Aen. 8.424Ferrum exercēbant vāstō Cyclōpes in antrō,
425Brontēsque Steropēsque et nūdus membra Pyragmōn.The Cyclopes were working iron in the vast cave, Brontes and Steropes and Pyragmon, bare of limb. Aen. 8.426Hīs īnfōrmātum manibus iam parte polītā
fulmen erat, tōtō genitor quae plūrima caelō
dēicit in terrās, pars inperfecta manēbat.In their hands was a thunderbolt, already shaped and in part polished, one of the many which the father hurls down to earth from all the sky; part remained unfinished. Aen. 8.429Trīs imbris tortī radiōs, trīs nūbis aquōsae
430addiderant, rutilī trīs ignis et ālitis austrī:
fulgōrēs nunc horrificōs sonitumque metumque
miscēbant operī flammīsque sequācibus īrās.Three rays of twisted hail, three of watery cloud they had added, three of red fire and of the winged South Wind: now they were mixing into the work terrifying flashes and noise and fear and wrath with pursuing flames. Aen. 8.433Parte aliā Mārtī currumque rotāsque volucrīs
īnstābant, quibus ille virōs, quibus excitat urbēs;Elsewhere they were hurrying on for Mars a chariot and swift wheels, with which he rouses men, with which he rouses cities; Aen. 8.435aegidaque horriferam, turbātae Palladis arma,
certātim squāmīs serpentum aurōque polībant
cōnexōsque anguīs ipsamque in pectore dīvae
Gorgona, dēsectō vertentem lūmina collō.and they were vying to burnish the terrifying aegis, the armour of angry Pallas, with serpents' scales and gold, and the interlaced snakes, and on the breast of the goddess the Gorgon herself, rolling her eyes in her severed neck.
Aen. 8.439Tollite cūncta, inquit, coeptōsque auferte labōrēs,
440Aetnaeī Cyclōpes, et hūc advertite mentem:
arma ācrī facienda virō.'Take everything away,' he says, 'and remove the tasks you have begun, Etnaean Cyclopes, and turn your minds to this: arms must be made for a fierce hero. Aen. 8.441Nunc vīribus ūsus,
nunc manibus rapidīs, omnī nunc arte magistrā.Now there is need of strength, now of quick hands, now of all your masterly skill. Aen. 8.443Praecipitāte morās.Cast off delay.' Aen. 8.443Nec plūra effātus;He said no more; Aen. 8.443at illī
ōcius incubuēre omnēs pariterque labōrem
445sortītī.but they all swiftly bent to the work and shared the labour equally by lot. Aen. 8.445Fluit aes rīvīs aurīque metallum,
volnificusque chalybs vāstā fornāce liquēscit.Bronze flows in streams, and the metal of gold, and wounding steel melts in the vast furnace. Aen. 8.447Ingentem clipeum īnfōrmant, ūnum omnia contrā
tēla Latīnōrum, septēnōsque orbibus orbēs
impediunt.They shape a huge shield, one alone against all the weapons of the Latins, and bind circle upon circle sevenfold. Aen. 8.449Aliī ventōsīs follibus aurās
450accipiunt redduntque, aliī strīdentia tingunt
aera lacū.Some take in and give back the air with windy bellows, others dip the hissing bronze in the trough.
Aen. 8.451Gemit impositīs incūdibus antrum.The cave groans with the anvils set upon it. Aen. 8.452Illī inter sēsē multā vī bracchia tollunt
in numerum versantque tenācī forcipe massam.They with great force raise their arms among themselves in rhythm and turn the mass with gripping tongs.