Aen. 3.675At genus ē silvīs Cyclōpum et montibus altīs
excitum ruit ad portūs et lītora complent.But the race of the Cyclopes, roused from the woods and high mountains, rushes to the harbour, and they crowd the shore. Aen. 3.677Cernimus adstantīs nēquīquam lūmine torvō
Aetnaeōs frātrēs, caelō capita alta ferentīs,
concilium horrendum: quālēs cum vertice celsō
680āeriae quercūs, aut cōniferae cyparissī
cōnstitērunt, silva alta Iovis, lūcusve Diānae.We see the Etnean brothers standing there in vain with glaring eye, bearing their lofty heads to the sky, a dreadful assembly: just as when on a high summit airy oaks or cone-bearing cypresses stand together, a tall forest of Jupiter or a grove of Diana. Aen. 3.682Praecipitēs metus ācer agit quōcumque rudentīs
excutere, et ventīs intendere vēla secundīs.Sharp fear drives us headlong to shake out the sheets in any direction and spread our sails to favouring winds. Aen. 3.684Contrā iussa monent Helenī Scyllam atque Charybdin
685inter, utramque viam lētī discrīmine parvō,
nī teneant cursūs;On the other hand, Helenus' commands warn the crews not to hold their course between Scylla and Charybdis, either way a road within a hair's breadth of death; Aen. 3.686certum est dare lintea retrō.we resolve to turn our sails back.
Aen. 3.687Ecce autem Boreās angustā ab sēde Pelōrī
missus adest.But look, Boreas is here, sent from the narrow seat of Pelorus. Aen. 3.688Vīvō praetervehor ōstia saxō
Pantagiae Megarōsque sinūs Thapsumque iacentem.I sail past the mouths of the Pantagias, set in living rock, and the bay of Megara and low-lying Thapsus. Aen. 3.690Tālia mōnstrābat relegēns errāta retrōrsus
lītora Achaemenidēs;Such places Achaemenides pointed out, retracing in reverse the shores he had wandered; Aen. 3.691comes īnfēlīcis Ulixī.the companion of unlucky Ulysses.