QVINTVS ENNIVS (239 - 169 B.C.) FRAGMENTA Annalium Liber I
Quintus Ennius [Ennius]
239-169 BC
Trans RMBullard
Latin (Republican Era)
Ilia Aoneae filia sororem adloquitur
[The Trojan daughter of Aonia speaks to the sister.]
Excita cum tremulis anus attulit artubus lumen, 32
Talia commemorat lacrimans, exterrita somno:
[When the old woman, upset, picked up the light with her trembling arms, weeping, she recalled the very events that had terrified her out of her sleep:]
'Eurudica prognata pater quam noster amavit,
Vires vitaque corpus meum nunc deserit omne.
['Eurudica, my sister, whom our father once loved, my strength and will to live have fully left my body.']
Nam me visus homo pulcher per amoena salicta
Et ripas raptare locosque novos:
[You see, I dreamed of handsome young man in a peaceful meadow and that he rushed along the riverbanks and other strange places:]
ita sola
Postilla germana soror, errare videbar
Tardaque vestigare et quaerere te, neque posse
[And also, I dreamed of our twin sister Postilla, who seemed to be wandering around alone, walking for a long time, and searching for you, but not being able to find you.]
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