I THE LOEB CLASSICAL LIBRARY FOUNDED BY JAMES LOEB, LL.D. EDITED BY 1T. E. PAGE, C.H., LITT.D. E. CAPPS, ph.d., ll.d. \V. H. D. ROUSE, litt.d. L. A. POST, m.a. E. H. WARMINGTON, m.a. VIRGIL IN TWO VOLUMES II AENEID VII-XII THE MINOR POEMS CAMEO PORTRAIT OF THE EMPEROR AUGUSTUS FROM THE ABBEY Of ST DENIS VIRGIL WITH AN ENGLISH TRANSLATION BY II. RUSHTON FAIRCLOUGH PROFESSOR OP CLASSICAL, LITERATURE IN* STA>~FORD UMVF.RS1TY, CALIFORNIA IN TWO VOLUMES II ARNEID VI1-XII THE MINOR POEMS REVISED EDITION LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN LTD CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS MCMXLII First printed 1918. 1930 Reprinted 1922, 1925, 1927, 1929, (3 times). 2iew and revised edition 1934. Reprinted 1937, 1940, 1942. TR1STED IN GREAT BRITAIN. TO MY DAUGHTER KATRINE FAIRCLOUGH KIMBALL CONTENTS PAGE THE AENE1D BOOK VII £ BOOK VIII 60 BOOK IX 1 12 BOOK X 170 BOOK XI 234 BOOK XII 29S THE MINOR POEMS CULEX 370 CIRIS 404 copa 448 MORETUM 452 D1RAE 462 LYDIA 472 PRIAPEA 480 catalepton 486 appendix 511 index 543 frontispiece. cameo portrait of the emperor augustus. from the abbey of st. denis facing title THE AENEID BOOKS VII-X11 VOL. 11 AENEIS LIBER VII Tu quoque litoribus nostris, Aeneia nutrix, mpr aeternam moriens famam, Caieta, dedisti ; et nunc servat honos sedem tuus, ossaque noraen Hesperia in magna, si qua est ea gloria, signat. At pius exsequiis Aeneas rite solutis, fmpr aggere composito tumuli, postquam alta quierunt 6 aequora, tendit iter velis portumque relinquit. adspirant aurae in noctem, nee Candida cursus Luna negat, splendet tremulo sub lumine pontus. proxima Circaeae raduntur litora terrae, 10 dives inaccessos ubi Solis filia lucos adsiduo resonat cantu, tectisque superbis urit odoratam nocturna in lumina cedrum, arguto tenuis percurrens pectine telas. hinc exaudiri gemitus iraeque leonum 15 vincla recusantum et sera sub nocte rudentum, saetigerique sues atque in praesepibus ursi saevire, ac formae magnorum ululare luporum, 2 1 1 * 1 famam moriens P ? . signant MPy . 7 8 portus Py. cursum R. 13 nocturno in lumine M. IS exaudire P. 18 saeva P. THE AENEID BOOK VII 1 Thou, too, Caieta, nurse of Aeneas, hast by thy death to our shores and still thine given deathless fame ; honour guards thy resting-place, and in great Hes- name marks peria, if such glory be aught, thy thy dust. 5 But good Aeneas, when the last rites were duly was soon as the paid and the funeral mound raised, forth on his and high seas were stilled, sails way leaves the haven. Breezes blow on into the night, and forbids not the the Moon, shining bright, voyage ; her beams. the sea glitters beneath dancing Closely 2 where the rich they skirt the shores of Circe's land, untrodden daughter of the Sun thrills her groves with ceaseless song, and in her stately halls burns the as with shrill fragrant cedar to illuminate night, shuttle she sweeps the fine-spun web. Hence could be heard the angry growls of lions chafing at their bonds and roaring in midnight hours, the raging and howls from of bristly boars and encaged bears, wolves whom with her shapes of monstrous ; potent 1 As well as Misenus (vi. 234) and Palinurus (vi. 381). Caieta gave her name to Gaeta and the Gulf of Gaeta. 2 once an is Circeii, a promontory of Latium, but island, identified by Virgil with Homer's island of Aeaea, the home of Circe. 3 a 2 VIRGIL quos hominum ex facie dea saeva potentibus herbis induerat Cii*ce in voltus ac terga ferarum. 20 quae ne monstra pii paterentur talia Troes delati in portus, neu litora dira subirent, Xeptunus ventis implevit vela secundis, atque fugam dedit, et praeter vada fervida vexit. Iamque rubescebat radiis mare, et aethere ab alto 25 Aurora in roseis fulgebat l utea bigis : cum venti posuere omnisque repente resedit flatus, et in lento luctantur marmore tonsae. atque hie Aeneas ingentem ex aequore lucum prospicit. hunc inter fluvio Tiberinus amoeno 30 verticibus rapidis et multa flavus harena in mare prorumpit. variae circumque supraque adsuetae ripis volucres et fluminis alveo aethera mulcebant cantu, lucoque volabant. flectere iter sociis terraeque advertere proras 35 imperat, et laetus fluvio succedit opaco. Nunc age, qui reges, Erato, quae tempora rerum, quis Latio antiquo fuerit status, advena classem cum primum Ausoniis exercitus appulit oris, expediam, et primae revocabo exordia pugnae. 40 tu vatem, tu, diva, mone. dicam horrida bella, dicam acies actosque animis in funera reges, Tyrrhenamque manum, totamque sub arma coactam Hesperiam. maior rerum mihi nascitur ordo, maius opus moveo. Rex arva Latinus et urbes 45 iam senior longa placidas in pace regebat. hunc Fauno et Nympha genitum Laurente Marica 37 S 2 tempora rerum as punctuated in M P and by Servius : tempora, rerum Peerlkamp, 4 AENEID BOOK VII herbs Circe, cruel goddess, had changed from the likeness of men, clothing them in the features and frames of beasts. But lest the good Trojans should suffer such monstrous fate, should enter the haven or draw near the cursed shore, Neptune filled their sails with favouring winds, and gave them escape, and bore them past the seething shallows. 