Aen. 9.638Aetheriā tum forte plagā crīnītus Apollo
dēsuper Ausoniās aciēs urbemque vidēbat,
640nūbe sedēns, atque hīs victōrem adfātur Iūlum:
Macte novā virtūte, puer: sīc itur ad astra,
dīs genite et genitūre deōs.Then, as it chanced, long-haired Apollo, seated on a cloud in the region of the sky, was looking down on the Ausonian lines and the town, and he addresses the victorious Iulus with these words: 'A blessing on your new valour, boy: this is the way to the stars, son of gods and father of gods to be. Aen. 9.642Iūre omnia bella
gente sub Assaracī fātō ventūra resīdent,
nec tē Troia capit.Rightly all wars destined to come shall subside under the race of Assaracus, and Troy cannot contain you.' Aen. 9.644Simul haec effātus ab altō
645aethere sē mīsit, spīrantīs dīmovet aurās
Ascaniumque petit.As he spoke these words he sent himself down from high heaven, parts the breathing breezes and makes for Ascanius. Aen. 9.646Fōrma tum vertitur ōris
antīquum in Būtēn;Then he changes the form of his face into old Butes; Aen. 9.647hic Dardaniō Anchīsae
armiger ante fuit fīdusque ad līmina custōs,
tum comitem Ascaniō pater addidit.he had formerly been armour-bearer to Dardanian Anchises and faithful guardian at his door; then the father had made him a companion to Ascanius.
Aen. 9.649Ībat Apollo
650omnia longaevō similis, vōcemque colōremque
et crīnīs albōs et saeva sonōribus arma,
atque hīs ārdentem dictīs adfātur Iūlum:
Sit satis, Aenidē, tēlīs impūne Numānum
oppetiisse tuīs;Apollo went, like the old man in everything, his voice and complexion, his white hair and fiercely clanging arms, and addresses the eager Iulus with these words: 'Let it be enough, son of Aeneas, that Numanus has fallen to your arrows without harm to you; Aen. 9.654prīmam hanc tibi magnus, Apollo
655concēdit laudem et paribus nōn invidet armīs:
cētera parce, puer, bellō.great Apollo grants you this first glory and does not grudge you arms equal to his: for the rest, boy, refrain from war.' Aen. 9.656Sīc orsus Apollo
mortālīs mediō aspectūs sermōne relīquit
et procul in tenuem ex oculīs ēvānuit auram.Having spoken so, Apollo in mid-speech left mortal sight and vanished far from their eyes into thin air. Aen. 9.659Agnōvēre deum procerēs dīvīnaque tēla
660Dardanidae pharetramque fugā sēnsēre sonantem.The Dardanian chiefs recognised the god and his divine arrows, and heard his quiver rattle as he fled. Aen. 9.661Ergō avidum pugnae dictīs ac nūmine Phoebī
Ascanium prohibent, ipsī in certāmina rūrsus
succēdunt animāsque in aperta perīcula mittunt.So, at the words and will of Phoebus, they hold back Ascanius, eager for battle, and themselves return to the fight and send their lives into open dangers.
Aen. 9.664It clamor tōtīs per prōpugnācula mūrīs,
665intendunt ācrīs arcūs āmentaque torquent.A shout goes along the battlements of all the walls; they bend their keen bows and whirl their thongs. Aen. 9.666Sternitur omne sōlum tēlīs, tum scūta cavaeque
dant sonitum flictū galeae, pugna aspera surgit:
quantus ab occāsū veniēns pluviālibus Haedīs
verberat imber humum, quam multā grandine nimbī
670in vada praecipitant, cum Iuppiter horridus austrīs
torquet aquōsam hiemem et caelō cava nūbila rumpit.The whole ground is strewn with weapons; then shields and hollow helmets ring with the clash; the fight rises fierce: as great as the storm that, coming from the west when the Kids are rainy, lashes the ground, as thick as the hail with which the clouds rush down upon the waters, when Jupiter, bristling with south winds, whirls a watery storm and bursts the hollow clouds in the sky.