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13 Cards in this Set
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O qui res hominumque deumque |
oh you who rule the affairs of men and gods |
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aeternis regis imperiis et fulmine terres |
with eternal power and who terrify with you thunderbolts |
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quid meus Aeneas in te committere tantum |
what so great a sin was my Aeneas able to commit against you |
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quid Troes potuere, quibus, tot funera passis |
what the trojans to whom, though they have suffered so many deaths, |
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cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis |
the whole circle of lands is closed for the sake of Italy |
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certe hinc Romanos olim, volventibus annis |
Surely you promised that from this stock one day with the rolling years there would be Romans |
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hinc fore ductores revocato a sanguine Teucri |
From the recalled blood of Teucar there would be leaders |
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qui mare, qui terras omni dicione tenerent |
who would hold over the sea, over all the lands |
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pollicitus, quae te, genitor, sententia vertit? |
What opinion has changed your mind Father? |
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hoc equidem occasum Troiae tristisque ruinas |
Indeed with this I used to alleviate the fall and sad ruins of Troy |
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solabar, fatis contraria fata rependens |
weighing these fates against those |
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nunc eadem fortuna viros tot casibus actos insequitur. |
But now the same ill fortune pursues men who have been driven by so many disasters |
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quem das finem, rex magne, laborum |
What end do you give great king to their toils |
