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Unam, qua Lycios fidumque vehebat Oronten, ipsius ante oculos ingens a vertice pontus,
In puppim ferit: excutitus pronusque magister volvitur in caput; ast illam ter fluctus ibidem
Torquet agens circum, et rapidus vorat aequore vortex. Apparent rari nantes in gurgite vasto,
Arma virum tabulaque, et Troia gaza per undas. Iam validam Ilionei navem, iam fortis Achati, et qua
Vectus Abas, et qua grandaevus Aletes, vicit hiems; laxis laterum compagibus omnes accipiunt inimicum
Imbrem, nimisque fatiscunt.
One [ship], which was carrying the Lycians and faithful Orontes, in front of the eyes of [Aeneas] himself, the vast sea struck from on high in its stern; the helmsman was dashed out [of the ship] face downwards and rolled on to his head; but three times in that same place the sea rotated it [the ship], driving it round [and round], and the violent whirlpool swallowed [it] up in the sea. People swimming appeared here and there in the vast gulf, [and] men’s weapons, and planks, and the Trojan treasure amid the waves. Now the storm overwhelmed Ilioneus’ strong ship, now that of brave Achates, and the one on which Abas was travelling, and the one aged Aletes [was on]. With the bolts of their sides loosened, they all took on board water [lit. rain], their enemy, and gaped at the seams.
