Aen. 3.692Sicāniō praetenta sinū iacet īnsula contrā
Plēmyrium undōsum;Stretched across a Sicilian bay lies an island, facing wave-beaten Plemyrium; Aen. 3.693nōmen dīxēre priōrēs
Ortygiam.men of old named it Ortygia. Aen. 3.694Alphēum fāma est hūc Ēlidis amnem
695occultās ēgisse viās subter mare;The story is that Alpheus, the river of Elis, forced a secret path here beneath the sea; Aen. 3.695quī nunc
ōre, Arethūsa, tuō Siculīs cōnfunditur undīs.and now, Arethusa, through your mouth he mingles with the Sicilian waves. Aen. 3.697Iussī nūmina magna locī venerāmur;As ordered, we venerate the great powers of the place; Aen. 3.697et inde
exsuperō praepingue sōlum stagnantis Helōrī.and from there I pass the rich soil of marshy Helorus. Aen. 3.699Hinc altās cautēs prōiectaque saxa Pachȳnī
700rādimus, et fātīs numquam concessa movērī
adpāret Camerina procul campīque Gelōī,
immānisque Gela fluviī cognōmine dicta.From here we skim the high cliffs and jutting rocks of Pachynus, and in the distance appears Camerina, never permitted by the fates to be moved, and the Geloan plains, and huge Gela, called after the name of its river. Aen. 3.703Arduus inde Acragās ostentat maxuma longē
moenia, magnanimum quondam generātor equōrum;Then steep Acragas shows its mighty walls far off, once the breeder of high-spirited horses; Aen. 3.705tēque datīs linquō ventīs, palmōsa Selinūs,
et vada dūra legō saxīs Lilybēia caecīs.and with the winds granted I leave you, palm-bearing Selinus, and thread the shallows of Lilybaeum, hard with hidden rocks.
Aen. 3.707Hinc Drepanī mē portus et inlaetābilis ōra
accipit.From here the harbour of Drepanum and its joyless coast receive me. Aen. 3.708Hīc, pelagī tot tempestātibus āctīs,
heu genitōrem, omnis cūrae cāsusque levāmen,
710āmittō Anchīsēn: hīc mē, pater optume, fessum
dēseris, heu, tantīs nēquīquam ērepte perīclīs!Here, after being driven by so many storms of the sea, alas, I lose my father, relief of every care and misfortune, Anchises: here, best of fathers, you abandon me in my weariness, alas, rescued in vain from such great dangers! Aen. 3.712Nec vātēs Helenus, cum multa horrenda monēret,
hōs mihi praedīxit lūctūs, nōn dīra Celaenō.Neither the seer Helenus, though he warned of many horrors, foretold this grief to me, nor dread Celaeno. Aen. 3.714Hic labor extrēmus, longārum haec mēta viārum.This was my last trial, this the goal of my long journeys. Aen. 3.715Hinc mē dīgressum vestrīs deus adpulit ōrīs.When I had departed from there, a god drove me to your shores.