Aen. 5.72Sīc fātus, vēlat māternā tempora myrtō;So speaking, he veils his temples with his mother's myrtle; Aen. 5.73hoc Elymus facit, hōc aevī mātūrus Acestēs,
hoc puer Ascanius, sequitur quōs cētera pūbēs.so does Elymus, so Acestes, ripe in years, so the boy Ascanius, and the rest of the young men follow them. Aen. 5.75Ille ē conciliō multīs cum mīlibus ībat
ad tumulum, magnā medius comitante catervā.He went from the assembly with many thousands to the tomb, in the midst of a great attending throng. Aen. 5.77Hīc duo rīte merō lībāns carchēsia Bacchō
fundit humī, duo lacte novō, duo sanguine sacrō,
purpureōsque iacit flōrēs, ac tālia fātur:
80Salvē, sāncte parēns: iterum salvēte, receptī
nēquīquam cinerēs, animaeque umbraeque paternae.Here, pouring a libation in due form, he spills on the ground two bowls of unmixed wine, two of fresh milk, two of sacred blood, and scatters bright flowers, and speaks thus: 'Hail, holy father: hail again, ashes rescued in vain, and soul and shade of my father. Aen. 5.82Nōn licuit fīnēs Ītalōs fātāliaque arva,
nec tēcum Ausonium (quīcumque est) quaerere Thybrim.It was not granted me to seek with you the borders of Italy and the fated fields, nor Ausonian Tiber, whatever it may be.' Aen. 5.84Dīxerat haec, adytīs cum lūbricus anguis ab īmīs
85septem ingēns gȳrōs, septēna volūmina trāxit,
amplexus placidē tumulum lapsusque per ārās,
caeruleae cui terga notae, maculōsus et aurō
squāmam incendēbat fulgor, ceu nūbibus arcus
mīlle iacit variōs adversō sōle colōrēs.He had said this, when from the depths of the shrine a gliding snake drew out seven huge coils, seven twisting folds, calmly embracing the tomb and slipping among the altars; its back was marked with blue, and a spotted sheen of gold set its scales alight, as a rainbow in the clouds casts a thousand varied colours when the sun faces it.
Aen. 5.90Obstipuit vīsū Aenēās.Aeneas was struck dumb at the sight. Aen. 5.90Ille agmine longō
tandem inter paterās et levia pōcula serpēns
lībāvitque dapēs, rūrsusque innoxius īmō
successit tumulō, et dēpāsta altāria līquit.The snake, winding at last in a long train among the bowls and polished cups, tasted the offerings, and again, harmless, withdrew into the depths of the tomb and left the altars where it had fed. Aen. 5.94Hōc magis inceptōs genitōrī īnstaurat honōrēs,
95incertus, geniumne locī famulumne parentis
esse putet: caedit bīnās dē mōre bidentēs,
totque suēs, totidem nigrantīs terga iuvencōs;All the more for this he renews the rites he had begun for his father, unsure whether to think it the genius of the place or his father's attendant: he slaughters two sheep according to custom, as many swine, and as many bullocks with black backs; Aen. 5.98vīnaque fundēbat paterīs, animamque vocābat
Anchīsae magnī Mānīsque Acheronte remissōs.and he was pouring wine from the bowls and calling on the soul of great Anchises and his shade released from Acheron.
Aen. 5.100Nec nōn et sociī, quae cuique est cōpia, laetī
dōna ferunt, onerant ārās, mactantque iuvencōs;His comrades too, gladly, each as his means allow, bring gifts, load the altars and slaughter bullocks; Aen. 5.102ōrdine aēna locant aliī, fūsīque per herbam
subiciunt veribus prūnās et viscera torrent.others set out the bronze cauldrons in order, and, stretched over the grass, put embers under the spits and roast the flesh.