Section 4, Lines 105-144

Question 1

Tum vero ardemus scitari et quaerere causas,

Answer 1

Then truly we burn to ask questions and to seek reasons,

Question 2

ignari scelerum tantorum artisque Pelasgae.

Answer 2

unaware of such great wickedness and of Pelasgian cunning.

Question 3

prosequitur pavitans et ficto pectore fatur:

Answer 3

He continues, trembling, and speaks with feigned feelings/emotion;

Question 4

‘Saepe fugam Danai Troia cupiere relicta

Answer 4

‘Often the Greeks have wanted to accomplish their retreat, with Troy deserted,

Question 5

moliri et longo fessi discedere bello;

Answer 5

and to depart, tired from long war;

Question 6

fecissentque utinam! saepe illos aspera ponti

Answer 6

And if only they had done [that]! Often the harsh tempest of the sea

Question 7

interclusit hiems et terruit Auster euntes.

Answer 7

has prevented them and Auster terrified them as they set out.

Question 8

praecipue cum iam hic trabibus contextus acernis

Answer 8

Especially when now the horse stood here, interwoven with beams of maple,

Question 9

staret equus, toto sonuerunt aethere nimbi.

Answer 9

rainclouds resounded through the whole sky.

Question 10

suspensi Eurypylum scitatum oracula Phoebi

Answer 10

Anxious, we sent Eurypylus to ask the oracles of Pheobus,

Question 11

mittimus, isque adytis haec tristia dicta reportat:

Answer 11

and he brings back these sad words from the shrines.

Question 12

‘Sanguine placastis ventos et virgine caesa,

Answer 12

‘You pacified the winds by blood and through a girl slaughtered,

Question 13

cum primum Iliacas, Danai, venistis ad oras:

Answer 13

O Greeks, when you first came to the shores of Troy:

Question 14

sanguine quaerendi reditus animaque litandum

Answer 14

[your] return must be sought by blood and it must be made favourable by an Argive soul.’

Question 15

Argolica.’ vulgi quae vox ut venit ad auris,

Answer 15

When this speech came to the ears of the people,

Question 16

obstipuere animi gelidusque per ima cucurrit

Answer 16

their minds were astounded and an icy shudder ran through the depths of their bones

Question 17

ossa tremor, cui fata parent, quem poscat Apollo.

Answer 17

[wondering] for whom the fates make preparations, whom Apollo demands.

Question 18

hic Ithacus vatem magno Calchanta tumultu

Answer 18

Here, in the great commotion, the Ithacan drags the priest Calchas forward into the middle

Question 19

protrahit in medios; quae sint ea numina divum

Answer 19

He demands [to know] what the divine will of the gods is (in this case)

Question 20

flagitat, et mihi iam multi crudele canebant

Answer 20

and many already began to predict to me the cruel

Question 21

artificis scelus, et taciti ventura videbant.

Answer 21

crime of the schemer, and silent, they were seeing what would transpire.

Question 22

bis quinos silet ille dies tectusque recusat

Answer 22

For two times five days he is silent, and concealed he refuses

Question 23

prodere voce sua quemquam aut opponere morti.

Answer 23

to betray anyone with his own voice, or to condemn [anyone] to death.

Question 24

vix tandem, magnis Ithaci clamoribus actus,

Answer 24

Scarcely at last, driven on by the great shouts of the Ithacan,

Question 25

composito rumpit vocem et me destinat arae.

Answer 25

with this having been agreed, he breaks his silence /[as agreed] and nominates me for the altar.

Question 26

adsensere omnes et, quae sibi quisque timebat,

Answer 26

Everyone agreed and, the things which each was fearing for himself,

Question 27

unius in miseri exitium conversa tulere.

Answer 27

they tolerated when exchanged for the death of one wretched man.

Question 28

iamque dies infanda aderat; mihi sacra parari

Answer 28

And now the appalling day was approaching; sacred rites began to be prepared for me,

Question 29

et salsae fruges et circum tempora vittae.

Answer 29

and salted grain, and ribbons around my temples.

Question 30

eripui, fateor, leto me et vincula rupi,

Answer 30

I snatched myself from death, I confess, and I burst the chains,

Question 31

limosoque lacu per noctem obscurus in ulva

Answer 31

and by a slimy lake, through the dark night, I hid in the sedge

Question 32

delitui dum vela darent, si forte dedissent.

Answer 32

until they should set sail, if, by chance, they would have done.

Question 33

nec mihi iam patriam antiquam spes ulla videndi

Answer 33

Nor is there any hope for me now of seeing my former homeland,

Question 34

nec dulcis natos exoptatumque parentem,

Answer 34

or my sweet children and longed-for father

Question 35

quos illi fors et poenas ob nostra reposcent

Answer 35

whom they will maybe even claim punishment on because of my flight

Question 36

effugia, et culpam hanc miserorum morte piabunt.

Answer 36

and they will atone for this offence, by the death of the[se] poor people.

Question 37

quod te per superos et conscia numina veri,

Answer 37

Now, I beg you, by the gods and divine powers knowing of the truth,

Question 38

per si qua est quae restet adhuc mortalibus usquam

Answer 38

by whatever honour there is which may still remain unimpaired anywhere for mortals,

Question 39

intemerata fides, oro, miserere laborum

Answer 39

pity such great toils,

Question 40

tantorum, miserere animi non digna ferentis.

Answer 40

pity a soul bearing things not deserved.