Aen. 3.192Postquam altum tenuēre ratēs, nec iam amplius ūllae
adpārent terrae, caelum undique et undique pontus,
tum mihi caeruleus suprā caput adstitit imber,
195noctem hiememque ferēns, et inhorruit unda tenebrīs.When the ships had reached the open sea, and no land any longer was in sight, sky everywhere and everywhere sea, then a dark-blue rain-cloud stood over my head, bringing night and storm, and the wave bristled in the darkness. Aen. 3.196Continuō ventī volvunt mare, magnaque surgunt
aequora;At once the winds roll the sea, and great waves rise; Aen. 3.197dispersī iactāmur gurgite vāstō;scattered, we are tossed over the vast abyss; Aen. 3.198involvēre diem nimbī, et nox ūmida caelum
abstulit;storm-clouds wrapped up the day, and a rainy night took away the sky; Aen. 3.199ingeminant abruptīs nūbibus ignēs.lightning flashes redouble as the clouds are torn. Aen. 3.200Excutimur cursū, et caecīs errāmus in undīs.We are driven off course and wander on blind waves. Aen. 3.201Ipse diem noctemque negat discernere caelō,
nec meminisse viae mediā Palinūrus in undā.Palinurus himself says he cannot tell day from night in the sky, nor remember the way in the midst of the waves.
Aen. 3.203Trīs adeō incertōs caecā cālīgine sōlēs
errāmus pelagō, totidem sine sīdere noctēs.For three whole days, made uncertain by blind darkness, we wander over the sea, and as many starless nights. Aen. 3.205Quartō terra diē prīmum sē attollere tandem
vīsa, aperīre procul montīs, ac volvere fūmum.On the fourth day land was seen at last first to rise, to open up mountains in the distance, and to roll up smoke. Aen. 3.207Vēla cadunt, remīs īnsurgimus;The sails drop, we rise to the oars; Aen. 3.207haud mora nautae
adnīxī torquent spūmās et caerula verrunt.without delay the sailors strain, churn the foam and sweep the dark-blue waters. Aen. 3.209Servātum ex undīs Strophadum mē lītora prīmum
210accipiunt;Saved from the waves, I am received first by the shores of the Strophades; Aen. 3.210Strophadēs Grāiō stant nōmine dictae,
īnsulae Īoniō in magnō, quās dīra Celaenō
Harpȳiaeque colunt aliae, Phineia postquam
clausa domus, mēnsāsque metū līquēre priōrēs.the Strophades, so called by a Greek name, are islands in the great Ionian sea, which dread Celaeno and the other Harpies inhabit, since Phineus' house was closed to them and in fear they left their former tables.
Aen. 3.214Trīstius haud illīs mōnstrum, nec saevior ūlla
215pestis et īra deum Stygiīs sēsē extulit undīs.No monster more grim than they, no plague and wrath of the gods more savage ever raised itself from the Stygian waters. Aen. 3.216Virgineī volucrum voltus, foedissima ventris
prōluviēs, uncaeque manūs, et pallida semper
ōra fame.These birds have maidens' faces, a most foul discharge from the belly, hooked hands, and features always pale with hunger. Aen. 3.219Hūc ubi dēlātī portūs intrāvimus, ecce
220laeta boum passim campīs armenta vidēmus,
caprigenumque pecus nūllō custōde per herbās.When we were carried here and entered the harbour, look, we see fine herds of cattle all over the plains, and flocks of goats on the grass with no one guarding them. Aen. 3.222Inruimus ferrō, et dīvōs ipsumque vocāmus
in partem praedamque Iovem;We rush upon them with the sword and call the gods and Jupiter himself to share the spoil; Aen. 3.223tum lītore curvō
exstruimusque torōs, dapibusque epulāmur opīmīs.then on the curving shore we build couches and feast on the rich meal. Aen. 3.225At subitae horrificō lāpsū dē montibus adsunt
Harpȳiae, et magnīs quatiunt clangōribus alās,
dīripiuntque dapēs, contāctūque omnia foedant
immundō;But suddenly, with a terrifying swoop from the mountains, the Harpies are upon us, and shake their wings with a great clanging, and tear the feast apart, and befoul everything with their filthy touch; Aen. 3.228tum vōx taetrum dīra inter odōrem.then, amid the foul stench, a dreadful screech.
