miscuit, Aeoliis nequiquam freta procellis,

in regnis hoc ausa tuis.

Per scelus ecce etiam Troianis matribus actis exussit foede puppes, et classe subegit

amissa socios ignotae linquere terrae.
Quod superest, oro, liceat dare tuta per undas
vela tibi, liceat Laurentem attingere Thybrim,
si concessa peto, si dant ea moenia Parcae.'

Neptune's Promise.

Tum Saturnius haec domitor maris edidit alti : Fas omne est, Cytherea, meis te fidere regnis, unde genus ducis: merui quoque; saepe furores compressi, et rabiem tantam caelique marisque. Nec minor in terris, Xanthum Simoëntaque testor, Aeneae mihi cura tui. Cum Troïa Achilles exanimata sequens impingeret agmina muris, milia multa daret leto, gemerentque repleti amnes, nec reperire viam atque evolvere posset in mare se Xanthus, Pelidae tunc ego forti congressum Aenean nec dis nec viribus aequis nube cava rapui, cuperem cum vertere ab imo

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structa meis manibus periurae moenia Troiae.

Nunc quoque mens eadem perstat mihi: pelle timores.
Tutus, quos optas, portus accedet Averni.

Unus erit tantum, amissum quem gurgite quaeres ;
unum pro multis dabitur caput.'

His ubi laeta deae permulsit pectora dictis, iungit equos auro Genitor, spumantiaque addit frena feris, manibusque omnes effundit habenas.

Caeruleo per summa levis volat aequora curru ;
subsidunt undae, tumidumque sub axe tonanti
sternitur aequor aquis; fugiunt vasto aethere nimbi.
Tum variae comitum facies, immania cete,
et senior Glauci chorus, Inousque Palaemon,
Tritonesque citi, Phorcique exercitus omnis;
laeva tenent Thetis, et Melite, Panopeaque virgo,
Nisaee, Spioque, Thaliaque, Cymodoceque.

Hic patris Aeneae suspensam blanda vicissim gaudia pertemptant mentem: iubet ocius omnes attolli malos, intendi brachia velis.

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Una omnes fecere pedem, pariterque sinistros, nunc dextros solvere sinus; una ardua torquent cornua detorquentque; ferunt sua flamina classem. Princeps ante omnes densum Palinurus agebat agmen; ad hunc alii cursum contendere iussi.

Palinurus Lost.

Iamque fere mediam caeli nox humida metam contigerat; placida laxabant membra quiete sub remis fusi per dura sedilia nautae : cum levis aetheriis delapsus Somnus ab astris aëra dimovit tenebrosum et dispulit umbras, te, Palinure, petens, tibi somnia tristia portans insonti; puppique deus consedit in alta,

Phorbanti similis, funditque has ore loquelas :

Iaside Palinure, ferunt ipsa aequora classem; aequatae spirant aurae; datur hora quieti. Pone caput, fessosque oculos furare labori: ipse ego paulisper pro te tua munera inibo.' Cui vix attollens Palinurus lumina fatur : 'Mene salis placidi voltum fluctusque quietos ignorare iubes? Mene huic confidere monstro? Aenean credam quid enim fallacibus auris et caelo, totiens deceptus fraude sereni?'

Talia dicta dabat, clavumque affixus et haerens nusquam amittebat, oculosque sub astra tenebat. Ecce deus ramum Lethaeo rore madentem, vique soporatum Stygia, super utraque quassat tempora, cunctantique natantia lumina solvit. Vix primos inopina quies laxaverat artus, et super incumbens cum puppis parte revolsa, cumque gubernaclo, liquidas proiecit in undas praecipitem ac socios nequiquam saepe vocantem ; ipse volans tenues se sustulit ales ad auras.

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Currit iter tutum non secius aequore classis,
promissisque patris Neptuni interrita fertur.
Iamque adeo scopulos Sirenum advecta subibat,
difficiles quondam multorumque ossibus albos,
tum rauca adsiduo longe sale saxa sonabant :
cum pater amisso fluitantem errare magistro
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multa gemens, casuque animum concussus amici :
'O nimium caelo et pelago confise sereno,
nudus in ignota, Palinure, iacebis arena !'

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ENEAS arrives at Cumæ, and seeks the Sibyl's cave: the temple of Phoebus, constructed by Dædalus (vv. 1-41). Inspiration of the Sibyl: she prophesies war (42-97). Æneas solicits that he may enter the abode of Hades: the required gift to Proserpine of the Gold Bough (98-155). Death of Misenus. While the trees are felled for his funeral pile, Æneas, guided by doves to the mouth of Acheron, finds the sacred bough: the funeral rites (156-235). After due rites have been paid, he follows the Sibyl to the world of shadows: apparitions of horror at its entrance; Charon and his skiff (236-336). Shade of Palinurus on the hither side (337-381). The passage of Styx : Cerberus, and the judge Minos. The abode of suicides and unhappy lovers: the angry shade of Dido (382476). Shades of fallen heroes: Deiphobus accosts Æneas, but is checked by the Sibyl (477-547). Phlegethon, and the fiery dungeons of the damned: the judge Rhadamanthos; the Giants, Tityos, Ixion, Theseus (548-627). The branch is fixed at the entrance of the palace of Dis the Elysian Fields; ancient heroes of Troy (628-678). The shade of Anchises is met in a secluded vale: he explains the system and divine life of things (679-755). Anchises unfolds the heroic story and future glories of Rome (756-854). Vision of the young Marcellus: the two Gates of Sleep (855-902).