I sing of arms and the man who first from the shores of Troy
came destined an exile to Italy and the Lavinian beaches, much
buffeted he on land and on the deep by force of the gods because
of fierce Juno’s never-forgetting anger.
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Why such great anger in those heavenly minds?
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So massive was the effort to found the Roman nation.
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Odd figures swimming were glimpsed in the waste of waters.
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Hereupon he stopped and took up in his hand a bow and swift
arrows, the weapons that trusty Achates carried.
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O you who have borne even heavier things, God will grant an
end to these too.
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Maybe one day we shall be glad to remember even these things.
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The leader of the enterprise a woman.
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Thus she spoke and turned away with a flash of her rosy neck,
and her ambrosial head of hair exhaled a divine fragrance; her
dress flowed down right to her feet, and her true godhead was
evident from her walk.
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There are tears shed for things even here and mortality touches
the heart. Abandon your fears; I tell you, this fame will stand
us somehow in good stead.
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Surely as the divine powers take note of the dutiful, surely
as there is any justice anywhere and a mind recognizing in itself
what is right, may the gods bring you your earned rewards.
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No stranger to trouble myself I am learning to care for the
unhappy.
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A grief too much to be told, O queen, you bid me renew.
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And the most miserable things which I myself saw and of which
I was a major part.
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Do not trust the horse, Trojans. Whatever it is, I fear the
Greeks even when they bring gifts.
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From the one crime recognize them all as culprits.
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Through the friendly silence of the soundless moonlight.
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It was the time when first sleep begins for weary mortals
and by the gift of the gods creeps over them most welcomely.
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How greatly changed from that Hector who comes home wearing
the armour stripped from Achilles!
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We Trojans are at an end, Ilium has ended and the vast glory
of the Teucrians.
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Let us die even as we rush into the midst of the battle. The
only safe course for the defeated is to expect no safety.
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The gods thought otherwise.
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Neither the hour requires such help, nor those defenders.
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To what do you not drive human hearts, cursed craving for
gold!
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A monster horrendous, hideous and vast, deprived of sight.
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