Aen. 8.671Haec inter tumidī lātē maris ībat imāgō
aurea, sed flūctū spūmābant caerula cānō;Amid these scenes the image of the swelling sea ran far and wide in gold, but the blue foamed with white-crested waves; Aen. 8.673et circum argentō clārī delphīnēs in orbem
aequora verrēbant caudīs aestumque secābant.and all round, bright in silver, dolphins in a circle swept the waters with their tails and cut through the surge. Aen. 8.675In mediō classīs aerātās, Actia bella,
cernere erat, tōtumque īnstrūctō Mārte vidērēs
fervēre Leucātēn aurōque effulgēre flūctūs.In the middle one could see bronze-beaked fleets, the battle of Actium, and you would have seen all Leucate seething with war arrayed, and the waves ablaze with gold. Aen. 8.678Hinc Augustus agēns Italōs in proelia Caesar
cum patribus populōque, penātibus et magnīs dīs,
680stāns celsā in puppī;On this side Augustus Caesar, leading the Italians into battle with the senators and people, with the household gods and the great gods, standing on the high stern; Aen. 8.680geminās cui tempora flammās
laeta vomunt patriumque aperītur vertice sīdus.his joyful temples pour forth twin flames, and his father's star dawns above his head.
Aen. 8.682Parte aliā ventīs et dīs Agrippa secundīs
arduus agmen agēns;Elsewhere Agrippa, with winds and gods favouring, towering high, leading his column; Aen. 8.683cui, bellī īnsigne superbum,
tempora nāvālī fulgent rōstrātā corōnā.his temples, proud emblem of war, gleam with the beaked naval crown. Aen. 8.685Hinc ope barbaricā variīsque Antōnius armīs,
victor ab Aurōrae populīs et lītore rubrō,
Aegyptum vīrēsque Orientis et ultima sēcum
Bactra vehit, sequiturque (nefās) Aegyptia coniūnx.On that side, with barbaric wealth and motley arms, Antony, victor from the peoples of the Dawn and the Red Sea shore, brings with him Egypt and the forces of the East and furthest Bactra, and there follows him (oh, shame!) his Egyptian wife. Aen. 8.689Ūnā omnēs ruere, ac tōtum spūmāre reductīs
690convolsum remīs rōstrīsque tridentibus aequor.All rush on together, and the whole sea foams, torn up by the drawn-back oars and the three-pronged beaks. Aen. 8.691alta petunt: pelagō crēdās innāre revolsās
Cycladas aut montīs concurrere montibus altōs,
tantā mōle virī turrītīs puppibus īnstant.They make for the open sea: you would think the Cyclades, uprooted, were swimming on the deep, or high mountains clashing with mountains, with such mass do the men press on in their towered ships.
Aen. 8.694stuppea flamma manū tēlīsque volātile ferrum
695spargitur, arva novā Neptūnia caede rubēscunt.Flaming tow is flung by hand, and flying steel from weapons; Neptune's fields grow red with fresh slaughter. Aen. 8.696Rēgīna in mediīs patriō vocat agmina sīstrō
necdum etiam geminōs ā tergō respicit anguīs.The queen in their midst summons her columns with her native sistrum, and does not yet look back at the twin snakes behind her. Aen. 8.698omnigenumque deum mōnstra et lātrātor Anūbis
contrā Neptūnum et Venerem contrāque Minervam
700tēla tenent.Monstrous gods of every kind, and barking Anubis, hold their weapons against Neptune and Venus and against Minerva. Aen. 8.700Saevit mediō in certāmine Māvors
caelātus ferrō trīstēsque ex aethere Dīrae,
et scissā gaudēns vādit Discordia pallā,
quam cum sanguineō sequitur Bellōna flagellō.In the middle of the struggle rages Mars, engraved in iron, and the grim Furies from the sky, and Discord strides rejoicing in her torn mantle, and Bellona follows her with bloody whip. Aen. 8.704Actius haec cernēns arcum tendēbat Apollo
705dēsuper: omnis eō terrōre Aegyptus et Indī,
omnis Arabs, omnēs vertēbant terga Sabaeī.Seeing this, Actian Apollo was bending his bow from above: in terror at this all Egypt and the Indians, all the Arabs, all the Sabaeans were turning their backs.
Aen. 8.707Ipsa vidēbātur ventīs rēgīna vocātīs
vēla dare et laxōs iam iamque inmittere fūnīs.The queen herself was seen to call on the winds, to set sail, and to be letting loose the slackened ropes at any moment. Aen. 8.709Illam inter caedēs pallentem morte futūrā
710fēcerat Ignipotēns undīs et Iāpyge ferrī,
contrā autem magnō maerentem corpore Nīlum
pandentemque sinūs et tōtā veste vocantem
caeruleum in gremium latebrōsaque flūmina victōs.Her the Lord of Fire had made, amid the slaughter, pale with coming death, borne on by the waves and the west-north-west wind; and opposite, the Nile, mourning with his great body, opening wide his folds and with all his robe calling the conquered into his blue lap and his sheltering streams. Aen. 8.714At Caesar, triplicī invectus Rōmāna triumphō
715moenia, dīs Ītalīs vōtum inmortāle sacrābat,
maxuma tercentum tōtam dēlūbra per urbem.But Caesar, borne into the walls of Rome in triple triumph, was dedicating to the gods of Italy his immortal vow, three hundred great shrines throughout the whole city. Aen. 8.717Laetitiā lūdīsque viae plausūque fremēbant;The streets roared with rejoicing and games and applause; Aen. 8.718omnibus in templīs mātrum chorus, omnibus ārae;in all the temples there was a chorus of mothers, in all there were altars; Aen. 8.719ante ārās terram caesī strāvēre iuvencī.before the altars slain bullocks strewed the ground.
Aen. 8.720Ipse, sedēns niveō candentis līmine Phoebī,
dōna recognōscit populōrum aptatque superbīs
postibus;He himself, seated on the snowy threshold of shining Phoebus, reviews the gifts of the peoples and fits them to the proud doorposts; Aen. 8.722incēdunt victae longō ōrdine gentēs,
quam variae linguīs, habitū tam vestis et armīs.the conquered nations walk in long procession, as varied in their tongues as in their dress and arms. Aen. 8.724Hīc Nomadum genus et discīnctōs Mulciber Āfrōs,
725hīc Lelegas Cārasque sagittiferōsque Gelōnōs
finxerat;Here Mulciber had portrayed the race of Nomads and the loose-robed Africans, here the Leleges and Carians and the arrow-bearing Geloni; Aen. 8.726Euphrātēs ībat iam mollior undīs,
extrēmīque hominum Morinī, Rhēnusque bicornis,
indomitīque Dahae, et pontem indignātus Araxēs.the Euphrates was flowing, now gentler in its waves, and the Morini, furthest of men, and the two-horned Rhine, and the untamed Dahae, and the Araxes, resenting its bridge.