My song is of war and a man: a refugee by fate, With Alban patriarchs, and Rome's high walls. War racked him too, until he set his cityĪnd gods in Latium. Settle his gods into Latium, making this land of the Latinsįuture home to the Elders of Alba and Rome's mighty ramparts.Īrms and a man I sing, the first from Troy,Īnd Juno's unforgetting rage-harassed him. Him, and he suffered profoundly in war to establish a city, Seas by the powers above! Savage Juno's anger remembered How he was battered about over land, over high deep Italy-bound, fate's refugee, arrived at Lavinia'sĬoastlands. The Alban lords and the high walls of Rome.Īrms and the man I sing of Troy, who first from its seashores He bore in battle too, before he could found a city,īring his gods to Latium, source of the Latin race, Thanks to cruel Juno's relentless rages-and many losses Yet many blows he took on land and sea from the gods above. He was the first to flee the coast of Troy,ĭestined to reach Lavinian shores and Italian soil, Wars and a man I sing-an exile driven on by Fate, Until he could found his city and bring his gods

To journey from the coasts of Troy as farĪcross the lands and waters he was batteredįrom this have come the Latin race, the lords The Alban lords, and the high walls of Rome. His gods to Latium, land of the Latin race, Till he could found a city and bring home The Latins would spring, the Alban fathers, and Romeīy blows from powers of the air-behind them He suffered greatly in war until he could foundĪ city and bring his gods to Latium, whence I sing of arms and the man who first from Troy's shores,įate's fugitive, came to Italy and Lavinium'sīy the gods' force, through Juno's mindful fury Inferretque deos Latio, genus unde Latinum,Īlbanique patres, atque altae moenia Romae. Multa quoque et bello passus, dum conderet urbem, Vi superum saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram Litora, multum ille et terris iactatus et alto This page allows you to compare 10 versions of The Aeneid side by side, nine verse renderings and one prose translation.įor more information about The Aeneid, view our Aeneid Page Enjoy!ĪRMA virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris

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