Aen. 8.280Dēvexō intereā propior fit Vesper Olympō,
iamque sacerdōtēs prīmusque Potītius ībant,
pellibus in mōrem cinctī, flammāsque ferēbant.Meanwhile, as heaven slopes down, the Evening Star draws nearer, and now the priests, with Potitius first, were walking, girt with skins after custom, and carrying torches. Aen. 8.283Īnstaurant epulās et mēnsae grāta secundae
dōna ferunt cumulantque onerātīs lancibus ārās.They renew the feast and bring the welcome gifts of a second course, and heap the altars with loaded dishes. Aen. 8.285tum Saliī ad cantūs incēnsa altāria circum
pōpuleīs adsunt ēvīnctī tempora rāmīs,
hic iuvenum chorus, ille senum;Then the Salii come to sing around the kindled altars, their temples bound with poplar branches, one a chorus of young men, the other of old, Aen. 8.287quī carmine laudēs
Herculeās et facta ferunt: ut prīma novercae
mōnstra manū geminōsque premēns ēlīserit anguēs,
290ut bellō ēgregiās īdem disiēcerit urbēs,
Troiamque Oechaliamque, ut dūrōs mīlle labōrēs
rēge sub Eurystheō fātīs Iūnōnis inīquae
pertulerit.who extol in song the praises and deeds of Hercules: how first he gripped and strangled the twin snakes, his stepmother's monsters; how he likewise overthrew in war outstanding cities, Troy and Oechalia; how he endured a thousand hard labours under King Eurystheus by the decrees of unjust Juno.
Aen. 8.293Tū nūbigenās, invicte, bimembrīs Hylaeum que, Pholum, que manū tū Crēsia mactās
295prōdigia et vāstum Nemeae sub.rūpeleōnem'You, unconquered one, slay with your hand the cloud-born, two-formed Hylaeus and Pholus; you slay the Cretan monster and the vast lion beneath the rock of Nemea. Aen. 8.296Tē Stygiī tremuēre lacūs, tē iānitor Orcī
ossa super recubāns antrō sēmēsa cruentō;Before you the Stygian lakes trembled, before you the doorkeeper of Orcus, lying on half-gnawed bones in his bloody cave; Aen. 8.298nec tē ūllae faciēs, nōn terruit ipse Typhōeus,
arduus arma tenēns;no shape frightened you, not Typhoeus himself, towering and holding his arms; Aen. 8.299nōn tē ratiōnis egentem
300Lernaeus turbā capitum circumstetit anguis.the snake of Lerna did not leave you at a loss as it surrounded you with its throng of heads. Aen. 8.301Salvē, vēra Iovis prōlēs, decus addite dīvīs,
et nōs et tua dexter adī pede sacra secundō.Hail, true offspring of Jupiter, added glory to the gods, and come graciously with favouring step to us and to your rites.' Aen. 8.303Tālia carminibus celebrant;Such things they celebrate in songs; Aen. 8.303super omnia Cācī
spēluncam adiciunt spīrantemque ignibus ipsum.above all they add the cave of Cacus, and Cacus himself breathing fire.
Aen. 8.305Cōnsonat omne nemus strepitū collēsque resultant.The whole grove rings with the din and the hills echo back.