1 66 -566. which is death, or which death constitutes. Forbiger calls mortis, there- 614-709. Turnus is alarmed by confused noises from the distant city, and, recognizing Juturna in her disguise, he mourns the slaughter of his friends unsuccored by him. Saces brings news of the attack of Aeneas on the city, and Turnus hastens to challenge his enemy once more to single combat. The heroes prepare at once for battle, while both armies cease fighting, and all eyes are fastened on the two leaders. 621. Diversa, remote; as in III, 4. -625. Dictis; abl. of manner.630. Numero; i. e., caesorum. -639. Superat; as in II, 643; III, 339.640. Comp. X, 842.- -646. Manes. The souls of the dead were invoked as gods by the Romans. Ladewig.648. Nescia culpae. His soul is unconscious of, not guilty of, the disgrace of saving life by flight at the sacrifice of friends and country. Nescia is the reading of Jahn, Ladewig, and Ribbeck, and better in scanning, though the best MS. authority favors "inscia. -655. Deiecturum. Supply se, as in 762, below.-657. Mussat, silently questions; hesit ites. Latinus dares not yet openly express his doubts. -659. Tui fidissima, most faithful to thee. The genitive is used by poetic license, perhaps, as analogous to the genitive after amantissimus, or studiosissimus. -664. Deserto; remote from the actual scene of the conflict. Comp. 614. -667. Uno, etc. Comp. X, 871, sqq.-672, 673. Flammis vertex, etc., the whirling (fiery) column (vertex), eddying (volutus) between the platforms (of the tower), was waving in flames towards the sky. Flammis is an ablat. of manner. The tower in question is one which Turnus himself had caused to be constructed on wheels within the walls, ready to be stationed at any point where it might be needed for defense.-679. Morte-per mortem. By death itself I am resolved to endure whatever bitterness there is in death." For biger. -680. Furere furorem, to give vent to fury. Ante, first; i. e., before death, or before I die. -681. Arvis; dat. for in arva. 686. Aut; for seu. Sublapsa vetustas, the imperceptible lapse of time. -687. Mons; a vast rock, montis pars. Improbus, vehementissime concitatus. -694. Verius (est), it is more just. 710-790. The heroes hurl their spears, and then attack with the sword. Turnus, in his haste, having armed himself with the sword of his charioteer instead of his own, is now deceived by the treacherous weapon, which breaks at the first blow. He is pursued by Aeneas round and round. though the latter is retarded by his wound. While Aeneas in vain struggles to release his spear from the root of a tree into which it had struck, Juturna, in the guise of Metiscus, brings to Turnus his own sword. Then Venus, indignant at the interference of the nymph, loosens the spear of Aeneas from the root, and the battle is renewed. 727. Quem, etc., (to ascertain) whom hardship (labor, conflict) condemns to death, and with which weight (whether that which represents Aeneas or that which represents Turnus) death sinks down. The latter clause more fully expressed: cui pondus vergens letum destinet. Pondere is the ablative of cause. -728. Impune. Supply futurum or se facturum.- -729. In ensem. Comp. IX, 749; XI, 284.- 733. Ni subeat. The apodosis is implied in the foregoing deserit: leaving him to perish, unless, etc.- -762. See on 655. -769. Laurenti divo; Faunus as a tutelar god of Laurentum. See VII, 47. -779. Fecere profanos, have profaned. Comp. defensum dabit for defendet, 437. The Trojans have profaned the honors of Faunus by cutting away the tree, and removing the tokens sacred to him.-785. Dea Daunia Juturna. 791-886. Jupiter forbids Juno to exercise any further influence in the contest, but consents, in answer to her prayer, that the Trojans shall lose their name, and that the Victorious warrior. Latins shall give theirs to the united people. One of the furies is sent in the form of a bird of ill omen to terrify Turnus; and Juturna, giving up all hope, plunges into the Tiber. 794. Indigetem. Aeneas was destined to be borne to heaven as a deus indiges, or deified hero, and this Juno well knew.-801. Et continues the negation; translate, nor.- -805. Deformare domum, to clothe the house in squalid mourning. The house of Latinus has been sorrow-stricken most of all by the suicide of Amata.