Aen. 8.585Iamque adeō exierat portīs equitātus apertīs,
Aenēās inter prīmōs et fīdus Achātēs,
inde aliī Troiae procerēs, ipse agmine Pallās
in mediō chlamyde et pictīs cōnspectus in armīs:
quālis ubi Oceanī perfūsus Lūcifer undā,
590quem Venus ante aliōs astrōrum dīligit ignīs,
extulit ōs sacrum caelō tenebrāsque resolvit.And now the cavalry had gone out through the open gates, Aeneas among the first and faithful Achates, then other Trojan nobles, Pallas himself in the middle of the column, conspicuous in his cloak and painted armour: like the Morning Star when, bathed in the wave of Ocean, he whom Venus loves above the other fires of the stars, has raised his holy face in the sky and dissolved the darkness. Aen. 8.592Stant pavidae in mūrīs mātrēs oculīsque sequuntur
pulveream nūbem et fulgentīs aere catervās.Fearful mothers stand on the walls and follow with their eyes the cloud of dust and the squadrons gleaming with bronze. Aen. 8.594Ollī per dūmōs, quā proxuma mēta viārum,
595armātī tendunt;Through the thickets, where the end of the way is nearest, the armed men press on; Aen. 8.595it clamor, et agmine factō
quadrupedante putrem sonitū quatit ungula campum.a shout goes up, and, the column formed, the hoof shakes the crumbling plain with its four-footed thunder.
Aen. 8.597Est ingēns gelidum lūcus prope Caeritis amnem,
religiōne patrum lātē sacer;There is a huge grove near the cold river of Caere, sacred far and wide by the reverence of the fathers; Aen. 8.598undique collēs
inclūsēre cavī et nigrā nemus abiete cingunt.on all sides hollow hills enclose it and surround the wood with dark fir. Aen. 8.600Silvānō fāma est veterēs sacrāsse Pelasgōs,
arvōrum pecorisque deō, lūcumque diemque,
quī prīmī fīnīs aliquandō habuēre Latīnōs:
haud procul hinc Tarchō et Tyrrhēnī tūta tenēbant
castra locīs, celsōque omnis dē colle vidērī
605iam poterat legiō et lātīs tendēbat in arvīs.The story is that the ancient Pelasgians, who were the first once to hold the Latin borders, consecrated grove and day to Silvanus, god of fields and flocks: not far from here Tarchon and the Tyrrhenians held a camp protected by its site, and from the high hill the whole army could now be seen, encamped in the broad fields. Aen. 8.606Hūc pater Aenēās et bellō lēcta iuventūs
succēdunt fessīque et equōs et corpora cūrant.Here father Aeneas and the youth chosen for war come up, and, weary, tend their horses and their bodies.