Aeneid at my pace: June 2005

quam Iuno fertur terris magis omnibus unam posthabita coluisse Samo:

- and it is said that Juno loved this land uniquely beyond all others; even Samos came second

hic illius arma, hic currus fuit;

- here she kept her chariot and armor

tantaene animis caelestibus irae?

- Can such resentment hold the minds of gods?

Urbs antiqua fuit (Tyrii tenuere coloni) Karthago

- There once was an ancient city called Carthage, a colony of refugees from Tyre

Italiam contra Tiberinaque longe ostia

- a city facing Italy, but far away from Tiber's mouth:

dives opum studiisque asperrima belli,

- Carthage had wealth and power; and had skill and ferocity in war,

dum conderet urbem inferretque deos Latio;

- until he brought a city into being and carried in his gods to Latium;

genus unde Latinum Albanique patres atque altae moenia Romae

- and that was the origin of the Latin race, the Lords of Alba, and the proud battlements of Rome.

Musa, mihi causas memora,

- Tell me the reason, Muse:

quo numine laeso quidve dolens regina deum tot volvere casus insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores impulerit.

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Aeneid at my pace