- -811. Digna indigna; for digna atque indigna, i. e., all things, whether seemly or disgraceful; all fortunes.817. Superstitio, fear-inspiring oath.- -835, 836. Commixti-subsident, mixed only in population (corpore tantum, in the body of people, not in name), as Trojans (i. e., in respect to their national name of Trojans) they shall disappear; literally, sink under.- -845. Geminae dirae; Alecto and Tisiphone. These two are supposed here to await at the gate of Olympus the commands of Jove, while Megaera remains in Hades.854. În omen, as an omen. -877. Fallunt, escape (me); the will of Jupiter under this omen is clear -880. Possem, I should have been able; i. e., had I not been rendered immortal. to me. 887-952. The heroes taunt each other, and Turnus lifts a huge stone and hurls it at Aeneas, but comes short of his mark. Turnus is wounded by the spear of Aeneas, and sinks to the ground. The Rutulians groan, and Turnus submits himself to the will of the victor, who is about to spare him, when he observes on his shoulder the belt of the slain Pallas, and, maddened at the sight, drives his sword to the heart of the slayer. 896. Circumspicit, he looks round and sees. -898. Arvis; dative.—903. Neque se cognoscit, nor does he know himself; he is conscious of not possessing his wonted strength and agility. Currentem; when running to seize the stone. Euntem; when advancing with the stone against Aeneas.———921, 922. Murali tormento, by the mural engine; by the ballista, with which walls are shattered.- -942. Bullis, with the (golden) studs. See girdle of the warrior in the foregoing woodcut.- -944. Inimicum insigne, the ornament of his adversary; an ornament which had been worn by his enemy. Heyne concludes his commentary on the Aeneid substantially as follows: Aeneas, immediately after this victory, received Lavinia in marriage, united his Trojans in one nation with the subjects of Latinus, under the common name of Latini, built the city of Lavinium, and obtained the right of succeeding to the kingdom of Latinus. Thus he secured a dwelling-place in Italy, and introduced his gods into Latium, according to the purpose indicated in the beginning of the poem. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE AENEID. [The numbers refer to the pages in the Notes on the Aeneid.] VERGIL-from a bust in the Capitoline Museum at Rome. Opposite title-page. Family of Tritons-from an antique cutting on amethyst Roman Orator of the early republican period-from an ancient vase painting. The Huntress Diana-from a statue in the Vatican Venus Genetrix-from a statue in the Louvre at Paris Bacchanal reclining at a feast-from a vase-painting 8 11 12 18 20 23 27 32 33 35 37 Diomed seizing the Palladium-from an antique gem Laocoon and his sons in the toils of the serpents-from the celebrated Hector in battle-from an antique gem An attack upon a fortified palace-from Layard's Nineveh . 44 Attack upon a citadel-from Layard's Nineveh Head of Priam-from a bas-relief in the Vatican 46 49 53 54 57 Menelaus, on the point of taking vengeance on Helen, disarmed by her Aeneas hastening to battle-from a vase-painting BOOK III. Ancient ships under sails and oars-from a wall-painting in the Bourbon Museum at Naples PAGE 66 72 75 BOOK IV. Melpomene, the muse of tragedy-from a wall-painting in Hercu- Cupid torturing Psyche or the soul-from an antique gem Trojan or Phrygian youth-from a vase-painting Mercury conveying a message from Olympus-from a vase-painting. BOOK V. Helios or Sol in his chariot, attended by Lucifer, Castor, and the personification of sea and sky-from an ancient vase-painting. Melicertes, or Portunus-from a statue in the Vatican Ganymede and the eagle-from a statue by Leochares Phrygian Amazon-from a vase-painting Jupiter Pluvius-from Vollmer Group of Nereids and Tritons-from a bas-relief on a sarcophagus. BOOK VI. Cumae and its environs-landscape view Hecate, or Trivia-from Vollmer. 84 86 88 89 90 91 99 Charon landing ghosts from his boat-from an ancient bas-relief Cybele, Corybantes, and the infant Jupiter-from a bas-relief in the Fasces and securis-Hope Pluto and Proserpine in Hades-from an ancient bas-relief |