At pater Anchīsēs penitus convalle virentī

inclūsās animās superumque ad lūmen itūrās680

lūstrābat studiō recolēns, omnemque suōrum

forte recēnsēbat numerum, cārōsque nepōtēs

fātaque fortūnāsque virum mōrēsque manūsque.

Isque ubi tendentem adversum per grāmina vīdit

Aenēān, alacris palmās utrāsque tetendit,685

effūsaeque genīs lacrimae et vōx excidit ōre:

'Vēnistī tandem, tuaque exspectāta parentī

vīcit iter dūrum pietās? Datur ōra tuērī,

nāte, tua et nōtās audīre et reddere vōcēs?

Sīc equidem dūcēbam animō rēbarque futūrum690

tempora dīnumerāns, nec mē mea cūra fefellit.

Quās ego tē terrās et quanta per aequora vectum

accipiō! quantīs iactātum, nāte, perīclīs!

Quam metuī nē quid Libyae tibi rēgna nocērent!'

Ille autem: 'Tua mē, genitor, tua trīstis imāgō695

saepius occurrēns haec līmina tendere adēgit;

Stant sale Tyrrhēnō classēs. Dā iungere dextram,

dā, genitor, tēque amplexū nē subtrahe nostrō.'

Sīc memorāns largō flētū simul ōra rigābat.

Ter cōnātus ibī collō dare bracchia circum;700

ter frūstrā comprēnsa manūs effūgit imāgō,

pār levibus ventīs volucrīque simillima somnō.

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Suggested Citation

Christopher Francese and Meghan Reedy, Vergil: Aeneid Selections. Carlisle, Pennsylvania: Dickinson College Commentaries, 2016. ISBN: 978-1-947822-08-5. https://dcc.dickinson.edu/ar/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-vi-679-702