Aeneid 145-161 Flashcards
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his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro.
To these tears we grant life and begin to pity him voluntarily.
ipse viro primus manicas atque arta levari vincla iubet Priamus
Priam himself was the first to order that the man’s manacles and tight bonds be removed
dictisque ita fatur amicis: ‘quisquis es, amissos hinc iam obliviscere Graios;
and spoke thus with friendly words: “Whoever you are, from this point now forget the lost Greeks;
noster eris. mihique haec edissere vera roganti: quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere?
You will be ours. And explain truly to me asking these things: For what purpose did they construct this huge structure of an immense horse?
quis auctor? quidve petunt? quae religio? aut quae machina belli?’
Who is its author? And what do they seek? What religious duty? Or what machine of war?”
dixerat. ille dolis instructus et arte Pelasga sustulit exutas vinclis ad sidera palmas:
He had spoken. He (Sinon) prepared by treachery and Greek art, raised his palms stripped from his bonds to the stars:
‘vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum testor numen,’
“You, eternal fires, and your inviolate power I call to witness,”
ait, ‘vos arae ensesque nefandi, quos fugi, vittaeque deum, quas hostia gessi:
he said, “you altars and wicked swords, which I fled, and the garlands of the gods, which I wore, as a sacrificial victim:
fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere iura,
may it be right for me to annul the sanctified oaths of the Greeks,
fas odisse viros aque omnia ferre sub auras,
may it be right to hate the men and to bring everything out into the open,
si qua tegunt; teneor patriae nec legibus ullis.
if they are hiding any things; and I am held by no laws of my country.
tu modo promissis maneas servataque serves Troia fidem, si vera feram, si magna rependam.
Only may you stick to your promises and keep faith having been saved Troy, if I speak the truth, if pay you back great things.
