Aeneid at my pace: Chapter I (continues)

Wednesday, June 01, 2005

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,