Aen. 11.557Alma, tibi hanc, nemorum cultrīx, Lātōnia virgō,
ipse pater famulam voveō;'Kindly one, dweller in the groves, maiden daughter of Latona, I, her father, vow this girl to you as your servant; Aen. 11.558tua prīma per aurās
tēla tenēns supplex hostem fugit.holding your weapon as her first, a suppliant, she flees the enemy through the air. Aen. 11.559Accipe, testor,
560dīva tuam, quae nunc dubiīs committitur aurīs.Accept, I beseech you, goddess, as your own her who is now entrusted to the uncertain breezes.' Aen. 11.561Dīxit et adductō contortum hastīle lacertō
immittit: sonuēre undae, rapidum super amnem
īnfēlīx fūgit in iaculō strīdente Camilla.He spoke, and drawing back his arm he hurls the whirled shaft: the waters roared, and over the rapid river unhappy Camilla flies on the whistling javelin. Aen. 11.564At Metabus, magnā propius iam urgente catervā,
565dat sēsē fluviō atque hastam cum virgine victor
grāmineō dōnum Triviae dē caespite vellit.But Metabus, as a great band now pressed closer, gives himself to the river and in triumph plucks from the grassy turf the spear with the girl, a gift to Trivia.
Aen. 11.567Nōn illum tēctīs ūllae, nōn moenibus urbēs
accēpēre neque ipse manūs feritāte dedisset:
pāstōrum et sōlīs exēgit montibus aevom.No cities received him in their houses, none within their walls, nor would he himself in his wildness have yielded: he passed his life among shepherds on the lonely mountains. Aen. 11.570Hīc nātam in dūmīs interque horrentia lūstra
armentālis equae mammīs et lacte ferīnō
nūtrībat, tenerīs immulgēns ūbera labrīs.Here among thickets and bristling lairs he nursed his daughter at the udders of a mare from the herd and with wild milk, squeezing the teats into her tender lips. Aen. 11.573Utque pedum prīmīs īnfāns vestīgia plantīs
īnstiterat, iaculō palmās armāvit acūtō
575spīculaque ex umerō parvae suspendit et arcum.And as soon as the infant had planted her first steps with the soles of her feet, he armed her palms with a sharp javelin, and hung a quiver and bow from the little girl's shoulder. Aen. 11.576Prō crīnālī aurō, prō longae tegmine pallae
tigridis exuviae per dorsum ā vertice pendent.Instead of gold for her hair, instead of the covering of a long robe, a tiger's skin hangs from her head down her back.
Aen. 11.578Tēla manū iam tum tenerā puerīlia torsit
et fundam teretī circum caput ēgit habēnā
580Strȳmoniamque gruem aut album dēiēcit olōrem.Even then with her tender hand she hurled childish spears, and whirled a sling round her head with its smooth thong, and brought down a Strymonian crane or a white swan. Aen. 11.581Multae illam frūstrā Tyrrhēna per oppida mātrēs
optāvēre nurum: sōlā contenta Diānā
aeternum tēlōrum et virginitātis amōrem
intemerāta colit.Many mothers throughout the Tyrrhenian towns wished in vain for her as a daughter-in-law: content with Diana alone, she cherishes, undefiled, an eternal love of weapons and maidenhood. Aen. 11.584Vellem haud correpta fuisset
585mīlitiā tālī, cōnāta lacessere Teucrōs:
cāra mihi comitumque foret nunc ūna meārum.I would have wished that she had not been swept up in such warfare, trying to provoke the Teucrians: she would now be dear to me and one of my companions. Aen. 11.587Vērum age, quandōquidem fātīs urgētur acerbīs, lābere, nympha, polō fīnīsque invīse Latīnōs,
trīstis ubi īnfaustō committitur ōmine pugna.But come, since she is pressed by bitter fates, glide down from heaven, nymph, and visit the Latin lands, where a grim battle is being joined under an unlucky omen.
Aen. 11.590Haec cape et ultrīcem pharetrā dēprōme sagittam:
hāc quīcumque sacrum violārit volnere corpus,
Trōs Ītalusque, mihi pariter det sanguine poenās.Take these, and draw from the quiver an avenging arrow: with it let whoever violates her sacred body with a wound, Trojan or Italian, pay me alike the penalty with his blood. Aen. 11.593Post ego nūbe cavā miserandae corpus et arma
īnspoliāta feram tumulō patriaeque repōnam.Afterwards I in a hollow cloud will carry the body of the pitiable girl and her arms unstripped to a tomb, and lay them to rest in her native land.' Aen. 11.595Dīxit;She spoke; Aen. 11.595at illa levis caelī dēlapsa per aurās
īnsonuit, nigrō circumdata turbine corpus.but the other, gliding down through the light breezes of the sky, sounded loud, her body wrapped in a black whirlwind.