Lines 195-227

Question 1

Talibus insidiis periurique arte Sinonis

Answer 1

Through such deception, and through the skill of treacherous Sinon

Question 2

credita res, captique dolis lacrimisque coactis

Answer 2

the story was believed, and they were taken in by tricks and forced tears,

Question 3

quos neque Tydides nec Larisaeus Achilles,

Answer 3

whom neither the son of Tydeus nor Achilles of Larissa,

Question 4

non anni domuere decem, non mille carinae.

Answer 4

nor ten years, nor a thousand ships had conquered.

Question 5

Hic aliud maius miseris multoque tremendum

Answer 5

Here something else, greater and much more dreadful

Question 6

obicitur magis atque improvida pectora turbat.

Answer 6

is cast on us wretched people and disturbs our unsuspecting hearts.

Question 7

Laocoon, ductus Neptuno sorte sacerdos,

Answer 7

Laocoon, having been chosen by lot as a priest of Neptune,

Question 8

sollemnes taurum ingentem mactabat ad aras.

Answer 8

was slaying a huge bull at the customary altars.

Question 9

ecce autem gemini a Tenedo tranquilla per alta

Answer 9

But behold, twin serpents leaning upon the sea from [the island of] Tenedos through the calm depths

Question 10

(horresco referens) immensis orbibus angues

Answer 10

(I shudder telling it) with their immense coils

Question 11

incumbunt pelago pariterque ad litora tendunt;

Answer 11

and together they make for the shores;

Question 12

pectora quorum inter fluctus arrecta iubaeque

Answer 12

their breasts are lifted up among the waves and their blood-red crests

Question 13

sanguineae superant undas, pars cetera pontum

Answer 13

top the waves, and the other part

Question 14

pone legit sinuatque immensa volumine terga.

Answer 14

skims the sea behind and they curve their immense backs in a fold.

Question 15

fit sonitus spumante salo; iamque arva tenebant

Answer 15

A noise occurs from the foaming sea; and now they were reaching the fields

Question 16

ardentesque oculos suffecti sanguine et igni

Answer 16

and, their blazing eyes suffused with blood and fire,

Question 17

sibila lambebant linguis vibrantibus ora.

Answer 17

they were licking their hissing lips with quivering tongues.

Question 18

diffugimus visu exangues. illa agmine certo

Answer 18

We fled in all directions, aghast at the sight. On an unswerving course,

Question 19

Laocoonta petunt; et primum parva duorum

Answer 19

they make for Laocoon; and firstly,

Question 20

corpora natorum serpens amplexus uterque

Answer 20

each serpent, having embraced the small bodies of his two sons,

Question 21

implicat et miseros morsu depascitur artus;

Answer 21

coils around and feeds on their wretched limbs with a bite/[biting at them];

Question 22

post ipsum auxilio subeuntem ac tela ferentem

Answer 22

afterwards, they seize (Laocoon) himself, coming up to help and bringing weapons,

Question 23

corripiunt spirisque ligant ingentibus; et iam

Answer 23

and they bind him in their huge coils; and now,

Question 24

bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum

Answer 24

having twice enclosed his torso, having twice encircled his neck

Question 25

terga dati superant capite et cervicibus altis.

Answer 25

with their scaley bodies, they tower above (him) with their heads and high necks.

Question 26

ille simul manibus tendit divellere nodos

Answer 26

While he strains to tear away the coils with his hands

Question 27

perfusus sanie vittas atroque veneno,

Answer 27

his ribbons bathed in gore and black venom,

Question 28

clamores simul horrendos ad sidera tollit:

Answer 28

at the same time, he raises dreadful cries to the stars:

Question 29

qualis mugitus, fugit cum saucius aram

Answer 29

such bellowing as when a wounded bull has fled the altar

Question 30

taurus et incertam excussit cervice securim.

Answer 30

and shaken off the ill-aimed axe from its neck.

Question 31

at gemini lapsu delubra ad summa dracones

Answer 31

But the twin snakes with their slithering escape to the top of the shrines

Question 32

effugiunt saevaeque petunt Tritonidis arcem,

Answer 32

and seek the citadel of cruel Athena

Question 33

sub pedibusque deae clipeique sub orbe teguntur.

Answer 33

and they hide themselves under the feet of the goddess and beneath the circle of her shield.