| Line |
Latin text |
English translation |
| 1 |
Multās per gentēs et multa per aequora vectus |
Carried through many nations and many seas, |
| 2 |
adveniō hās miserās, frāter, ad īnferiās, |
I arrive, Brother, at these miserable funeral rites, |
| 3 |
ut tē postrēmō dōnārem mūnere mortis |
So that I might bestow you with the final gift of death |
| 4 |
et mūtam nēquīquam alloquerer cinerem. |
And might speak in vain to the silent ash. |
| 5 |
quandoquidem fortūna mihī tētē abstulit ipsum. |
Since Fortune has stolen you yourself from me, |
| 6 |
heu miser indignē frāter adēmpte mihi, |
Alas, wretched brother stolen undeservedly from me, |
| 7 |
nunc tamen intereā haec, prīscō quae mōre parentum |
Meanwhile, however, receive these which in the ancient custom of our parents |
| 8 |
trādita sunt trīstī mūnere ad īnferiās, |
were handed down as a sad gift for funeral rites, |
| 9 |
accipe frāternō multum mānantia flētū, |
Brotherly weeping, receive now these flowing with much |
| 10 |
atque in perpetuum, frāter, avē atque valē. |
And forever, Brother, hail and farewell. |
| edit AP Latin Syllabus |
| Vergil: Aeneid Book 1 (lines 1-519), Book 2 (lines 1-56, 199-297, 469-566, 735-804), Book 4 (lines 1-448, 642-705), Book 6 (lines 1-211, 450-476, 847-901), Book 10 (lines 420-509), Book 12 (lines 791-842, 887-952) |
| Catullus: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, (6), 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14a, (21), 22, 30, 31, (34), 35, 36, 40, 43, 44, 45, 46, 49, 50, 51, 60, 64, 65, 68, 69, 70, 72, 75, 76, 77, 84, 85, 86, 87, 96, 101, 109, 116. |
| Cicero: Pro Archia Poeta; De Amicitia 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104; Pro Caelio 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 41, 42, 43, 47, 48, 49, 50, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80 |
| Horace: Sermones 1.9; Odes 1.1, 1.5, 1.9, 1.11, 1.13, 1.22, 1.23, 1.24, 1.25, 1.37, 1.38, 2.3, 2.7, 2.10, 2.14, 3.1, 3.9, 3.13, 3.30, 4.7 |
| Ovid: Daphne and Apollo, Pyramus and Thisbe, Daedalus and Icarus, Baucis and Philemon, Pygmalion; Amores 1.1, (1.2), 1.3, (1.4), (1.5), (1.6), (1.7), 1.9, 1.11, 1.12, (1.14), (1.15), 3.15 |
