II. 225 to 249 and assignment

For Friday: Study Book II lines 1-56 and 199-249, and do Lesson 13 Multiple Choice.


Aeneid II. 225 to 249
225 At gemini lapsu delubra ad summa dracones
But by gliding the twin snakes escape to the highest temple and seek
226 effugiunt saeuaeque petunt Tritonidis arcem,
the citadel of savage Minerva,
227 sub pedibusque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur.
and under the feet of the goddess and under the curve of the shield they are
hidden.
228 Tum vero tremefacta novus per pectora cunctis
Then indeed a new fear creeps through the terrified hearts in [us] all,
229 insinuat pavor, et scelus expendisse merentem
and they say that deserving Laocoon paid for the crime,
230 Laocoonta ferunt, sacrum qui cuspide robur
who wounded the sacred oak with a spear
231 laeserit et tergo sceleratam intorserit hastam.
and hurled a wicked spear into [the horse’s] back.
subjunctive
verbs
232 ducendum ad sedes simulacrum orandaque divae
They exclaim that the image should be led to the seats [of the gods]
233 numina conclamant.
and the divine powers of the goddess must be sought.
234 Dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis.
We divide the walls and open the gates of the city.
235 accingunt omnes operi pedibusque rotarum
All gird [themselves] to the task and put beneath the feet [of the horse] glidings
of wheels,
236 subiciunt lapsus, et stuppea vincula collo
and extend hemp cables from the neck;
237 intendunt; scandit fatalis machina muros
the fatal machine scales the walls,
238 feta armis. Pueri circum innuptaeque puellae
pregnant with weapons. The boys and unmarried girls sing holy things around
[it]
239 sacra canunt funemque manu contingere gaudent;
and rejoice to touch the rope with their hands;
240 illa subit mediaeque minans inlabitur urbi.
that [device] goes up and threatening glides into the middle of the city.
241 O patria, o divum domus Ilium et incluta bello
Oh fatherland, oh Troy home of the gods and the walls of the Trojans
personification/
apostrophe
renowned for war!
242 moenia Dardanidum! Quater ipso in limine portae
Four times it stopped in the very threshold of the gate
243 substitit atque utero sonitum quater arma dedere;
and four times in the belly the weapons gave a noise;
244 instamus tamen immemores caecique furore
nevertheless we press on unmindful and blinded by rage
245 et monstrum infelix sacrata sistimus arce.
and we stopped the unlucky monster at the sacred citadel.
246 Tunc etiam fatis aperit Cassandra futuris
Even at that time Cassandra opens her mouths [words] by means of future
fates
247 ora dei iussu non umquam credita Teucris.
by the order of the god [Apollo] not ever believed by the Trojans.
248 Nos delubra deum miseri, quibus ultimus esset
We miserable ones cover the shrines of the gods, with festive foliage through the
city,
249 ille dies, festa velamus fronde per urbem.”
for whom that was the final day.”