Intereā videt Aenēās in valle reductā

sēclūsum nemus et virgulta sonantia silvae,

Lēthaeumque domōs placidās quī praenatat amnem.705

Hunc circum innumerae gentēs populīque volābant:

ac velutī in prātīs ubi apēs aestāte serēnā

flōribus īnsīdunt variīs et candida circum

līlia funduntur, strepit omnis murmure campus.

Horrēscit vīsū subitō causāsque requīrit710

īnscius Aenēās, quae sint ea flūmina porrō,

quīve virī tantō complērint agmine rīpās.

Tum pater Anchīsēs: 'Animae, quibus altera Fātō

corpora dēbentur, Lēthaeī ad flūminis undam

sēcūrōs laticēs et longa oblīvia pōtant.715

Hās equidem memorāre tibi atque ostendere cōram

iamprīdem, hanc prōlem cupiō ēnumerāre meōrum,

quō magis Ītaliā mēcum laetēre repertā.'

'Ō pater, anne aliquās ad caelum hinc īre putandum est

sublīmīs animās iterumque ad tarda revertī720

corpora? Quae lūcis miserīs tam dīra cupīdō?'

'Dīcam equidem nec tē suspēnsum, nāte, tenēbō'

suscipit Anchīsēs atque ōrdine singula pandit.

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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/ro/vergil-aeneid/vergil-aeneid-vi-703-723