Virgil Aeneid Book 1- Invocation to the Muse

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Created on: 20-11-17 19:29

Arma virumque canō, Trōiae quī prīmus ab orīs Ītaliam, fātō profugus, Lāvīniaque vēnit lītora,

I sing of arms and the man, he who, exiled by fate, first came from the coast of Troy to Italy, and to Lavinian shores

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multum ille et terrīs iactātus et alto vī superum saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram;

– hurled about endlessly by land and sea, by the will of the gods, by cruel Juno’s remorseless anger,

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multa quoque et bellō passūs, dum conderet urbem, inferretque deōs Latiō, genus unde Latīnum, Albānīque patrēs, atque altae moenia Rōmae.

long suffering also in war, until he founded a city and brought his gods to Latium: from that the Latin people came, the lords of Alba Longa, the walls of noble Rome.

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Mūsa, mihī causās memorā, quō nūmine laesō, quidve dolēns, rēgīna deum tot volvere cāsūs īnsīgnem pietāte virum,

Muse, tell me the cause: how was she offended in her divinity, how was she grieved, the Queen of Heaven, to drive a man, noted for virtue, to endure such dangers,

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tot adīre labōrēs impulerit. Tantaene animīs caelestibus īrae?

to face so many trials? Can there be such anger in the minds of the gods?

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Card 2

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– hurled about endlessly by land and sea, by the will of the gods, by cruel Juno’s remorseless anger,

Back

multum ille et terrīs iactātus et alto vī superum saevae memorem Iūnōnis ob īram;

Card 3

Front

long suffering also in war, until he founded a city and brought his gods to Latium: from that the Latin people came, the lords of Alba Longa, the walls of noble Rome.

Back

Card 4

Front

Muse, tell me the cause: how was she offended in her divinity, how was she grieved, the Queen of Heaven, to drive a man, noted for virtue, to endure such dangers,

Back

Card 5

Front

to face so many trials? Can there be such anger in the minds of the gods?

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Virgil Aeneid Book 1- Invocation to the Muse