Aen. 3.229Rūrsum in sēcessū longō sub rūpe cavātā,
230arboribus clausī circum atque horrentibus umbrīs,
īnstruimus mēnsās ārīsque repōnimus ignem:
rūrsum ex dīversō caelī caecīsque latebrīs
turba sonāns praedam pedibus circumvolat uncīs,
polluit ōre dapēs.Again, in a deep recess beneath a hollowed rock, closed in by trees and bristling shadows all around, we set out the tables and renew the fire on the altars: again, from a different quarter of the sky and from hidden lairs, the shrieking flock flies round the prey with hooked feet and pollutes the food with their mouths. Aen. 3.234Sociīs tunc, arma capessant,
235ēdīcō, et dīrā bellum cum gente gerendum.Then I tell my comrades to take up arms, and that war must be waged with the dread race. Aen. 3.236Haud secus ac iussī faciunt, tēctōsque per herbam
dispōnunt ēnsēs et scūta latentia condunt.They do just as ordered, and lay out their swords hidden in the grass, and conceal their shields out of sight. Aen. 3.238Ergō ubi dēlapsae sonitum per curva dedēre
lītora, dat signum speculā Mīsēnus ab altā
240aere cavō.So when the Harpies swooped down and raised their noise along the curving shore, Misenus from a high lookout gives the signal on his hollow bronze.
Aen. 3.240Invādunt sociī, et nova proelia temptant,
obscēnās pelagī ferrō foedāre volucrēs:
sed neque vim plūmīs ūllam nec volnera tergō
accipiunt, celerīque fugā sub sīdera lapsae
sēmēsam praedam et vestīgia foeda relinquunt.My comrades attack and try a strange new kind of battle, to wound with steel these foul birds of the sea: but they receive no force on their feathers nor wounds on their backs, and gliding off in swift flight beneath the stars, they leave the half-eaten prey and foul traces. Aen. 3.245Ūna in praecelsā cōnsēdit rūpe Celaenō,
īnfēlīx vātēs, rumpitque hanc pectore vōcem:
Bellum etiam prō caede boum strātīsque iuvencīs,
Lāomedontiadae, bellumne īnferre parātis,
et patriō Harpȳiās īnsontīs pellere regnō?Celaeno alone perched on a towering rock, ill-omened prophetess, and bursts out with this cry from her breast: 'Is it war too, in return for the slaughter of cattle and slain bullocks, sons of Laomedon, is it war you are ready to bring, and to drive the innocent Harpies from their ancestral kingdom? Aen. 3.250Accipite ergō animīs atque haec mea fīgite dicta,
quae Phoebō pater omnipotēns, mihi Phoebus Apollo
praedīxit, vōbīs Furiārum ego maxuma pandō.Take then into your hearts and fix there these words of mine, which the almighty father foretold to Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo to me, and which I, greatest of the Furies, reveal to you.
Aen. 3.253Ītaliam cursū petitis, ventīsque vocātīs
ībitis Ītaliam, portūsque intrāre licēbit;You are making for Italy on your course, and, having called on the winds, you will reach Italy, and you will be permitted to enter its harbours; Aen. 3.255sed nōn ante datam cingētis moenibus urbem,
quam vōs dīra famēs nostraeque iniūria caedis
ambēsās subigat mālīs absūmere mēnsās.but you will not gird with walls the city granted you before dread hunger and the wrong of your slaughter of us force you to gnaw round and devour your tables with your jaws.'