Aen. 3.374Nāte dea,—nam tē maiōribus īre per altum
375auspiciīs manifesta fidēs: sīc fāta deum rēx
sortītur, volvitque vices;'Goddess-born — for there is clear proof that you sail the deep under greater auspices: so the king of the gods allots the fates and turns the cycle of events; Aen. 3.376is vertitur ōrdō—
pauca tibi ē multīs, quō tūtior hospita lūstrēs
aequora et Ausoniō possīs cōnsīdere portū,
expediam dictīs;this is the order that revolves — a few things out of many, so that you may travel more safely over welcoming seas and settle in an Ausonian harbour, I will set out for you in words; Aen. 3.379prohibent nam cētera Parcae
380scīre Helenum fārīque vetat Sāturnia Iūnō.for the Fates forbid Helenus to know the rest, and Saturn's daughter Juno forbids him to speak. Aen. 3.381Prīncipiō Ītaliam, quam tū iam rēre propinquam
vīcīnōsque, ignāre, parās invādere portūs,
longa procul longīs via dīvidit invia terrīs.First, Italy, which you, unaware, already think near, and whose neighbouring harbours you are preparing to enter, a long and pathless way divides from you by long tracts of land.
Aen. 3.384Ante et Trīnacriā lentandus remus in undā,
385et salis Ausoniī lūstrandum nāvibus aequor,
īnfernīque lacūs, Aeaeaeque īnsula Circae,
quam tūtā possīs urbem compōnere terrā:
signa tibi dīcam, tū condita mente tenētō:
cum tibi sollicitō sēcrētī ad flūminis undam
390lītoreīs ingēns inventa sub īlicibus sūs
trīgintā capitum fētūs ēnīxa iacēbit.Before that, your oar must bend in the Trinacrian wave, and your ships must travel the surface of the Ausonian sea, and you must pass the lakes of the underworld and the island of Aeaean Circe, before you can build your city in a safe land: I will tell you signs; keep them stored in your mind: when, in your anxiety, by the waters of a secluded river, a huge sow is found lying under the oaks on the shore, having given birth to a litter of thirty young. Aen. 3.392alba, solō recubāns, albī circum ūbera nātī,
is locus urbis erit, requiēs ea certa labōrum.white, reclining on the ground, her white young around her teats — that will be the place for your city, that the sure rest from your toils.
Aen. 3.394Nec tū mēnsārum morsūs horrēsce futūrōs:
395fāta viam invenient, aderitque vocātus Apollo.And do not dread the gnawing of tables to come: the fates will find a way, and Apollo will be at hand when called. Aen. 3.396Hās autem terrās, Italīque hanc lītoris ōram,
proxuma quae nostrī perfunditur aequoris aestū,
effuge;But these lands, and this coast of the Italian shore nearest us, washed by the tide of our own sea, flee; Aen. 3.398cūncta malīs habitantur moenia Grāīs.all the towns are inhabited by evil Greeks. Aen. 3.399Hīc et Naryciī posuērunt moenia Locrī,
400et Sallentīnōs obsēdit mīlite campōs
Lyctius Idomeneus;Here the Narycian Locrians have set their walls, and Lyctian Idomeneus has occupied the Sallentine plains with soldiers; Aen. 3.401hīc illa ducis Meliboeī
parva Philoctētae subnīxa Petelia mūrō.here is that little Petelia of the Meliboean leader Philoctetes, relying on its wall. Aen. 3.403Quīn, ubi trānsmissae steterint trāns aequora classēs,
et positīs ārīs iam vōta in lītore solvēs,
405purpureō vēlāre comās adopertus amictū,
nē qua inter sānctōs ignīs in honōre deōrum
hostīlis faciēs occurrat et ōmina turbet.Moreover, when your fleets have crossed the sea and stand on the far side, and you set up altars and now pay your vows on the shore, veil your hair, covered with a purple cloak, so that no hostile face may appear among the sacred fires in honour of the gods and disturb the omens.
