Latin GCSE - The Odyssey X 31-49

pars stupet innuptae donum exitiale Minervae

Some of them were amazed at the fatal gift to unmarried Minerva

et molem mirantur equi; primusque Thymoetes

and wondered at the huge size of the horse; and Thymoetes first

duci intra muros hortatur et arce locari,

encouraged it to be left within the walls and to be placed on the citadel

sive dolo seu iam Troiae sic fata ferebant.

whether by treachery or the fates of Troy were already going in that direction.

at Capys, et quorum melior sententia menti,

But Capys, and those whose mind had better opinion,

aut pelago Danaum insidias suspectaque dona praecipitare iubent

ordered us either to hurl the treachery and suspected gifts of the Greeks into the sea

praecipitare iubent subiectisque urere flammis,

and to burn it with flames thrown underneath it,

aut terebrare cavas uteri et temptare latebras.

or to bore a hole through and test the hollow hiding places of its womb.

scinditur incertum studia in contraria vulgus.

The uncertain crowd was split into opposing factions.

primus ibi ante omnes magna comitante caterva

First there, before everyone, with a great crowd attending him

Laocoon ardens summa decurrit ab arce,

Laocoon, blazing, ran down from the top of the citadel,

et procul ‘o miseri, quae tanta insania, cives?

And from a distance: 'Wretched citizens, what such great madness is this?

creditis avectos hostes? aut ulla putatis

Do you believe that the enemy have sailed away?

dona carere dolis Danaum? sic notus Ulixes?

Or do you think that any gifts of the Greeks are without tricks? Is this how Ulysses (is) known?

aut hoc inclusi ligno occultantur Achivi,

Either the Greeks are hidden, shut inside this wood,

aut haec in nostros fabricata est machina muros,

or this machine of war has been built against our walls,

inspectura domos venturaque desuper urbi,

to spy on our homes and to come upon the city from above,

aut aliquis latet error; equo ne credite, Teucri.

or some other deception lies hidden; do not trust the horse, Trojans.

quidquid id est, timeo Danaos et dona ferentes.’

Whatever it is, I fear the Greeks even when they bring gifts.'