but the great mother of the gods keeps me on these shores
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iamque uale et nati serua communis amorem
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now farewell and preserve your love for our common son
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haec ubi dicta dedit, lacrimantem et multa uolentem dicere deseruit, tenuisque recessit in auras
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when she had said these words as I was shedding tears and wishing to say much she left me and vanished in thin air
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tenuis recessit in auras
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she vanished in thin air
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ter conatus ibi collo dare bracchia circum
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three times I tried on the spot to throw my arms around her neck
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ter frustra comprensa manus effugit imago
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three time the shade caught at in vain escaped from my hands
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par leuibus uentis uolucrique simillima somno
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like fleet wind and very like winged sleep
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sic demum socios consumpta nocte reuiso
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thus at length when the night had passed, I revisit my comrades
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Atque hic ingentem comitum adfluxisse nouorum inuenio admirans numerum,
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and here I find to my surprise that a vast number of new companions have flocked in
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matresque uirosque, collectam exsilio pubem, miserabile uulgus.
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matrons and men and youth collected for exile a wretched throng
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undique conuenere animis opibusque parati
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from every side they flock, ready in heart and means (to follow me) over the sea
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in quascumque uelim pelago deducere terras
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to whatever land I wish to lead
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iamque iugis summae surgebat Lucifer Idae
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and now the morning star was rising over the ridge of lofty Ida
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ducebatque diem
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it was ushering in the day
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Danaique obsessa tenebant limina portarum
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the greeks were holding the blockades threshold of the gates
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nec spes opis ulla dabaturx
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nor did any hope of help appear
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cessi et sublato montis genitore petiui.
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I yielded to fate and taking up my father made for the mount
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hic solebat certare acie
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here they used to contend in battle
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procul 'o miseri, quae tanta insania, ciues?
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from afar unhappy citizens, what strange madness is this?
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aut ulla putatis dona carere dolis Danaum?
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or any gifts of the greeks can be free from guile?
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equo ne credite, Teucri
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do not trust the horse, trojans
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qualis ubi in lucem coluber mala gramina pastus
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just as when into the light a snake fed on poisonous herbs
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frigida bruma
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during the cold winter
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et linguis micat ore trisulcis
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and quivers with his 3-forked tongue in his mouth
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firma cauauit robora
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hollowed the sturdy oak
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inde domum, si forte pedem, si forte tulisset me refero
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first I betake myself home if perchance if perchance she may have borne her steps (thither)
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Iunonis asylo
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in the sanctuary of juno
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principio repeto muros obscuraque limina portae qua gressum extuleram, repeto et uestigia retro
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first of all I seek again the walls and dark threshold of the gate by which I had borne my steps out
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ingeminans nequiquam maestusque iterumque iterumque uocaui Creusam
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repeating in vain and sorrowfully again and again I called creusa
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tum sic adfari et curas his demere dictis
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then she addressed me and removed my anxiety with these words
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aut ille sinit superi regnator Olympi
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or does the great ruler of heaven above permit it
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aut Grais seruitum matribus ibo
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nor shall I go to be a slave to greek matrons
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fracti bello fatisque repulsi
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crushed by war and beaten back by destiny
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insula notissima fama
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an island wellknown to fame
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dives opum
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rich in resources
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ergo omnis teucria solvit se longo luctu
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and so all troy relaxes itself from its long struggle
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sic fatus contorsit validis ingentem uiribus hastam
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having said this, he hurled a great spear with all his might
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vellit perrumpit a cardine postis aeratos
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he wants to wrench from their hinges the bronze posts
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quorum menti melior sententia
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those in whose mind was a better thought
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sedemque sacratam antiquae Cereris
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to the sacred temple
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quaeque ipse miserrima uidi
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those very sad sights which I myself saw
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et iam nox umida caelo praecipitat suadentque cadentia sidera somnos
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and now damp night is falling from the sky and the setting stars invite sleep
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breuiter Troiae supremum audire laborem
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briefly to listen to the last struggle of troy
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instar montis equum diuina Palladis arte aedificant
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they build a horse as large as a mountain by the heavenly skill of pallas
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ea fama uagatur
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that rumor spreads
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penitus complent ingentis cavernas uterumque
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far within they fill its huge cavity and womb
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