AENĒĀS IN ĪTALIĀ
[Aenēās]… domō potitur nātāque Latīnī nōn sine Marte tamen [Aenēās]… domō potitur nātāque Latīnī nōn sine Marte tamen. Bellum cum gente ferōcī suscipitur pactāque furit prō coniuge Turnus.
Concurrit Latiō Tyrrhēnia tōta diūque ardua sollicitīs victōria quaeritur armīs.
Auget uterque suās externō rōbore vīrēs, et multī Rutulōs, multī Trōiāna tuentur castra, neque Aenēās Ēvandrī ad moenia frūstrā [īvit; nam Pallas, fīlius Ēvandrī ad bellum pugnandum missus est]
Bella gerunt, tandemque Venus victrīcia nātī Bella gerunt, tandemque Venus victrīcia nātī arma videt, Turnusque cadit. Ille humilis supplexque oculōs dextramque precantem prōtendēns “equidem meruī, nec dēprecor” inquit; “ūtere sorte tuā.
et nōtīs fulsērunt cingula bullīs et nōtīs fulsērunt cingula bullīs Pallantis puerī, victum quem vulnere Turnus strāverat atque umerīs inimīcum īnsigne gerēbat.
hoc dīcēns ferrum adversō sub pectore condit. fervidus hoc dīcēns ferrum adversō sub pectore condit fervidus. ast illī solvuntur frīgore membra vītaque cum gemitū fugit indignāta sub umbrās.
Quicquid in Aenēā fuerat mortāle, repurgat Quicquid in Aenēā fuerat mortāle, repurgat et respersit aquīs; pars optima restitit illī. lūstrātum genetrix dīvīnō corpus odōre ūnxit et ambrosiā cum dulcī nectare mixtā contigit ōs fēcitque deum.
Text reprinted from Latin Via Ovid, A First Course, Second Edition by Norma Goldman and Jacob E. Nyenhuis, copyright © 1982 Wayne State University Press, with the permission of Wayne State University Press.
OTHER ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Title slide – Ferdinand Bol, `Aeneas at the Court of Latinus’ (c.1661-63) Slide 4 – Pietro de Cortona (1596/7-1669, `Aeneas with King Evander and Pallas’ Slide 6 – Jacques Henri Sable, `The Death of Pallas’ Slide 7 – Luca Giordano (1634-1705), `Aeneas defeats Turnus’ Slide 8 – Francois Perrier, `The Deification of Aeneas’