Perseus · Tufts
All Greek and Roman Materials
Collections: Classics · Papyri · Renaissance · London · California · Upper Midwest · Chesapeake · Boyle · Tufts History
Configure display · Help · Tools · Copyright · FAQ · Publications · Collaborations · Support Perseus
Classics:
Classics collection contents
About the Classics collection
Greek Hist. Overview
Art & Arch. Catalogs

Other Tools & Lexica
Plot:
  • sites in this book
  • sites in this document
    Display text chunked by:
    book
    card (default)
    Contents:
  • Book 1
  • Book 2
  • Book 3
  • Book 4
  • Book 5
  • Book 6
  • Book 7
  • Book 8
  • Book 9
  • Book 10
  • Book 11
  • Book 12
    		•

    P. Vergilius Maro, Aeneid (ed. John Dryden)

    Editions and translations: English (ed. John Dryden) | English (ed. Theodore C. Williams) | Latin (ed. J. B. Greenough)
    Your current position in the text is marked in red. Click anywhere on the line to jump to another position.
    book=1:line=65 book=1:line=142 book=1:line=223 book=1:line=325 book=1:line=402 book=1:line=464 book=1:line=579 book=1:line=657 book=1:line=723 book=2:line=77 book=2:line=145 book=2:line=250 book=2:line=318 book=2:line=402 book=2:line=506 book=2:line=588 book=2:line=679 book=2:line=752 book=3:line=49 book=3:line=135 book=3:line=192 book=3:line=320 book=3:line=374 book=3:line=506 book=3:line=588 book=3:line=692 book=4:line=54 book=4:line=129 book=4:line=219 book=4:line=296 book=4:line=362 book=4:line=450 book=4:line=553 book=4:line=630 book=5:line=1 book=5:line=104 book=5:line=183 book=5:line=286 book=5:line=362 book=5:line=461 book=5:line=545 book=5:line=664 book=5:line=746 book=5:line=827 book=6:line=42 book=6:line=124 book=6:line=212 book=6:line=295 book=6:line=417 book=6:line=494 book=6:line=576 book=6:line=679 book=6:line=756 book=6:line=801 book=7:line=5 book=7:line=107 book=7:line=192 book=7:line=249 book=7:line=341 book=7:line=445 book=7:line=511 book=7:line=601 book=7:line=706 book=7:line=803 book=8:line=66 book=8:line=152 book=8:line=219 book=8:line=337 book=8:line=424 book=8:line=520 book=8:line=608 book=8:line=671 book=9:line=47 book=9:line=123 book=9:line=224 book=9:line=314 book=9:line=367 book=9:line=503 book=9:line=530 book=9:line=672 book=9:line=756 book=10:line=16 book=10:line=96 book=10:line=198 book=10:line=287 book=10:line=362 book=10:line=439 book=10:line=543 book=10:line=606 book=10:line=689 book=10:line=769 book=10:line=833 book=11:line=29 book=11:line=100 book=11:line=182 book=11:line=243 book=11:line=336 book=11:line=399 book=11:line=498 book=11:line=557 book=11:line=664 book=11:line=768 book=11:line=836 book=12:line=18 book=12:line=113 book=12:line=195 book=12:line=257 book=12:line=346 book=12:line=441 book=12:line=500 book=12:line=593 book=12:line=697 book=12:line=766 book=12:line=843

    Table of ContentsGo to Previous Next

    The fatal pile they rear,
    Within the secret court, expos'd in air.
    The cloven holms and pines are heap'd on high,
    And garlands on the hollow spaces lie.
    Sad cypress, vervain, yew, compose the wreath,
    And ev'ry baleful green denoting death.
    The queen, determin'd to the fatal deed,
    The spoils and sword he left, in order spread,
    And the man's image on the nuptial bed.

    And now (the sacred altars plac'd around)
    The priestess enters, with her hair unbound,
    And thrice invokes the pow'rs below the ground.
    Night, Erebus, and Chaos she proclaims,
    And threefold Hecate, with her hundred names,
    And three Dianas: next, she sprinkles round
    With feign'd Avernian drops the hallow'd ground;
    Culls hoary simples, found by Phoebe's light,
    With brazen sickles reap'd at noon of night;
    Then mixes baleful juices in the bowl,
    And cuts the forehead of a newborn foal,
    Robbing the mother's love. The destin'd queen
    Observes, assisting at the rites obscene;
    A leaven'd cake in her devoted hands
    She holds, and next the highest altar stands:
    One tender foot was shod, her other bare;
    Girt was her gather'd gown, and loose her hair.
    Thus dress'd, she summon'd, with her dying breath,
    The heav'ns and planets conscious of her death,
    And ev'ry pow'r, if any rules above,
    Who minds, or who revenges, injur'd love.

    Preferred URL for linking to this page: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?lookup=Verg.+A.+4.504

    The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

    This text is based on the following book(s):
    Vergil. Aeneid. John Dryden. trans. XXX. XXX. XXX.


    Previous Next