Aeneid, Book 1: Lines 247-260

Summary: Peace and Promises. Oh, and Jupiter smackin' a peck on Venus' lips. Incest! But not really.



247-Hic tamen ille urbem Patavi sedesque locavit
248-Teucrorum, et genti nomen dedit, armaque fixit
249-Troia; nunc placida compostus pace quiescit:

247-Nevertheless , in this region, that man (Antenor) establishes a city of Patavium

248-and the seats of the Torjans, and this name he gives to his people, and he hung the

249-Trojan armor; now that is to rest, settled in tranquil peace:

250-nos, tua progenies, caeli quibus adnuis arcem,
251-navibus (infandum!) amissis, unius ob iram
252-prodimur atque Italis longe disiungimur oris.
253-Hic pietatis honos? Sic nos in sceptra reponis?'

250-But we, your offspring, for whom the span of the heavens have promised to you

251-with ships having been lost on the account of the (unspeakable!) one,

252-are betrayed and are kept far away from the shores of Italy.

253-This is the reward for the pious? In this way, you restore us to power?

254-Olli subridens hominum sator atque deorum,
255-voltu, quo caelum tempestatesque serenat,
256-oscula libavit natae, dehinc talia fatus:

254-That creator of men and of god, giving a smile to that one,

255-with a look, by which he calms the storms and the sky,

256-kisses the lips of his sister, then says such things:

257-'Parce metu, Cytherea: manent immota tuorum
258-fata tibi; cernes urbem et promissa Lavini
259-moenia, sublimemque feres ad sidea caeli
260-magnanium Aenean; neque me sententia vertit.

257-Put aside your fear, Cytherean one, fate remains unshaken

258-to your Trojans; you will see the city and the walls and the promise of Lavinium,

259-and your lofty Aeneas brought to the great spirited stars;

260-nor has any opinion swayed me.