Met. 13.623Nōn tamen ēversam Troiae cum moenibus esse
spem quoque fāta sinunt: sacra et, sacra altera, patrem
625fert umerīs, venerābile onus, Cytherēius hērōs:
dē tantīs opibus praedam pius ēligit illam
Ascaniumque suum profugāque per aequora classe
fertur ab Antandrō scelerātaque līmina Thrācum
et Polydōrēō mānantem sanguine terram
630linquit et ūtilibus ventīs aestūque secundō
intrat Apollineam sociīs comitantibus urbem.Yet the fates do not allow hope too to be overthrown with the walls of Troy: the sacred objects and, a second sacred thing, his father, the Cytherean hero carries on his shoulders, a venerable burden: from such great wealth the dutiful man chooses that plunder, and his Ascanius, and with a fugitive fleet he is carried over the seas from Antandros, and leaves the accursed threshold of the Thracians and the land streaming with the blood of Polydorus, and with helpful winds and a favouring tide he enters Apollo's city, his comrades accompanying him. Met. 13.632Hunc Anius, quō rēge hominēs, antistite Phoebus
rīte colēbātur, templōque domōque recēpit
urbemque ostendit dēlūbraque nota duāsque
635Lātōnā quondam stirpēs pariente retentās.Anius, under whom as king men were ruled and as priest Phoebus was duly worshipped, received him in temple and home, and showed him the city and the famous shrines and the two trunks once grasped by Latona as she gave birth.
Met. 13.636Tūre datō flammīs vīnōque in tūra profūsō
caesārumque boum fībrīs dē mōre cremātīs
rēgia tēcta petunt positīsque tapētibus altīs
mūnera cum liquidō capiunt Cereālia Bacchō.When incense had been given to the flames and wine poured on the incense, and the entrails of slaughtered cattle burned according to custom, they make for the royal palace and, reclining on high-piled coverlets, partake of Ceres' gifts with flowing Bacchus. Met. 13.640Tum pius Anchīsēs: "Ō Phoebī lēcte sacerdōs,
fallor, an et nātum, cum prīmum haec moenia vīdī,
bisque duās nātās, quantum reminīscor, habēbās?"Then dutiful Anchises: 'O chosen priest of Phoebus, am I mistaken, or did you have a son too, when I first saw these walls, and twice two daughters, as far as I remember?' Met. 13.643Huic Anius niveīs circumdata tempora vittīs
concutiēns et trīstis ait: "Nōn falleris, hērōs
645maxime: vīdistī nātōrum quīnque parentem,
quem nunc (tanta hominēs rērum incōnstantia versat!)
paene vidēs orbum.To him Anius, shaking his temples bound with snowy fillets, said sadly: 'You are not mistaken, greatest of heroes: you saw a father of five children, whom now (such fickleness of fortune turns men about!) you see almost childless.
Met. 13.647Quod enim mihi fīlius absēns
auxilium, quem dicta suō dē nōmine tellūs
Andros habet prō patre locumque et regna tenentem?For what help to me is my absent son, whom the land called after his name, Andros, holds, occupying the place and the kingdom in his father's stead? Met. 13.650Dēlius augurium dedit huic, dedit altera Līber
fēmineae stirpī vōtō maiōra fidēque
mūnera: nam tāctū nātārum cūncta meārum
in segetem laticemque merī cānaeque Minervae
trānsfōrmābantur, dīvesque erat ūsus in illīs.The Delian god gave him the art of augury; Liber gave my female offspring other gifts, greater than prayer or belief: for at the touch of my daughters everything was transformed into corn and the liquid of wine and the oil of grey Minerva, and there was rich profit in them. Met. 13.655Hoc ubi cognōvit Troiae populātor Atrīdēs,
nē nōn ex aliquā vestram sēnsisse procellam
nōs quoque parte putēs, armōrum vīribus ūsus
abstrahit invītās gremiō genitōris, alantque
imperat Argolicam caelestī mūnere classem.When the son of Atreus, the destroyer of Troy, learned of this, so that you may not think that we too did not feel your storm in some measure, he used the force of arms to drag them unwilling from their father's lap, and orders them to feed the Argive fleet with their heavenly gift.
