Aneid 162-175

Question 1

omnis spes Danaum et coepti fiducia belli Palladis auxiliis semper stetit.

Answer 1

all the hope of the Greeks and the confidence to begin the war always stood on the help of Athena.

Question 2

impius ex quo Tydides sed enim scelerumque inventor Ulixes,

Answer 2

From that time when the impious son of Tydeus in fact and the originator of wicked things, Odysseus,

Question 3

fatale adgressi sacrato avellere templo Palladium caesis summae custodibus arcis,

Answer 3

daring to steal away from the sanctified temple the fateful Palladium having slaughtered the guards on the top of the citadel,

Question 4

corripuere sacram effigiem manibusque cruentis virgineas ausi divae contingere vittas,

Answer 4

carried off the sacred statue and with bloody hands dared to touch the virgin garlands of the goddess,

Question 5

ex illo fluere ac retro sublapsa referri spes Danaum, fractae vires, aversa deae mens.

Answer 5

from that time the hope of the Greeks ebbed away and having sunk under backwards receded, their strength broken, the mind of the goddess turned away.

Question 6

nec dubiis ea signa dedit Tritonia monstris.

Answer 6

And not with uncertain signs did Tritonia (Athena) give these signals.

Question 7

vix positum castris simulacrum: arsere coruscae luminibus flammae arrectis,

Answer 7

The statue was scarcely placed in the camp: glittering flames burned from awakened eyes,

Question 8

salsusque per artus sudor iit,

Answer 8

and along salted limbs sweat went,

Question 9

terque ipsa solo (mirabile dictu) emicuit parmamque ferens hastamque trementem.

Answer 9

and three times she herself from the ground (astonishing to report) sprung up carrying both a small shield and a trembling spear.