Aen. 9.77Quis deus, ō mūsae, tam saeva incendia Teucrīs
āvertit?What god, Muses, turned such savage flames away from the Teucrians? Aen. 9.78Tantōs ratibus quis dēpulit ignēs?Who drove such great fires from the ships? Aen. 9.79Dīcite.Tell me. Aen. 9.79Prīsca fidēs factō, sed fāma perennis.Belief in the deed is ancient, but its fame is everlasting. Aen. 9.80Tempore quō prīmum Phrygiā fōrmābat in Īdā
Aenēās classem et pelagī petere alta parābat,
ipsa deum fertur genetrīx Berecyntia magnum
vōcibus hīs adfāta Iovem: Dā, nāte, petentī,
quod tua cāra parēns domitō tē poscit Olympō.At the time when Aeneas was first building his fleet on Phrygian Ida and preparing to seek the deep sea, the Berecyntian mother of the gods herself, they say, addressed great Jupiter with these words: 'Grant, my son, to my request what your dear mother asks of you, now that Olympus is subdued. Aen. 9.86lūcus in arce fuit summā, quō sacra ferēbant,
nigrantī piceā trabibusque obscūrus acernīs:
hās ego Dardaniō iuvenī, cum classis egēret,
laeta dedī;There was a grove on the top of the citadel, where they used to bring offerings, dark with black pitch-pines and trunks of maple: these I gladly gave to the Dardanian youth when he needed a fleet; Aen. 9.89nunc sollicitam timor ānxius angit.now anxious fear torments me with worry.
Aen. 9.90Solve metūs atque hoc precibus sine posse parentem:
nē cursū quassātae ūllō neu turbine ventī
vincantur, prōsit nostrīs in montibus ortās.Release my fears, and let a mother's prayers prevail in this: let them not be overcome by any voyage that batters them, nor by a whirlwind; let it profit them that they were born on our mountains.' Aen. 9.93Fīlius huic contrā, torquet quī sīdera mundī:
Ō genetrīx, quō fāta vocās, aut quid petis istīs?Her son, who turns the stars of the firmament, replied to her: 'O mother, where are you calling the fates, or what are you asking for these? Aen. 9.95Mortālīne manū factae immortāle carīnae
fās habeant certusque incerta perīcula lūstret
Aenēās?Are keels made by mortal hand to have an immortal's right, and is Aeneas to pass in safety through uncertain dangers? Aen. 9.97Cui tanta deō permissa potestās?To what god has such power been granted? Aen. 9.98Immō ubi dēfūnctae fīnem portūsque tenēbunt
Ausoniōs ōlim, quaecumque ēvāserit undīs
100Dardaniumque ducem Laurentia vexerit arva,
mortālem ēripiam fōrmam magnīque iubēbō
aequoris esse deās, quālis Nērēia Dōtō
et Galatēa secant spūmantem pectore pontum.No: when, their work done, they reach their goal and the Ausonian harbours one day, whichever has escaped the waves and carried the Dardanian leader to the fields of Laurentum, I will take away its mortal form and bid them be goddesses of the great sea, like Doto, daughter of Nereus, and Galatea, who cleave the foaming deep with their breasts.' Aen. 9.104Dīxerat idque ratum Stygiī per flūmina frātris,
105per pice torrentīs ātrāque vorāgine rīpās
adnuit et tōtum nūtū tremefēcit Olympum.He had spoken, and, swearing by the rivers of his Stygian brother, by the banks seething with pitch and black whirlpool, he nodded his assent to it, and with his nod made all Olympus tremble.