Lines 362-398 Flashcards by Elizabeth Baxter

What happens in lines 308-361?

Turnus gets ready and the battle begins. Fighting between Aeneas and Latins (ranks of farmers). He asks Achates for spears, with which he then kills Maeon.

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at parte ex alia

but elsewhere

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qua…intulerat torrens

where a torrent had carried forward

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saxa rotantia late

rocks, rolling along far and wide

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arbustaque diruta ripis

and trees torn up from river banks

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Arcadas…ut vidit Pallas

Pallas, when he saw his Arcadians

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insuetos acies inferre pedestres

not used to carrying forward the battle-lines on foot

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Latio dare terga sequaci

turning their backs to the pursuing Latins

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natura loci…quando

since the nature of the place

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aspera aquis

roughened by the waters

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dimittere…suasit equos

persuaded them to release their horses

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unum quod…restat

the one thing that remained

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rebus…egenis

in dire necessity

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nunc prece, nunc dictis…amaris

now with a prayer, now with bitter words

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virtutem accendit

he fired up their courage

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quo fugitis socii?

where are you fleeing to, comrades?

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per vos et fortia facta

by you and your brave deeds

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per ducis Euandri nomen

by the name of Evander our leader

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devictaque bella

and the wars you have won

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spemque meam…quae

and by my hope, which

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aemula

aspiring to equal

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patriae…laudi

my father’s renown

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nunc subit

now rises

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fidite ne pedibus

do not trust in your feet

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rumpenda...est via

you must carve a path

ferro...per hostes

with your swords through the enemy

qua globus ille virum

where that knot of men

densissimus urget

presses most densely

hac...reposcit

in this direction...demands

patria alta

your glorious fatherland

vos et Pallanta ducem

you and your leader Pallas

numina nulla premunt

no divinities are pressing on us

urgemur...mortales

we mortals are being assailed

mortali...ab hoste

by a mortal enemy

totidem nobis

we have just the same number

animaeque manusque

of both souls and hands

ecce maris...pontus

look! the ocean [pleonasm]

magna claudit nos obice

encloses us with a great barrier

deest iam terra fugae

there is no land left to flee

pelagus Troiamne petamus?

are we to make for the sea or the Trojan camp?

haec ait, et...prorumpit

he said these things and burst forth

medius densos...in hostes

into the midst of the closely-packed enemy

obvius huic primum...fit Lagus

Lagus came to meet him first

fatis adductus iniquis

enticed by unjust fate

hunc...figit

Pallas hit him

intorto...telo

with his spear that he had whirled

vellit...dum

while he was tearing up

magno...pondere saxum

a rock of great weight

per medium

right through him

qua spina

where his spine

discrimina costis...dabat

divided his ribs

hastamque receptat

and he recovered his spear

ossibus haerentem

though it was stuck in the bones

non...Hisbo

Hisbo did not

quem...super occupat

catch him out as he stooped over Lagus

ille quidem hoc sperans

although he was hoping to

nam Pallas ante

for Pallas, getting in first

ruentem...excipit

intercepted him as he was rushing forwards

dum furit

while he was in a rage

incautum crudeli morte sodalis

off his guard because of his friend's cruel death

atque ensem...recondit

and buried his sword

tumido in pulmone

in his swelling lungs

hinc Sthenium petit et

after him he attacked Sthenius, and

Anchemolum Rhoeti de gente vetusta

Anchemolus of the ancient family of Rhoetus

ausum incestare

who dared to sully

thalamos novercae

his step-mother's marriage chamber

vos etiam, gemini, Rutulis cecidistis in arvis

you too, twins, fell in Rutulian fields

Daucia, Laride Thymberque, simillima proles

Laridus and Thymber, most alike offspring of Daucus

indiscreta...gratusque...error

indistinguishable and a welcome source of mistakes

suis...parentibus

for your own parents

at nunc...dedit...Pallas

but now Pallas made

dura...vobis discrimina

a harsh distinction between you

nam...Thymbre...Euandrius...ensis

for, Thymber, the sword of Evander

tibi...caput...abstulit

took away your head

decisa...Laride, dextera

your severed right hand, Laridus

te...suum...quaerit

searched for you as its owner

semianimesque micant digiti

and your half-dead fingers twitched

ferrumque retractant

and clutched at your sword

mixtus dolor et pudor

grief mixed with shame

accensos monitu

inflamed by the warning

et praeclara tuentes facta viri

and watching the man's outstanding deeds

Arcadas...armat in hostes

roused the Arcadians...against their enemies

Who does Aeneas slay in lines 308-361 and how are they described?

Theron - noblest of men Lichas - consecrated to Apollo, born by C-section after his mother's death Cisseus - tough Gyas - huge Pharus - uttering words in vain, noisy gullet Cydon - unhappy Maeon - smashing breastplate and breast in one go

What happens when Venus deflects the spears?

The seven children of Phorcus threw the spears. Some spears only glanced off Aeneas, others would have injured him had Venus not deflected them. As a result they only grazed his body.

Lines 362-398 Flashcards

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