Vergil’s Aeneid, Book I, Lines 8 - 11
LATIN (from The Latin Library):
Musa, mihi causas memora, quo numine laeso,
quidve dolens, regina deum tot volvere casus
insignem pietate virum, tot adire labores 10
impulerit. Tantaene animis caelestibus irae?
ENGLISH (from Me!):
Muse, remind me of the reasons, by what slight to her divinity,
or grieving what thing, the queen of the gods drove a man
distinguished by his piety to undergo so many misfortunes,
to undertake so many labors. Is there such great anger in heavenly hearts?
Other Vergil posts:
Aeneid I.1-7
Aeneid I.12-18
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