25 And now the sea was reddening with the rays of dawn, and from high heaven saffron-hued Aurora shone in roseate car, when the winds fell, and every breath sank suddenly, and the oar blades strive amid the sluggish calm of waters. Then lo ! Aeneas, gazing forth from the flood, sees a mighty forest. Through its midst the Tiber, with pleasant stream, leaps forth to sea in swirling eddies and yellow with plenteous sand. Around and above, birds of varied plumes, that haunt the banks and river-channel, charmed the sky with song, and flitted amid the forest. He bids his comrades change their course and turn their prows to land, and joyfully enters the shady river. 37 Awake now, Erato ! Who were the kings, what was the tide of events, how stood ancient Latium, when first that stranger host beached its barques on Ausonia's shore—this will I unfold and the ; prelude of the opening strife will I recall. Thou, goddess, do thou prompt thy bard ! I will tell of grim wars, will tell of battle array, and princes in their valour rushing upon death—of Tyrrhenian bands, and all Hesperia mustered in arms. Greater is the that before is the task story opens me ; greater I essay. 45 King Latinus, now old, ruled over lands and towns in the calm of a long peace. He, we are told, was sprung of Faunus and the Laurentine nymph, 5 VIRGIL accipimus: Fauno Picus pater, isque parentem te, Saturne, refert, tu sanguinis ultimus auctor. filius huic fato divum prolesque virilis 50 nulla fait, primaque oriens erepta iuventa est. sola domum et tantas servabat filia sedes, iam matura viro, iam plenis nubilis annis. multi illam magno e Latio totaque petebant Ausonia. petit ante alios puleherrimus omnes 55 avis Turnus, atavisque potens, quern regia coniunx miro adiungi generum properabat amore ; sed variis portenta deum terroribus obstant. laurus erat tecti in medio penetralibus altis, mpr sacra comam multosque metu servata per annos, 60 quam pater inventam, primas cum conderet arces, ipse ferebatur Phoebo sacrasse Latinus, Laurentisque ab ea nornen posuisse colonis. huius densae apes summum (mirabile dictu), stridore ingenti liquidum trans aethera vectae, 65 obsedere apicem et pedibus per mutua nexis examen subitum ramo frondente pependit. continuo vates v "externum cernimus," inquit, "adventare \irum et partis petere agmen easdem^, partibus ex isdem et summa dominarier arce." 70 praeterea, castis adolet dum altaria taedis et iuxta genitorem adstat Lavinia virgo, visa, nefas, longis comprendere crinibus ignem, atque omnem ornatum flamma crepitante cremari, regalisque accensa comas, accensa coronam 75 turn insignem gemmis ; fumida lumine fulvo involvi ac totis Volcanum spargere tectis. id vero horrendum ac visu mirabile ferri : namque fore inlustrem fama fatisque canebant ipsam, sed populo magnum portendere bellum. 80 ' 3 in plenis P. 11 dum] cum Nonius. 6 AENEID BOOK VII Marica. Faunus' sire was Picus, and he boasts thee, O Saturn, as his father; thou art first founder of the line. To him by Heaven's decree was no son or male descent, cut off, as it was, in the spring of early youth. Alone, to preserve the house and noble home, was a daughter, now ripe for a husband, now of full age to be a bride. Many wooed her from wide Latium and all Ausonia, yet goodliest above all other wooers was Turnus, of long and lofty ancestry, whom the queen-mother yearned with wondrous passion to unite to her as son. But divine portents, with mani- fold alarms, bar the way. In the midst of the palace, in the high inner courts, stood a laurel of sacred leafage, preserved in awe through many years, which lord Latinus himself, 'twas said, found and dedicated to he built his first Phoebus, when towers ; and from it he gave his settlers their name Laurentes. Atop of this tree, wondrous to tell, settled a dense swarm of bees, borne with loud humming across the liquid air, and with feet intertwined hung in sudden swarm from the leafy bough. Forthwith the prophet cries : " I see a draw near from stranger ; the self-same a seeks the same and quarter troop " quarter, reigns in the topmost citadel ! Moreover, while with hal- lowed torch he kindles the altars, and at her father's side stands the maiden Lavinia, she was seen (O hor- ror to catch fire in her !) long tresses, and burn with crackling flame in all her headgear, her queenly hair ablaze her coronal then ablaze, jewelled ; wreathed in smoke and yellow glare, she scattered fire through- out the palace.