Aen. 7.572Nec minus intereā extrēmam Sāturnia bellō
impōnit rēgīna manum.Nonetheless, meanwhile, the royal daughter of Saturn puts the final touch to the war. Aen. 7.573Ruit omnis in urbem
pāstōrum ex aciē numerus caesōsque reportant
575Almōnem puerum foedātīque ōra Galaesī
implōrantque deōs obtestanturque Latīnum.The whole crowd of shepherds rushes from the battle into the city, and they carry back the dead, the boy Almo and Galaesus with his face defiled, and they implore the gods and call on Latinus. Aen. 7.577Turnus adest mediōque in crīmine caedis et ignī
terrōrem ingeminat: Teucrōs in regna vocārī,
stirpem admiscērī Phrygiam, sē līmine pellī.Turnus is there, and amid the outcry over the slaughter and the fire redoubles the terror: Teucrians are being called to rule, Phrygian stock mingled with theirs, he himself driven from the door. Aen. 7.580Tum quōrum attonitae Bacchō nemora āvia mātrēs
īnsultant thiasīs (neque enim leve nōmen Amātae),
undique collēctī coeunt Mārtemque fatīgant.Then those whose mothers, struck by Bacchus, leap in revels through the pathless groves (for the name of Amata is no light thing) gather together from all sides and importune Mars.
Aen. 7.583Īlicet īnfandum cūnctī contrā ōmina bellum,
contrā fāta deum perversō nūmine poscunt,
585certātim rēgis circumstant tēcta Latīnī.Straightway all demand an unspeakable war, against omens, against the fates of the gods, by a perverse power; eagerly they surround the palace of King Latinus. Aen. 7.586Ille velut pelagī rūpēs immōta resistit,
ut pelagī rūpēs magnō veniente fragōre,
quae sēsē multīs circum lātrantibus undīs
mōle tenet;He resists like an unmoved rock in the sea, like a rock in the sea when a great crash comes, which holds itself firm by its mass amid many waves barking around; Aen. 7.589scopulī nēquīquam et spūmea circum
590saxa fremunt laterīque inlīsa refunditur alga.in vain the crags and foaming rocks roar about it, and the seaweed, dashed against its side, is flung back. Aen. 7.591Vērum ubi nūlla datur caecum exsuperāre potestās
cōnsilium et saevae nūtū Iūnōnis eunt rēs,
multa deōs aurāsque pater testātus inānīs:
Frangimur heu fātīs, inquit, ferimurque procellā!But when no power is granted him to overcome their blind purpose, and things go at the nod of cruel Juno, the father, calling many times on the gods and the empty air, says: 'Alas, we are broken by the fates and swept away by the storm!
Aen. 7.595Ipsī hās sacrilegō pendētis sanguine poenās,
Ō miserī.You yourselves will pay this penalty with your sacrilegious blood, O wretched people. Aen. 7.596Tē, Turne, nefās, tē trīste manēbit
supplicium, vōtīsque deōs venerābere sērīs.You, Turnus, the crime, you a grim punishment will await, and you will worship the gods with prayers too late. Aen. 7.598Nam mihi parta quiēs, omnisque in līmine portūs;For my rest is won, and I am wholly at the harbour's mouth; Aen. 7.599fūnere fēlīcī spolior.I am robbed only of a happy funeral.' Aen. 7.599Nec plūra locūtus
600saepsit sē tēctīs rērumque relīquit habēnās.Saying no more, he shut himself in his palace and let go the reins of affairs.