Aen. 11.243Vīdimus, ō cīvēs, Diomēdem Argīvaque castra
atque iter ēmēnsī cāsūs superāvimus omnīs
245contigimusque manum, quā concidit Īlia tellūs.'We have seen, citizens, Diomedes and the Argive camp, and having measured out the road we overcame every hazard and touched the hand by which the land of Ilium fell. Aen. 11.246Ille urbem Argyripam patriae cognōmine gentis
victor Garganī condēbat Iāpygis agrīs.He was founding a city, Argyripa, named after the race of his fathers, as victor in the fields of Iapygian Garganus. Aen. 11.248Postquam intrōgressī et cōram data cōpia fandī,
mūnera praeferimus, nōmen patriamque docēmus,
250quī bellum intulerint, quae causa attrāxerit Arpōs.After we had entered and leave to speak before him was given, we present our gifts, tell our name and country, who had made war on us, what cause had drawn us to Arpi. Aen. 11.251Audītīs ille haec placidō sīc reddidit ōre:
Ō fortūnātae gentēs, Sāturnia regna,
antīquī Ausoniī, quae vōs fortūna quiētōs
sollicitat suādetque ignōta lacessere bella?When he had heard us, he answered thus with calm face: "O fortunate peoples, kingdoms of Saturn, ancient Ausonians, what fortune disturbs your peace and persuades you to provoke wars you do not know?
Aen. 11.255Quīcumque Īliacōs ferrō violāvimus agrōs,
mittō ea, quae mūrīs bellandō exhausta sub altīs,
quōs Simoīs premat ille virōs, īnfanda per orbem
supplicia et scelerum poenās expendimus omnēs,
vel Priamō miseranda manus: scit trīste Minervae
260sīdus et Euboicae cautēs ultorque Caphāreus.All of us who violated the fields of Ilium with the sword (I pass over what was endured in fighting beneath its high walls, and the men whom that Simois covers) have paid unspeakable punishments throughout the world and every penalty for our crimes, a band to be pitied even by Priam: Minerva's grim star knows it, and the Euboean crags, and avenging Caphareus. Aen. 11.261Mīlitiā ex illā dīversum ad lītus abāctī
Atrīdēs Prōteī Menelāus adūsque columnās
exsulat, Aetnaeōs vīdit Cyclōpas Ulixēs.After that campaign, driven away to different shores, Menelaus son of Atreus lives in exile as far as the pillars of Proteus, and Ulysses has seen the Cyclopes of Etna. Aen. 11.264Regna Neoptolemī referam versōsque penātēs
265Īdomeneī?Shall I tell of the kingdom of Neoptolemus and the overturned household gods of Idomeneus? Aen. 11.265Libycōne habitantīs lītore Locrōs?Of the Locrians dwelling on the Libyan shore?
Aen. 11.266Ipse Mycēnaeus magnōrum ductor Achīvom
coniugis īnfandae prīma inter līmina dextrā
oppetiit: dēvictam Asiam subsēdit adulter.The Mycenaean himself, leader of the great Achaeans, fell by the hand of his accursed wife on the very threshold: the adulterer lay in wait for conquered Asia. Aen. 11.269Invīdisse deōs, patriīs ut redditus ārīs
270coniugium optātum et pulchram Calydōna vidērem?That the gods begrudged me being restored to my father's altars to see the wife I longed for and lovely Calydon? Aen. 11.271Nunc etiam horribilī vīsū portenta sequuntur,
et sociī āmissī petiērunt aethera pennīs
flūminibusque vagantur avēs, heu dīra meōrum
supplicia, et scopulōs lacrimōsīs vōcibus implent.Now even portents horrible to see pursue me: my lost comrades have taken to the air on wings and roam the rivers as birds (alas, dread punishment of my people!) and fill the cliffs with tearful cries. Aen. 11.275Haec adeō ex illō mihi iam spēranda fuērunt
tempore, cum ferrō caelestia corpora dēmēns
adpetiī et Veneris violāvī volnere dextram.These things indeed I should have expected from that time when in my madness I attacked heavenly bodies with the sword and violated the right hand of Venus with a wound.
Aen. 11.278Nē vērō, nē mē ad tālīs impellite pugnās:
nec mihi cum Teucrīs ūllum post ēruta bellum
280Pergama, nec veterum meminī laetorve malōrum.No, do not, do not drive me to such battles: I have no war with the Teucrians since Pergamum was overthrown, nor do I remember or take joy in those old evils. Aen. 11.281Mūnera, quae patriīs ad mē portātis ab ōrīs,
vertite ad Aenēān.The gifts which you bring me from your native shores, turn them to Aeneas. Aen. 11.282Stetimus tēla aspera contrā
contulimusque manūs: expertō crēdite, quantus
in clipeum adsurgat, quō turbine torqueat hastam.We have stood against his fierce weapons and met him hand to hand: believe one who has tried it, how huge he rises to his shield, with what a whirlwind he hurls his spear. Aen. 11.285Sī duo praetereā tālīs Īdaea tulisset
terra virōs, ultrō Inachiās vēnisset ad urbēs
Dardanus, et versīs lūgēret Graecia fātīs.If besides the land of Ida had borne two other such men, the Dardanian would have come of his own accord to the cities of Inachus, and Greece would be mourning, her fates reversed.
Aen. 11.288Quidquid apud dūrae cessātum est moenia Troiae,
Hectoris Aenēaeque manū victōria Grāium
290haesit et in decimum vestīgia rettulit annum.Whatever delay there was at the walls of stubborn Troy, it was by the hand of Hector and Aeneas that the Greeks' victory stuck fast and drew back its steps until the tenth year. Aen. 11.291Ambō animīs, ambō īnsignēs praestantibus armīs
hic pietāte prior.Both were outstanding in courage, both in surpassing arms; this one was first in devotion. Aen. 11.292Coeant in foedera dextrae,
quā datur;Let your right hands join in a treaty, in whatever way it is granted; Aen. 11.293ast armīs concurrant arma cavēte.but beware of arms clashing against arms." Aen. 11.294Et respōnsa simul quae sint, rēx optime, rēgis
295audīstī et quae sit magnō sententia bellō.You have heard at once, best of kings, what the king's answer is and what his view of the great war.'