Aen. 3.294Hīc incrēdibilis rērum fāma occupat aurīs,
295Priamidēn Helenum Grāiās regnāre per urbēs,
coniugiō Aeacidae Pyrrhī scēptrīsque potītum,
et patriō Andromachēn iterum cessisse marītō.Here an incredible report reaches our ears, that Helenus, son of Priam, is reigning over Greek cities, having won the wife and sceptre of Pyrrhus, Aeacus' descendant, and that Andromache has passed once more to a husband of her own people. Aen. 3.298Obstipuī, mīrōque incēnsum pectus amōre,
compellāre virum et cāsūs cognōscere tantōs.I was astounded, and my heart burned with a wondrous longing to address the man and learn of such great events. Aen. 3.300Prōgredior portū, classīs et lītora linquēns,
sollemnīs cum forte dapēs et trīstia dōna
ante urbem in lūcō falsī Simoentis ad undam
lībābat cinerī Andromachē, Mānīsque vocābat
Hectoreum ad tumulum, viridī quem caespite inānem
305et geminās, causam lacrimīs, sacrāverat ārās.I go forward from the harbour, leaving the fleet and the shore, just when, as it happened, in a grove before the city, by the waters of a counterfeit Simois, Andromache was offering solemn feasts and mournful gifts to the ashes, and calling the Shades to Hector's tomb, an empty one of green turf that she had consecrated with twin altars, a cause for tears.
Aen. 3.306Ut mē cōnspēxit venientem et Trōïa circum
arma āmēns vīdit, magnīs exterrita mōnstrīs
dēriguit vīsū in mediō, calor ossa relīquit;When she saw me coming and, out of her mind, saw Trojan arms around me, terrified by the great marvel, she stiffened as she gazed, and the warmth left her bones; Aen. 3.309lābitur, et longō vix tandem tempore fātur:
310Vērane tē faciēs, vērus mihi nūntius adfers,
nāte dea?she faints, and at last, after a long time, she barely speaks: 'Is your face real, are you a real messenger coming to me, goddess-born? Aen. 3.311Vīvisne, aut, sī lūx alma recessit,
Hector ubi est?Are you alive, or, if the kindly light has left you, where is Hector?' Aen. 3.312Dīxit, lacrimāsque effūdit et omnem
implēvit clamōre locum.She spoke, and poured out tears and filled the whole place with her cries. Aen. 3.313Vix pauca furentī
subiciō, et rārīs turbātus vōcibus hīscō:
315Vīvō equidem, vītamque extrēma per omnia dūcō;Scarcely can I put in a few words to her frenzy, and, deeply shaken, I falter in broken speech: 'I am alive indeed, and I drag out my life through every extremity; Aen. 3.316nē dubitā, nam vēra vidēs.do not doubt, for what you see is real.
Aen. 3.317Heu, Quis tē cāsus dēiectam coniuge tantō
excipit, aut quae digna satis fortūna revīsit
Hectoris Andromachēn?Ah, what fortune receives you, cast down from so great a husband, or what fate worthy enough has come again to Hector's Andromache? Aen. 3.319Pyrrhīn' cōnūbia servās?Do you keep your marriage to Pyrrhus?'