Aen. 8.337Vix ea dicta: dehinc prōgressus mōnstrat et āram
et Carmentālem Rōmānī nōmine portam
quam memorant, nymphae prīscum Carmentis honōrem,
340vātis fātidicae, cecinit quae prīma futūrōs
Aeneadās magnōs et nōbile Pallantēum.Scarcely had he said this: then, going forward, he shows him both the altar and the gate which the Romans call by the name Carmental, an ancient honour to the nymph Carmentis, the prophetic seer, who first foretold the greatness of the sons of Aeneas and the nobility of Pallanteum. Aen. 8.342Hinc lūcum ingentem quem Rōmulus ācer Asȳlum
rettulit et gelidā mōnstrat sub rūpe Lupercal,
Parrhasiō dictum Pānos dē mōre Lycaeī.Next he shows the huge grove which fierce Romulus made an Asylum, and beneath the cold rock the Lupercal, named in Parrhasian fashion after Lycaean Pan. Aen. 8.345Nec nōn et sacrī mōnstrat nemus Argīlētī
testāturque locum et lētum docet hospitis Argī.He shows him also the grove of sacred Argiletum, and calls the place to witness, and tells of the death of Argus, his guest. Aen. 8.347Hinc ad Tarpeiam sēdem et Capitōlia dūcit,
aurea nunc, ōlim silvestribus horrida dūmīs.From here he leads him to the Tarpeian seat and the Capitol, golden now, once bristling with woodland thickets.
Aen. 8.349Iam tum religiō pavidōs terrēbat agrestīs
350dīra locī, iam tum silvam saxumque tremēbant.Even then the dread sanctity of the place frightened the fearful country folk, even then they trembled at the wood and the rock. Aen. 8.351Hoc nemus, hunc, inquit, frondōsō vertice collem
(Quis deus incertum est) habitat deus: Arcadēs ipsum
crēdunt sē vīdisse Iovem, cum saepe nigrantem
aegida concuteret dextrā nimbōsque ciēret.'This grove,' he says, 'this hill with its leafy summit, a god inhabits (which god is uncertain): the Arcadians believe they have seen Jupiter himself, when often he shook the darkening aegis in his right hand and stirred up the storm clouds. Aen. 8.355Haec duo praetereā disiectīs oppida mūrīs,
reliquiās veterumque vidēs monimenta virōrum.Besides, you see these two towns with ruined walls, the remains and memorials of men of old. Aen. 8.357Hanc Iānus pater, hanc Sāturnus condidit arcem:
Iāniculum huic, illī fuerat Sāturnia nōmen.This citadel father Janus founded, that one Saturn: Janiculum was the name of this, Saturnia of that.' Aen. 8.359Tālibus inter sē dictīs ad tēcta subībant
360pauperis Euandrī passimque armenta vidēbant
Rōmānōque forō et lautīs mūgīre Carīnīs.With such talk between them they were approaching the dwelling of poor Evander, and they saw cattle everywhere, lowing in the Roman Forum and the elegant Carinae.
Aen. 8.362Ut ventum ad sēdēs: Haec, inquit, līmina victor
Alcīdēs subiit, haec illum rēgia cēpit.When they came to his house: 'This threshold,' he says, 'victorious Alcides entered; this palace received him. Aen. 8.364Audē, hospes, contemnere opēs et tē quoque dignum
365finge deō rēbusque venī nōn asper egēnīs.Dare, guest, to scorn wealth, and fashion yourself too to be worthy of the god, and come not disdainful of our poverty.' Aen. 8.366dīxit et angustī subter fastīgia tēctī
ingentem Aenēān dūxit strātīsque locāvit
effultum foliīs et pelle Libystidis ursae.He spoke, and led great Aeneas beneath the roof of his narrow house, and placed him on a bed of strewn leaves and the skin of a Libyan bear. Aen. 8.369Nox ruit et fuscīs tellūrem amplectitur alīs.Night rushes down and embraces the earth with its dusky wings.