Latin Poems

"heus, etiam menses consumimus!", inquit Iulus

The Harpy's prophecy is harmlessly fulfilled

Cum praevectus equo longaevi regis ad auris

King Latinus awaits the Trojan envoys in his ancestral hall

Talibus Ilionei dictis defixa Latinus

King Latinus grants Aeneas's request to settle in Italy, and makes an offer.

Talibus Allecto dictis exarsit in iras

The Fury Allecto rouses King Turnus to war

At saeva e speculis tempus dea nacta nocendi

The fury Allecto calls the Italian coutryfolk to arms against the Trojans

Mos erat Hesperio in Latio, quem protinus urbes

Juno throws open the gates of war

nox erat et terras animalia fessa per omnis

Tiberinus the river-God brings Aeneas helpful advice.

insula Sicanium iuxta latus Aeoliamque

Vulcan's forge