Lines 145-171

Question 1

His lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro.

Answer 1

We grant his life [in response] to these tears, and going further, we begin to pity him.

Question 2

ipse viro primus manicas atque arta levari

Answer 2

Priam himself is the first to order the handcuffs and tight chains to be released from the man

Question 3

vincla iubet Priamus dictisque ita fatur amicis:

Answer 3

and he addresses him as follows with these friendly words:

Question 4

‘quisquis es, amissos hinc iam obliviscere Graios;

Answer 4

‘Whoever you are, henceforth forget, now that you have lost the Greeks;

Question 5

noster eris. mihique haec edissere vera roganti:

Answer 5

you will be one of us. And explain these things truly to me when I ask:

Question 6

quo molem hanc immanis equi statuere? quis auctor?

Answer 6

‘For what purpose have they constructed this massive structure of a huge horse? Who is the deviser?

Question 7

quidve petunt? quae religio? aut quae machina belli?’

Answer 7

Or what are they seeking? Is it some religious duty? Or is it some engine of war?’

Question 8

dixerat. ille dolis instructus et arte Pelasga

Answer 8

He finished speaking. He, well-versed in trickery and in Greek cunning,

Question 9

sustulit exutas vinclis ad sidera palmas:

Answer 9

raised his palms, which had been stripped from his bonds, to the stars:

Question 10

‘vos, aeterni ignes, et non violabile vestrum

Answer 10

he said, ‘I call you to witness, eternal fire, and your inviolable power,

Question 11

testor numen,’ ait, ‘vos arae ensesque nefandi,

Answer 11

you altars and unspeakable swords,

Question 12

quos fugi, vittaeque deum, quas hostia gessi:

Answer 12

which I escaped, and the gods’ garlands, which I wore as a sacrificial victim:

Question 13

fas mihi Graiorum sacrata resolvere iura,

Answer 13

Let it be right for me to break the sacred oaths of the Greeks,

Question 14

fas odisse viros atque omnia ferre sub auras,

Answer 14

let it be right to hate the men and to bring everything out into the open,

Question 15

si qua tegunt; teneor patriae nec legibus ullis.

Answer 15

if they are concealing any things, I am not bound by any laws of my native land.

Question 16

tu modo promissis maneas servataque serves

Answer 16

Let you, Troy, just stick to your promises and, since you have been saved,

Question 17

Troia fidem, si vera feram, si magna rependam.

Answer 17

keep your promise, if I am relating the truth, if I repay you greatly.

Question 18

omnis spes Danaum et coepti fiducia belli

Answer 18

Every hope of the Greeks and their confidence in the war undertaken

Question 19

Palladis auxiliis semper stetit. impius ex quo

Answer 19

always depended on the help of Pallas. But in fact, from the time when the ungodly

Question 20

Tydides sed enim scelerumque inventor Ulixes,

Answer 20

son of Tydeus and Ulysses, creator of crimes,

Question 21

fatale adgressi sacrato avellere templo

Answer 21

having contrived to tear away the fateful Palladium from its consecrated temple,

Question 22

Palladium caesis summae custodibus arcis,

Answer 22

with the guards of the highest citadel slaughtered,

Question 23

corripuere sacram effigiem manibusque cruentis

Answer 23

they snatched the sacred statue and with bloodstained hands

Question 24

virgineas ausi divae contingere vittas,

Answer 24

they dared to touch the virgin garlands of the goddess,

Question 25

ex illo fluere ac retro sublapsa referri

Answer 25

from that time the hope of the Greeks ebbed away, and having sunk, was brought backwards

Question 26

spes Danaum, fractae vires, aversa deae mens.

Answer 26

their strength broken, the mind of the goddess opposed (to them).