Virgil Aenied GCSE lines 12-123

urbs antiqua fuit,

There was an ancient city,

Tyrii tenuere coloni,

The Tyrian settlers possessed it,

Karthago, Italiam contra

Carthage, opposite Italy

Tiberinaque longe ostia,

and the mouth of the river Tiber far away

dives opum

rich in resources

studiisque asperrima belli;

and very fierce in war's activities

quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam ... coluisse

which alone Juno is said to have cared for more than all other lands

posthabita ... Samo

Since she esteemed Samos less

hic illius arma,

here was her armour,

hic currus fuit;

here was her chariot;

dea ... iam tum tenditque fovetque

even then the goddess both aimed and cherished the aim

hoc regnum ... gentibus esse,

That this city should be the kingdom of all races

si qua fata sinant,

if the fates allowed it in any way

progeniem sed enim Troiano a sanguine duci audierat

But in face she had heard that offspring was being produced from Trojan blood

Tyrias olim quae verteret arces;

To overthrow the Tyrian citadels some day.

hinc populum ... venturum

from this people would come

late regem belloque superbum

as the king ruling far and wide, arrogant in war

excidio Libyae:

To destroy Libya

sic volvere Parcas.

thus the fates were bringing to pass

id metuens, veterisque memor Saturnia belli,

The daughter of Saturn fearing this and, mindful of the old war

prima quod ad Troiam pro caris gesserat Argis

which previously she had waged near Troy on behalf of her beloved Greeks

necdum etiam

For even now

causae irarum saevique dolores exciderant animo:

the causes of her outburst of anger and her savage pains had not yet

manet alta mente repostum iudicium Paridis

disappeared from her mind: the judgement of Paris

spretaeque iniuria formae,

and the insult done to her spurned beauty

et genus invisum,

and the hated race

et rapti Ganymedis honores.

and the honours given to the snatched Ganymede. remained buried deep in her mind.

his accensa super,

She as well fired up by these issues

Troas, reliquias Danaum ... arcebat

The remnants left by the Greeks

atque immitis Achilli,

and savage Achilles

longe Latio,

far from Latium,

iactatos aequore toto

storm-tossed in every corner of the sea;

multosque per annos errabant

and for many years they wandered

maria omnia circum.

around all the seas

acti fatis

driven by the fates

tantae molis erat

Such a great undertaking it was

Romanam condere gentem!

to found the Roman race!

vix e conspectu

Scarcely out of sight

Siculae telluris

of the land of Sicily,

in altum vela dabant laeti,

they were happily sailing into the high seas

et spumas salis aere ruebant,

and churning up the foam of the salty sea on their bronze prow

cum Iuno,

Since Juno,

aeternum servans sub pectore vulnus,

retaining the everlasting wound beneath her breast,

haec secum:

said these words within herself:

"mene incepto desistere victam,

"To think that I, defeated should give up my purpose

nec posse Italia Teucrorum avertere regem?

And not be able to turn away the king of the Trojans from Italy?

quippe vetor fatis.

Of course, I am forbidden by the fates

Pallasne exurere classem Argivum ... potuit

Wasn't Pallas able to burn up a fleet of the Greeks

atque ipsos ... submergere ponto,

and drown the Greeks themselves in the sea,

unius ob noxam et furias Aiacis Oilei?

all because of one man's offence and the madness of Ajax son of Oileus?

ipsa, Iovis rapidum iaculata e nubibus ignem,

She hurled the swift fire of Jupiter from the clouds,

disiecitque rates

Both scattered the ships

evertitque aequora ventis,

and upturned the seas with winds,

illum expirantem transfixo pectore flammas

Ajax while he, as he breathed out flames from his pierced chest,

turbine corripuit

she snatched [him] up in a whirlwind

scopuloque infixit acuto.

and impaled [him] on a sharp rock.

ast ego, quae divum incedo regina,

Yet I, who walks about as queen of the gods,

'Iovisque et soror et coniunx,'

both the sister and the wife of Jupiter,

bella gero

have been waging war

una cum gente

with one race

tot annos.

for so many years.

et quisquam numen Iunonis adoret praeterea

And does anyone worship the divine power of Juno anymore

aut supplex aris imponet honorem?'

or in supplication will place an offering upon her altars?"

flammato ... corde

With her heart inflamed,

talia ... secum dea ... volutans

the goddess, turning over such thoughts within herslef

nimborum in patriam ... Aeoliam venit

went into Aeolia, the land of the clouds,

loca feta

an area teeming

furentibus austris

with the raging south winds.

hic ... rex Aeolus

Here, King Aeolus,

vasto ... antro

in a vast cave,

imperio premit

with [his] power confines

luctantes ventos tempestatesque sonoras

the struggling winds and sounding storms,

ac vinclis et carcere frenat.

and he curbs them with chains and in prison.

illi indignantes

They, indignant

magno cum murmure ... fremunt

accompanied by the mighty murmur of the mountain

montis circum claustra

roar around the prison bars

sedet Aeolus

Aeolus sits

celsa ... arce

in [his] lofty citadel,

sceptra tenens,

holding a sceptre,

mollitque animos

soothes their feelings

et temperat iras.

and restrains their rages.

ni faciat,

If he did not,

quippe ferant rapidi

they would doubteless rapidly carry off

maria ac terras

the seas and the lands

caelumque profundum ... secum

and the high heavens with them

verrantque per auras.

and sweep them through the breeze

sed pater omnipotens

But the omnipotent father,

hoc metuens,

fearing this,

speluncis abdidit atris,

hid [them] away in dark caverns,

molemque et montes insuper altos imposuit

Placed them in a mass of high mountains and top

regemque dedit,

and gave [them] a king,

qui foedere certo ... sciret

who by a fixed covenant knew

et premere

both how to tighten

et laxas ... dare iussus habenas.

and to give them loose reins when ordered.

ad quem tum Iuno supplex

Toward him then Juno, in supplication

his vocibus usa est:

used these words:

'Aeole, namque tibi

"Aeolus, to you"

divum pater atque hominum rex

the father of the gods and the king of men

et mulcere dedit fluctus

gave [the power] both to calm the waves

et tollere vento,

and to raise up the wind.