5 min readโขjune 18, 2024
Riya Patel
Jack Marso
Riya Patel
Jack Marso
After insults his father and asks him to act upon the โmarriageโ of Dido and Aeneas, comprehends his request and sends , the messenger god, to Aeneas. Mercury is instructed to inform Aeneas to leave where Mercury will now spot Aeneas managing the building of the new city. Letโs watch how this conversation plays out.
**Check outย Lines 259-295 of Vergil, Aeneid, Book 4!ย **
Ipse deum tibi mฤ clฤrล dฤmittit Olympล
rฤgnฤtor, caelum et terrฤs quฤซ nลซmine torquet,
ipse haec ferre iubet celerฤs mandฤta per aurฤs:
quid struis? Aut quฤ spฤ Libycฤซs teris ลtia terrฤซs ?
Sฤซ tฤ nลซlla movet tantฤrum glลria rฤrum
nec super ipse tuฤ mลlฤซris laude labลrem,
Ascanium surgentem et spฤs hฤrฤdis Iลซlฤซ
respice, cui rฤgnum ฤชtaliae Rลmฤnaque tellลซs
dฤbฤtur.'ย
At vฤrล Aenฤฤs aspectลซ obmลซtuit ฤmฤns ,
arrฤctaeque horrลre comae et vลx faucibus haesit.
ฤrdet abฤซre fugฤ dulcฤsque relinquere terrฤs,
attonitus tantล monitลซ imperiลque deลrum.
Heu, quid agat? Quล nunc rฤgฤซnam ambฤซre furentem
audeat adfฤtลซ? quae prima exordia sumat?
atque animum nunc hลซc celerem nunc dฤซvidit illลซcย
in partฤsque rapit variฤs perque omnia versat.ย
Translate these lines as literally as possible
Aeneas, bewildered at the sight, was astonished, and his hair rose in shock, and his voice fixed in his throat. He was glad to have departed, fleeing, and leave that glorious land, startled by the warning and the divinity's command. Alas! What do I do? With what words shall I take up for the love-sick queen? What opening words should I select? And he drew his mind back and forth quickly, contemplated the situation from all perspectives, and altered it in every way.