Virgil Pg 5 (679-689) Flashcards

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at pater Anchises penitus convalle virenti inclusas animas superumque ad lumen ituras lustrabat studio recolens, omnemque suorum forte recensebat numerum, carosque nepotes fataque fortunasque virum moresque manusque.

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But father Anchises, deep within a green valley, was reviewing the souls [who were] confined [there] and about to go to the light of the world above, surveying them with zeal, and by chance was counting the whole number of his family, his beloved descendants and the destinies and fortunes of the men, and their customs and [works of] their hands.

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isque ubi tendentem adversum per gramina vidit Aenean, alacris palmas utrasque tetendit, effusaeque genis lacrimae et vox excidit ore:

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And when he saw Aeneas opposite him making his way through the grass, he eagerly stretched out both palms, tears poured forth from his eyes and his voice slipped out from his mouth

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‘venisti tandem, tuaque exspectata parenti
vicit iter durum pietas?

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‘Have you come at last, and has your dutifulness, awaited by your parent, overcome the hard journey?

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datur ora tueri, nate, tua et notas audire et reddere voces?

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Is it granted to look upon your face, o son, and to hear and answer your well-known voice?

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