The Aeneid, Book 8, lines 26 - 67
Help for Father Aeneas from Father Tiber
nox erat et terras animalia fessa per omnis
Tiberinus the river-God brings Aeneas helpful advice.
Latin Poems
Latin poems to know and love.
Aeneid Book 8, lines 347- 369
Aeneas tours the site of Rome
vix ea dicta, dehinc progressus monstrat et aram
A tour of the rustic country town that will become Rome
The Aeneid, Book 8, lines 416 - 463
Vulcan’s forge
insula Sicanium iuxta latus Aeoliamque
Vulcan's forge
Aeneid Book 8, lines 505 - 531
New allies for Aeneas
ipse oratores ad me regnique coronam
Evander suggests to Aeneas an alliance with the Etruscans
Aeneid Book 8, lines 678 - 684 and 714 - 731
The shield of Aeneas
hinc Augustus agens Italos in proelia Caesar
The decoration on Aeneas's new shield shows the future history of Rome, culminating in the triumphs of the Emperor Augustus
Aeneid Book 9, lines 54 - 66
Turnus the wolf
clamorem excipiunt socii fremituque sequuntur
Turnus descends on the camp like a wolf on the sheep-fold
Aeneid Book 9, lines 98 - 122
Aeneas’s ships are transformed
immo, ubi defunctae finem portusque tenebunt
Aeneas's ships achieve a glorious fate
Aeneid Book 9, lines 410 - 449
The death of Euryalus and Nisus
dixerat et toto conixus corpore ferrum
Comrades and lovers, Nisus and Euryalus find death together
Aeneid Book 9, lines 791 - 818
Turnus at bay
acrius hoc Teucri clamore incumbere magno
Turnus at bay