Met. 14.441Fīnierat Macareus.Macareus had finished. Met. 14.441Urnāque Aenēia nūtrīx
condita marmoreō tumulō breve carmen habēbat:
HĪC MĒ CĀIĒTAM NOTAE PIETĀTIS ALUMNUS
ĒREPTAM ARGOLICŌ QUŌ DĒBUIT ĪGNE CREMĀVIT.And Aeneas' nurse, laid in an urn within a marble tomb, had a short epitaph: HERE THE FOSTER-SON OF FAMED DEVOTION CREMATED ME, CAIETA, SNATCHED FROM THE ARGIVE FIRE, WITH THE FIRE THAT WAS MY DUE. Met. 14.445Solvitur herbōsō religātus ab aggere fūnis,
et procul īnsidiās īnfāmātaeque relinquunt
tēcta deae lūcōsque petunt, ubi nūbilus umbrā
in mare cum flāvā prōrumpit Thybris harēnā;The cable tied to the grassy bank is loosed, and they leave far behind the treachery and the house of the ill-famed goddess, and make for the groves where the Tiber, clouded with shade, bursts into the sea with its yellow sand; Met. 14.449Faunigenaeque domō potītur nātāque Latīnī,
450nōn sine Mārte tamen: bellum cum gente ferōcī
suscipitur, pactāque furit prō coniuge Turnus.and he gains the house and the daughter of Latinus, son of Faunus, yet not without war: war is undertaken with a fierce nation, and Turnus rages for his promised bride.
Met. 14.452Concurrit Latiō Tyrrhēnia tōta, diūque
ardua sollicitīs victōria quaeritur armīs.All Etruria clashes with Latium, and for long a hard-won victory is sought with anxious arms. Met. 14.454Auget uterque suās externō rōbore vīrēs,
455et multī Rutulōs, multī Trōiāna tuentur
castra.Each side increases its strength with foreign might, and many guard the Rutulians, many the Trojan camp. Met. 14.456Neque Aenēās Euandrī ad moenia frūstrā,
at Venulus frūstrā profugī Diomēdis ad urbem
vēnerat: ille quidem sub Iāpyge maxima Daunō
moenia condiderat dōtāliaque arva tenēbat.Nor had Aeneas gone to the walls of Evander in vain, but Venulus had gone in vain to the city of exiled Diomedes: he had indeed founded mighty walls under Iapygian Daunus and held lands as his dowry. Met. 14.460Sed Venulus Turnī postquam mandāta perēgit
auxilium petiit, vīrēs Aetōlius hērōs
excūsat: nec sē aut socerī committere pugnae
velle suī populōs, aut quōs ē gente suōrum
armet habēre ūllōs, "nēve haec commenta putētis,
465admonitū quamquam lūctūs renoventur amārī
perpetiar memorāre tamen.But after Venulus had carried out Turnus' instructions and asked for help, the Aetolian hero pleads his lack of forces: he did not wish to commit the peoples of his father-in-law to battle, nor did he have any men of his own race to arm; 'and so that you do not think this an invention, though bitter grief be renewed by the reminder, I will endure to tell it all the same.
Met. 14.466Postquam alta cremāta est
Īlion et Danaās pāvērunt Pergama flammās,
Naryciusque hērōs, ā virgine virgine raptā,
quam meruit poenam sōlus, dīgessit in omnēs,
470spargimur et ventīs inimīca per aequora raptī
fulmina, noctem, imbrēs, īram caelīque marisque
perpetimur Danaī cumulumque Caphērea clādis.After lofty Ilium was burned and Pergamum fed the Danaan flames, and the Narycian hero, by snatching a virgin from the virgin goddess, spread to all the punishment which he alone deserved, we are scattered and, snatched by winds over hostile seas, we Danaans endure lightning, night, rains, the wrath of sky and sea, and Caphereus, the crown of our disaster. Met. 14.473Nēve morer referēns trīstēs ex ōrdine cāsūs,
Graecia tum potuit Priamō quoque flenda vidērī.Not to delay by recounting our sad misfortunes in order, Greece could then have seemed pitiable even to Priam. Met. 14.475Mē tamen armiferae servātum cūrā Minervae
flūctibus ēripuit, patriīs sed rūrsus ab agrīs
pellor, et antīquō memorēs dē vulnere poenās
exigit alma Venus, tantōsque per alta labōrēs
aequora sustinuī, tantōs terrestribus armīs,
480ut mihi fēlīcēs sint illī saepe vocātī,
quōs commūnis hiems importūnusque Caphēreus
mersit aquīs, vellemque hōrum pars ūna fuissem.Yet the care of armed Minerva saved me and snatched me from the waves; but again I am driven from my native fields, and kindly Venus, mindful of her old wound, exacts punishment, and I endured such toils over the deep seas, such in battles on land, that I often called those happy whom the common storm and cruel Caphereus drowned in the waters, and I wished I had been one of them.
