Aen. 8.184Postquam exēmpta famēs et amor compressus ēdendī,
185rēx Euandrus ait: Nōn haec sollemnia nōbīs,
hās ex mōre dapēs, hanc tantī nūminis āram
vāna superstitiō veterumque ignāra deōrum
inposuit: saevīs, hospes Trōiāne, perīclīs
servātī facimus meritōsque novāmus honōrēs.When hunger was driven away and the desire for food was checked, King Evander says: 'It was no empty superstition, ignorant of the ancient gods, that laid on us these solemn rites, this customary feast, this altar of so great a power: we do this, Trojan guest, because we were saved from cruel dangers, and we renew honours that are deserved. Aen. 8.190Iam prīmum saxīs suspēnsam hanc aspice rūpem,
disiectae procul ut mōlēs dēsertaque montis
stat domus et scopulī ingentem trāxēre ruīnam.First now look at this crag hanging on its rocks, how the masses are scattered far and wide, how the mountain dwelling stands deserted, and the cliffs have dragged down a huge ruin. Aen. 8.193Hīc spēlunca fuit, vāstō summōta recessū,
sēmihominis Cācī faciēs quam dīra tenēbat
195sōlis inaccessam radiīs;Here was a cave, set back in a vast recess, which the dreadful shape of half-human Cacus held, unreached by the rays of the sun; Aen. 8.195semperque recentī
caede tepēbat humus, foribusque adfīxa superbīs
ōra virum trīstī pendēbant pallida tābō.and always the ground was warm with fresh slaughter, and, fixed to the proud doors, the faces of men hung pale with grim decay.
Aen. 8.198Huic mōnstrō Volcānus erat pater: illīus ātrōs
ōre vomēns ignīs magnā sē mōle ferēbat.Vulcan was this monster's father: it was his black fires that he belched from his mouth as he moved his huge bulk. Aen. 8.200Attulit et nōbīs aliquandō optantibus aetās
auxilium adventumque deī.Time brought to us too at last, as we longed for it, the help and arrival of a god. Aen. 8.201Nam maximus ultor,
tergeminī nece Gēryonae spoliīsque superbus
Alcīdēs aderat taurōsque hāc victor agēbat
ingentīs, vallemque bovēs amnemque tenēbant.For the greatest avenger, Alcides, proud of the slaughter and the spoils of triple Geryon, was at hand, and drove this way as victor his huge bulls, and the cattle filled the valley and the river. Aen. 8.205At furiīs Cācī mēns effera, nēquid inausum
aut intractātum scelerisve dolīve fuisset,
quattuor ā stabulīs praestantī corpore taurōs
āvertit, totidem fōrmā superante iuvencās;But Cacus, his mind wild with frenzy, so that no crime or trickery might be left undared or untried, turned away from the stalls four bulls of outstanding body and as many heifers of surpassing beauty; Aen. 8.209atque hōs, nēqua forent pedibus vestīgia rēctīs,
210caudā in spēluncam trāctōs versīsque viārum
indiciīs raptōs saxō occultābat opācō:
quaerentī nūlla ad spēluncam signa ferēbant.and these, so that there might be no tracks with forward-pointing feet, he dragged by the tail into the cave, and with the signs of their path reversed he hid his plunder in the dark rock: no marks led a searcher to the cave.
Aen. 8.213Intereā, cum iam stabulīs saturāta movēret Amphitryōniadēs armenta abitumque parāret,
215discessū mūgīre bovēs atque omne querēlīs
implērī nemus et collēs clamōre relinquī.Meanwhile, when the son of Amphitryon was now moving his well-fed herds from the stalls and preparing to leave, the cattle lowed at their departure, and the whole grove was filled with their complaints, and the hills were left behind with clamour. Aen. 8.217reddidit ūna boum vōcem vāstōque sub antrō
mūgiit et Cācī spem custōdīta fefellit.One of the heifers returned the call, and lowed beneath the vast cave, and, though guarded, foiled the hopes of Cacus.