Met. 13.660Effugiunt, quō quaeque potest: Euboea duābus,
et totidem nātīs Andros frāterna petīta est.They flee, each where she can: Euboea is sought by two, and by as many daughters their brother's Andros. Met. 13.662Mīles adest et, nī dēdantur, bella minātur.Soldiers arrive and threaten war unless they are surrendered. Met. 13.663Victa metū pietās: cōnsortia corpora poenae
dēdidit (et timidō possīs ignōscere frātrī:
665nōn hīc Aenēās, nōn, quī dēfenderet Andron,
Hector erat, per quem decimum dūrāstis in annum);Brotherly love was conquered by fear: he surrendered his sisters' bodies to punishment (and you could forgive a timid brother: there was no Aeneas here, no Hector to defend Andros, through whom you held out into the tenth year); Met. 13.667iamque parābantur captīvīs vincla lacertīs:
illae tollentēs etiamnum lībera caelō
bracchia "Bacche pater, fer opem!"and now chains were being prepared for their captive arms: they, raising to heaven arms that were still free, 'Father Bacchus, bring help!' Met. 13.669dīxēre, tulitque
670mūneris auctor opem, — sī mīrō perdere mōre
ferre vocātur opem, nec quā ratiōne figūram
perdiderint, potuī scīre aut nunc dīcere possum;they said, and the author of their gift did bring help — if destroying in a wondrous way is called bringing help; nor have I been able to learn, nor can I now say, by what means they lost their shape; Met. 13.673summa malī nota est: pennās sūmpsēre tuaeque
coniugis in volucrēs, niveās abiēre columbās."the sum of the misfortune is known: they took on wings and turned into birds of your wife, snowy doves.' Met. 13.675Tālibus atque aliīs postquam convīvia dictīs
implērunt, mēnsā somnum petiēre remōtā,
cumque diē surgunt adeuntque ōrācula Phoebī:
quī petere antīquam mātrem cognātaque iussit
lītora;After they had filled the banquet with such talk and more, the table was removed and they sought sleep, and with the day they rise and go to the oracle of Phoebus, who bade them seek their ancient mother and kindred shores; Met. 13.679prōsequitur rēx et dat mūnus itūrīs,
680Anchīsae scēptrum, chlamydem pharetramque nepōtī,
crātēra Aenēae, quem quondam trānstulit illī
hospes ab Āoniīs Thersēs Ismēnius ōrīs.the king escorts them and gives gifts to them as they leave, to Anchises a sceptre, to his grandson a cloak and quiver, to Aeneas a mixing-bowl, which his guest-friend Therses of Ismenus had once sent him from the Aonian shores.
Met. 13.683Mīserat hunc illī Thersēs, fabricāverat Alcōn
Hyleus et longō caelāverat argūmentō.Therses had sent it to him, but Alcon of Hyle had made it and had engraved it with a long story. Met. 13.685Urbs erat, et septem possēs ostendere portās:
hae prō nōmine erant et, quae foret illa, docēbant.There was a city, and you could point out its seven gates: these served as its name and showed which city it was. Met. 13.687Ante urbem exequiae tumulīque ignēsque rogīque
effūsaeque comās et apertae pectora mātrēs
significant lūctum: nymphae quoque flēre videntur
690siccātōsque querī fontēs, sine frondibus arbor
nūda riget, rōdunt ārentia saxa capellae.Before the city, funerals and tombs and fires and pyres, and mothers with hair unbound and breasts bared, signify mourning: the nymphs too seem to weep and lament their dried-up springs; the tree stands stiff and bare without leaves; she-goats gnaw the parched rocks. Met. 13.692Ecce facit mediīs nātās Ōrīōne Thēbīs,
agmen fēmineum, iugulō dare pectus apertō,
illās dēmissō per inertia vulnera tēlō
695prō populō cecidisse suō pulchrīsque per urbem
fūneribus ferrī celebrīque in parte cremārī,
tum dē virgineā geminōs exīre favillā,
nē genus intereat, iuvenēs, quōs fāma Corōnōs
nōminat, et cinerī māternō dūcere pompam.See, in the middle of Thebes he shows the daughters of Orion, a band of women, offering their breasts with throats bared, and them, the weapon driven through their unwarlike wounds, fallen for their people, and carried through the city in a fine funeral and burned in a crowded place; then from the maidens' ashes twin youths emerging, so that the race should not perish, whom report names the Coroni, and leading the procession for their mother's ashes.
Met. 13.700Hāctenus antīquō signīs fulgentibus aere,
summus inaurātō crātēr erat asper acanthō.Thus far, with figures gleaming on the ancient bronze; the top of the bowl was rough with gilded acanthus. Met. 13.702Nec leviōra datīs Trōiānī dōna remittunt
dantque sacerdōtī custōdem tūris acerram,
dant pateram clāramque aurō gemmīsque corōnam.Nor do the Trojans return lesser gifts than those given: they give the priest an incense-box to hold incense, they give a libation bowl and a crown bright with gold and gems.