Aen. 8.470Māxumē Teucrōrum ductor, quō sōspite numquam
rēs equidem Troiae victās aut regna fatēbor,
nōbīs ad bellī auxilium prō nōmine tantō
exiguae vīrēs: hinc Tuscō claudimur amnī,
hinc Rutulus premit et mūrum circumsonat armīs.'Greatest leader of the Teucrians, while you are safe I shall never admit that the fortunes or the realm of Troy are conquered; we have but small strength to help in war for so great a name: on this side we are shut in by the Tuscan river, on that the Rutulian presses us and makes our wall ring with arms. Aen. 8.475Sed tibi ego ingentīs populōs opulentaque regnīs
iungere castra parō, quam fors inopīna salūtem
ostentat: fātīs hūc tē poscentibus adfers.But I am preparing to join to you mighty peoples and a camp rich in kingdoms, a deliverance which unforeseen chance reveals: you come here at the call of the fates. Aen. 8.478Haud procul hinc saxō incolitur fundāta vetustō
urbis Agyllīnae sēdēs, ubi Lȳdia quondam
480gēns, bellō praeclāra, iugīs īnsēdit Etrūscīs.Not far from here, founded on ancient rock, lies the inhabited site of the city of Agylla, where once the Lydian race, famous in war, settled on the Etruscan hills.
Aen. 8.481Hanc multōs flōrentem annōs rēx deinde superbō
imperiō et saevīs tenuit Mezentius armīs.This city, flourishing for many years, King Mezentius then held with arrogant rule and savage arms. Aen. 8.483Quid memorem īnfandās caedēs, quid facta tyrannī
effera?Why should I tell of the tyrant's unspeakable murders, why his savage deeds? Aen. 8.484Dī capitī ipsīus generīque reservent!May the gods keep them in store for his own head and his race! Aen. 8.485Mortua quīn etiam iungēbat corpora vīvīs
compōnēns manibusque manūs atque ōribus ōra,
tormentī genus, et saniē tābōque fluentīs
complexū in miserō longā sīc morte necābat.He would even bind dead bodies to the living, fitting hands to hands and mouths to mouths, a kind of torture, and so, as they streamed with gore and corruption in that wretched embrace, he would kill them by a slow death. Aen. 8.489at fessī tandem cīvēs īnfanda furentem
490armātī circumsistunt ipsumque domumque,
obtruncant sociōs, ignem ad fastīgia iactant.But at last the citizens, worn out, take up arms and surround him in his unspeakable frenzy, him and his house, cut down his followers, and hurl fire onto his roof.
Aen. 8.492Ille inter caedem Rutulōrum ēlāpsus in agrōs
cōnfugere et Turnī dēfendier hospitis armīs.He, slipping away amid the slaughter, takes refuge in the fields of the Rutulians and is defended by the arms of his host Turnus. Aen. 8.494Ergō omnis furiīs surrēxit Etrūria iūstīs:
495rēgem ad supplicium praesentī Mārte reposcunt.So all Etruria has risen in righteous fury: they demand the king for punishment with immediate war. Aen. 8.496hīs ego tē, Aenēa, ductōrem mīlibus addam.To these thousands I shall add you, Aeneas, as leader. Aen. 8.497Tōtō namque fremunt condēnsae lītore puppēs
Signaque ferre iubent;For their ships, packed close along the whole shore, are clamouring and calling for the standards to advance; Aen. 8.498retinet longaevus haruspex
fāta canēns, Ō Maeoniae dēlēcta iuventūs,
500flōs veterum virtūsque virum, quōs iūstus in hostem
fert dolor et meritā accendit Mezentius īrā,
nūllī fās Ītalō tantam subiungere gentem:
externōs optāte ducēs;an aged soothsayer holds them back, chanting the fates: "O chosen youth of Maeonia, flower and valour of men of old, whom just grief drives against the enemy and whom Mezentius kindles with deserved anger, it is not lawful for any Italian to subdue so great a people: choose foreign leaders."
Aen. 8.503tum Etrūsca resēdit
hōc aciēs campō, monitīs exterrita dīvom.Then the Etruscan army settled down on this plain, terrified by the warnings of the gods. Aen. 8.505Ipse ōrātōrēs ad mē regnīque corōnam
cum scēptrō mīsit mandatque īnsignia Tarchōn,
succēdam castrīs Tyrrhēnaque regna capessam.Tarchon himself has sent envoys to me with the crown of the kingdom and the sceptre, and entrusts me with the insignia, bidding me come to the camp and take up the Tyrrhenian realm. Aen. 8.508Sed mihi tarda gelū saeclīsque effēta senectūs
invidet imperium sēraeque ad fortia vīrēs.But old age, slow with frost and worn out by the years, and strength too late for brave deeds, begrudge me command. Aen. 8.510nātum exhortārer, nī mīxtus mātre Sabellā
hinc partem patriae traheret.I would urge my son, were it not that, being of mixed blood through a Sabine mother, he draws part of his homeland from here. Aen. 8.511Tū, cuius et annīs
et generī fātum indulgent, quem nūmina poscunt,
ingredere, ō Teucrum atque Italum fortissimē ductor.You, to whose years and race fate is kind, whom the gods call, go forward, bravest leader of the Teucrians and Italians.
Aen. 8.514hunc tibi praetereā, spēs et sōlācia nostrī,
515Pallanta adiungam;Besides, I shall join to you this Pallas, our hope and comfort; Aen. 8.515sub tē tolerāre magistrō
mīlitiam et grave Mārtis opus, tua cernere facta
adsuēscat prīmīs et tē mīrētur ab annīs.under you as his teacher let him grow used to enduring warfare and the heavy work of Mars, to watching your deeds, and let him admire you from his earliest years. Aen. 8.518Arcadas huic equitēs bis centum, rōbora pūbis
lēcta dabō totidemque suō tibi nōmine Pallās.To him I shall give two hundred Arcadian horsemen, the chosen strength of our youth, and Pallas in his own name will give you as many.'