Virgil Aeneid VI: 752-759 & 788-800

Question 1

Dixerat Anchises, natumque unaque Sibyllam conventus trahit in medios turbamque sonantem

Answer 1

Anchises had spoken and he drew his son together with the Sibyl into the middle of the gathering and the noisy crowd

Question 2

Et tumulam capit, unde omnes longo ordine possit adversos legere, et venientum discere vultus

Answer 2

And he reached a mound, from which he could scan all those opposite in the long time and recognise the faces of those coming

Question 3

“Nunc age, Dardaniam prolem quae deinde sequatur gloria, qui maneant Itala de gente nepotes

Answer 3

“Come now, the glory which will follow your Trojan offspring then your descendants which await from the Italian race

Question 4

Inlustris animas nostrumque in nomen ituras expediam dictis, et te tua fata docebo

Answer 4

The illustrious souls which will come in our name, I will describe with word and I will teach you your fate

Question 5

“Huc geminas nunc flecte acies, hanc aspice gentem Romanosque tuos.

Answer 5

“Now turn your two eyes in this direction, look at this tribe and your Romans.

Question 6

Hic Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem.

Answer 6

Here is Caesar and all the offspring of Iulus, ready to come under the great vault of heaven

Question 7

Hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar

Answer 7

This man, this is he, whom you so often hear promised to you, Augustus Caesar

Question 8

Divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam,

Answer 8

Descended from a God, who will found a golden age again in Latium throughout the fields once ruled by Saturn,

Question 9

Super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium :

Answer 9

He will extend his power over both the Garamantes and Indians

Question 10

iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias

Answer 10

his land will lie beyond the stars, beyond the paths of the year and the Sun

Question 11

ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum

Answer 11

where sky-bearing Atlas turns the vault on his shoulder, inset with burning stars

Question 12

huius in adventum iam nunc et Caspia regna responsis horrent divom et Maeotia tellus, et septemgemini turbant trepida ostia Nili

Answer 12

Already now the Caspian kingdoms and the Maeotian land shudder at his coming with the oracles of the gods and the frightened seven mouths of the Nile churn