1
cōnticuere͜ōmnēs,īntēntique͜ōrătĕnēbānt.
2
Advancementconticuere
Emphaticomnes
2
īndĕtŏrōpătĕrAēnēāssīcōrsŭsăbāltō:
3
Epithetpater indicates responsibility as well as respect
Hyperbatontoro alto
NoteGerundive
3
īnfāndūm,rĕgĭna͜,iūbēsrĕnŏvārĕdŏlōrĕm,
2
Noteinfandum usually used of something monstrous or supernatural
Hyperbatoninfandum dolorem
4
Troīānāsŭtŏpēsētlāmēntābĭlĕrēgnŭm
2
Noteut how - indirect question introduced by renovare
Notelamentabile a rare word introduced to poetry by Virgil
5
ēruērīntDānaī;quaēque͜īpsĕmĭsērrĭmăvīdĭ,
5
Enjambementeruerint Danai
NoteDanai name for the Greeks used most by Virgil and least by Homer.
Superlativemiserrima
NoteThe whole thing is an eye witness report – Virgil’s version of the tragic messenger speech.
NoteGerund
6
ētquōrūmpārsmāgnăfuĭ.quīstăliăfāndō
2
Polyptotonquaeque, quorum
Perfect tensefui
7
MӯrmĭdŏnūmDŏlŏpūmve͜aūtdūrīmīlĕsŬlīxĭ
4
Variatiove, aut
Epithetduri
TricolonMyrmidonum, Dolopum, Ulixi
NoteThe Myrmidons were led by Achilles; the Dolopes by Neoptolemus
8
tēmpĕrĕtālācrīmĭs?ĕtiāmnōxūmĭdăcaēlō
2
Displacementa lacrimis
NoteRQ
9
praēcĭpĭtāt,suādēntquĕcădēntĭăsīdĕrăsōmnōs.
6
Enjambementpraecipitat
Advancementsuadentiliad 1
Assonancesuadentque cadentia
Alliterationsidera somnos
RhythmThere is no strong caesura in midline and the last three words diminish syllable by syllable
NoteInf. used as if proceeded by a v. of desiring
10
sēdsītāntŭsămōrcāsūscōgnōscĕrĕnōstrōs
2
Notetāntŭs ămōr Understand tibi est
Hyperbatoncasus nostros
11
ētbrĕvĭtērTroīaēsūprēmum͜aūdīrĕlăbōrĕm,
1
Hyperbatonsupremum laborem
12
quāmquam͜ănĭmūsmĕmĭnīsse͜hōrrēt,lūctūquĕrĕfūgĭt,
1
Alliterationquamquam animus meminisse
13
īncĭpĭām.frāctībēllōfātīsquĕrĕpūlsī
3
Enjambementincipiam
Chiasmusfracti, bello, fatis, repulsi
Notearchaic gen.
1
They all fell silent, and fixed their eyes attentively on him.
2
Then father Aeneas, having risen from his tall couch [said]
3
O queen, you order [me] to repeat unspeakable pain,
4
how the Danaans destroyed the Trojan wealth and lamentable kingdom;
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and those most wretched things I have seen myself,
6
and of which I have been a large part. Who, of the Myrmidons
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or of the Dolopes, or even a soldier of harsh Ulysses speaking such things
8
could abstain from tears? and already the damp night is falling
9
from the sky and the setting stars are urging us to sleep.
10
But if your desire is so great to learn of our downfall
11
and to hear briefly the last agony of Troy,
12
Although my mind shudders to have remembered and fled with grief,
13
I shall begin. Broken by war and rejected by fate,