Met. 14.483Ultima iam passī comitēs bellōque fretōque
dēficiunt fīnemque rogant errōris, at Acmōn
485fervidus ingeniō, tum vērō et clādibus asper,
"quid superest, quod iam patientia nostra recūset
ferre, virī?"My comrades, having suffered the worst in war and on the sea, lose heart and beg an end to their wandering; but Acmon, fiery by nature, and then indeed embittered by disasters: "What is left, men, that our endurance would now refuse to bear?" Met. 14.487dīxit;he said; Met. 14.487"quid habet Cytherēa, quod ultrā
(velle putā!) faciat?"What more has Cytherea that she can do (suppose she wants to)? Met. 14.488Nam dum peiōra timentur,
est locus in vulnus: sors autem ubi pessima rērum,
490sub pedibus timor est sēcūraque summa malōrum.For while worse is feared, there is room for wounds: but when one's lot is the worst of things, fear lies underfoot, and the height of misfortune is free from care. Met. 14.491Audiat ipsa licet, et, quod facit, ōderit omnēs
sub Diomēde virōs, odium tamen illīus omnēs
spernimus: et magnō stat magna potentia nōbīs!"Let her hear it herself, and let her hate, as she does, all the men under Diomedes; yet we all scorn her hatred: great is the price we have paid for our great power!"
Met. 14.494Tālibus īrātam Venerem Pleurōnius Acmōn
495īnstimulat verbīs stimulīsque resuscitat īram.With such words Pleuronian Acmon goads on Venus, already angry, and rouses up her wrath with his goads. Met. 14.496Dicta placent paucīs: numerī maiōris amīcī
Acmona corripimus;His words please few: we, the greater number of his friends, rebuke Acmon; Met. 14.497cui respondēre volentī
vōx pariter vōcisque via est tenuāta, comaeque
in plūmās abeunt, plūmīs nova colla teguntur
500pectoraque et tergum, maiōrēs bracchia pennās
accipiunt, cubitusque levēs sinuātur in alās.as he wishes to reply, his voice and the passage of his voice alike are made thin, and his hair turns into feathers, his new neck is covered with plumage, and his breast and back; his arms take on larger feathers, and his elbows curve into light wings. Met. 14.502Magna pedis digitōs pars occupat, ōraque cornū
indūrāta rigent fīnemque in acūmine pōnunt.A great part of the foot takes over his toes, and his mouth stiffens, hardened with horn, and ends in a point. Met. 14.504Hunc Lycus, hunc Īdās et cum Rhēxēnore Nycteus,
505hunc mīrātur Abās: et dum mīrantur, eandem
accipiunt faciem, numerusque ex agmine maior
subvolat et remōs plausīs circumvolat alīs.Lycus marvels at him, and Idas, and Nycteus with Rhexenor, Abas marvels at him: and while they marvel, they take on the same appearance, and the greater part of the band flies up and circles the oars on clapping wings.
Met. 14.508Sī volucrum quae sit dubiārum fōrma, requīris,
ut nōn cygnōrum, sīc albīs proxima cygnīs.If you ask what the form of those doubtful birds is, though they are not swans, they are very like white swans. Met. 14.510Vix equidem hās sēdēs et Iāpygis ārida Daunī
arva gener teneō minimā cum parte meōrum."With difficulty indeed, as son-in-law, do I hold this place and the dry fields of Iapygian Daunus with the smallest part of my men.' Met. 14.512Hāctenus Oenīdēs.So far the son of Oeneus. Met. 14.512Venulus Calydōnia regna
Peucetiōsque sinūs Messapiaque arva relinquit.Venulus leaves the Calydonian realm and the Peucetian bays and the Messapian fields. Met. 14.514In quibus antra videt, quae multā nūbila silvā
515et levibus cannīs mānantia sēmicaper Pān
nunc tenet, at quōdam tenuērunt tempore nymphae.In these he sees a cave, which, shady with dense woods and trickling with water among light reeds, goat-footed Pan now holds, but which nymphs once held. Met. 14.517Apulus hās illā pāstor regiōne fugātās
terruit et prīmō subitā formīdine mōvit,
mox, ubi mēns rediit et contempsēre sequentem,
520ad numerum mōtīs pedibus dūxēre chorēās.An Apulian shepherd frightened them away from that region, and at first moved them with sudden fear; soon, when their minds recovered and they despised the one pursuing them, they led their dances, moving their feet in time.
Met. 14.521Improbat hās pāstor, saltūque imitātus agrestī
addidit obscēnīs convīcia rūstica dictīs,
nec prius ōs tacuit, quam guttura condidit arbor:
arbore enim sūcōque licet cognōscere mōrēs;The shepherd mocks them, and, imitating them with rustic leaping, added coarse abuse to obscene words, nor did his mouth fall silent before a tree enclosed his throat: for you can recognise his character from the tree and its juice; Met. 14.525quippe notam linguae bācīs oleaster amārīs
exhibet: asperitās verbōrum cessit in illās.for the wild olive displays the mark of his tongue in its bitter berries: the harshness of his words passed into them.