Aeneid 1.180–197

Aen. 1.180Aenēās scopulum intereā cōnscendit, et omnem
prōspectum lātē pelagō petit, Anthea sī quem
iactātum ventō videat Phrygiāsque birēmīs,
aut Capyn, aut celsīs in puppibus arma Caīcī.

Meanwhile Aeneas climbs a rock and looks for a view far and wide over the sea, in case he may see Antheus anywhere, tossed by the wind, and the Phrygian galleys, or Capys, or the arms of Caicus on a high stern.

Note. omnem prōspectum … petit: 'seeks every view'. Anthea sī quem … videat: 'if he might see Antheus anywhere'; quem = aliquem, and the clause is a hopeful question. Anthea and Capyn are Greek accusatives. Phrygiās … birēmīs: 'Phrygian galleys', Trojan ships. arma Caīcī: shields hung on the stern of Caicus' ship.

Aen. 1.184Nāvem in cōnspectū nūllam, trīs lītore cervōs
185prōspicit errantīs;

No ship in sight; on the shore he sees three stags wandering;

Note. Nāvem … nūllam: supply videt. trīs … cervōs: 'three stags'. errantīs: accusative plural.

Aen. 1.185hōs tōta armenta sequuntur
ā tergō, et longum per vallīs pāscitur agmen.

whole herds follow behind them, and the long line grazes through the valleys.

Note. hōs: the stags. armenta: 'herds'. pāscitur: 'grazes', the passive of pāscō with middle sense.

Aen. 1.187Cōnstitit hīc, arcumque manū celerīsque sagittās
corripuit, fīdus quae tēla gerēbat Achātēs;

He stopped here and seized in his hand the bow and the swift arrows, weapons which loyal Achates was carrying;

Note. Cōnstitit hīc: 'he stopped here'. manū: 'in his hand'. quae tēla gerēbat Achātēs: 'which weapons Achates was carrying', the antecedent drawn into the relative clause.

Aen. 1.189ductōrēsque ipsōs prīmum, capita alta ferentīs
190cornibus arboreīs, sternit, tum volgus, et omnem
miscet agēns tēlīs nemora inter frondea turbam;

and first he brings down the leaders themselves, carrying their heads high with branching antlers, then the herd, and driving the whole crowd with his arrows he throws it into confusion among the leafy woods;

Note. ductōrēs … ipsōs: the leading stags. capita alta ferentīs cornibus arboreīs: 'carrying their heads high with tree-like antlers'. volgus: 'the common herd', a word for people used of deer, echoing the riot simile. miscet agēns: 'drives and throws into confusion'. nemora inter frondea: inter placed after its first noun.

Aen. 1.192nec prius absistit, quam septem ingentia victor
corpora fundat humī, et numerum cum nāvibus aequet.

nor does he stop until, victorious, he has laid seven huge bodies on the ground and made their number equal to his ships.

Note. nec prius … quam … fundat … aequet: 'and he does not stop before he lays low … and equals'; priusquam with the subjunctive of purpose or anticipation. humī: locative, 'on the ground'. numerum cum nāvibus aequet: one stag for each of the seven ships.

Aen. 1.194Hinc portum petit, et sociōs partītur in omnēs.

From there he makes for the harbour and divides them among all his companions.

Note. partītur: deponent, 'shares out'.

Aen. 1.195Vīna bonus quae deinde cadīs onerārat Acestēs
lītore Trīnacriō dederatque abeuntibus hērōs,
dīvidit, et dictīs maerentia pectora mulcet:

Then he shares out the wine which good Acestes had poured into jars on the Sicilian shore and the hero had given them as they left, and soothes their grieving hearts with these words:

Note. Vīna … quae: the antecedent drawn into the relative clause: 'the wine which'. cadīs onerārat = onerāverat, 'had loaded into jars'. Acestēs: a king in Sicily, of Trojan descent, who will reappear in Book 5. hērōs: Acestes. dictīs: 'with these words'.