Aen. 3.408Hunc sociī mōrem sacrōrum, hunc ipse tenētō:
hāc castī maneant in religiōne nepōtēs.Let your comrades keep this custom of sacrifice, and keep it yourself: in this observance let your descendants remain pure. Aen. 3.410Ast ubi dīgressum Siculae tē admōverit ōrae
ventus, et angustī rārēscent claustra Pelōrī,
laeva tibi tellūs et longō laeva petantur
aequora circuitū: dextrum fuge lītus et undās.But when, after you have set out, the wind brings you to the Sicilian coast, and the barriers of narrow Pelorus open out, make for the land on the left and the seas on the left in a long circuit: flee the shore and the waves on the right. Aen. 3.414Haec loca vī quondam et vāstā convolsa ruīnā—
415tantum aevī longinqua valet mūtāre vetustās—
dissiluisse ferunt, cum prōtinus utraque tellūs
ūna foret;These places, they say, once torn apart by force and vast upheaval — so much can the long passage of time change — leapt asunder, when the two lands were one unbroken whole; Aen. 3.417vēnit mediō vī pontus et undīs
Hesperium Siculō latus abscidit, arvaque et urbēs
lītore dīductās angustō interluit aestū.the sea came with force between, and with its waves cut off the Hesperian side from the Sicilian, and with a narrow tide flows between fields and cities parted by the shore.
Aen. 3.420Dextrum Scylla latus, laevum implācāta Charybdis
obsidet, atque īmō barathrī ter gurgite vāstōs
sorbet in abruptum flūctūs, rūrsusque sub aurās
ērigit alternōs et sīdera verberat unda.Scylla besets the right side, implacable Charybdis the left, and three times with the lowest whirlpool of her abyss she sucks the vast waves down sheer, and again hurls them up in turn to the air and lashes the stars with water. Aen. 3.424At Scyllam caecīs cohibet spēlunca latebrīs,
425ōra exsertantem et nāvīs in saxa trahentem.But Scylla a cave confines in hidden lairs, as she thrusts out her mouths and drags ships onto the rocks. Aen. 3.426Prīma hominis faciēs et pulchrō pectore virgō
pūbe tenus, postrēma immānī corpore pristis,
delphīnum caudās uterō commissa lupōrum.Above, she has a human face, and is a maiden with lovely breast down to the groin; below, a sea-monster of enormous body, with dolphins' tails joined to a belly of wolves. Aen. 3.429Praestat Trīnacriī mētās lūstrāre Pachȳnī
430cessantem, longōs et circumflectere cursūs,
quam semel īnfōrmem vāstō vīdisse sub antrō
Scyllam, et caeruleīs canibus resonantia saxa.It is better to round the turning-post of Trinacrian Pachynus at leisure and take a long, winding course, than once to have seen misshapen Scylla in her vast cave, and the rocks resounding with her sea-dark hounds.
Aen. 3.433Praetereā, sī qua est Helenō prūdentia, vātī
sī qua fidēs, animum sī vērīs implet Apollo,
435ūnum illud tibi, nāte dea, prōque omnibus ūnum
praedīcam, et repetēns iterumque iterumque monēbō:
Iūnōnis magnae prīmum prece nūmen adōrā;Furthermore, if Helenus has any foresight, if the seer is to be trusted at all, if Apollo fills his mind with truth, this one thing, goddess-born, one thing in place of all, I will foretell you and, repeating it, warn you again and again: first worship with prayer the power of great Juno; Aen. 3.438Iūnōnī cane vōta libēns, dominamque potentem
supplicibus superā dōnīs: sīc dēnique victor
440Trīnacriā fīnīs Italōs mittere relictā.sing vows gladly to Juno, and win over the mighty mistress with suppliant gifts: so at last, victorious, you will be sent, leaving Trinacria behind, to the borders of Italy.