Lines 424-462:
- caecis...latebris (424): cf. caecisque latebris (232, referring to the Harpies).
- spelunca (424): cf. speluncis...atris (I.60).
- exsertantem (425): frequentative; also, cf. exsertae (I.492).
- lines 426-8: deserve to be quoted in full for their explicit detail and soundscape:
prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo
pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix
delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
- praestat (429): cf. I.135.
- vasto...sub antro (431): cf. hic vasto rex Aeolus antro (I.52).
- resonantia saxa (432): cf. vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantis / accestis scopulos (I.200-1).
- unum...unum (435): framed line, stressing the importance of this one warning.
- Iunonis magnae.../Iunoni (437-8): Juno's prominence at the beginning of both lines.
- Trinacria finis Italos mittere relicta (440): chiasmus; mittere - future passive.
- huc ubi delatus (441): cf. huc ubi delati (219).
- sonantia silvis (442): cf. resonantia saxa (432).
- digerit in numerum (446): cf. ita digerit omina Calchas (II.182).
- increpitent (454): cf. tum Bitiae dedit increpitans (I.738).
- quin (456): = ut + non (with tanti, genitive of value, above).
- illa...bella (458): those wars, surrounding both Aeneas and the Italians.
- tibi Italiae (458): Aeneas and Italy are one.
- et quo quemque modo fugiasque ferasque laborem (459): repetition of sounds (quemque/laborem; -que; fugias/feras; quo/modo/laborem) emphasizes the repetitive toil to come.
- expediet (460): enjambment; cf. expediam dictis (379).
- cursusque dabit venerata secundos (460): cf. dabit deus his quoque finem (I.199).
- ingentem factis fer ad aethera Troiam (462): 'huge Troy' given emphasis.
Helenus' speech was 89 lines; has to be one of the longest in the Aeneid.
- caecis...latebris (424): cf. caecisque latebris (232, referring to the Harpies).
- spelunca (424): cf. speluncis...atris (I.60).
- exsertantem (425): frequentative; also, cf. exsertae (I.492).
- lines 426-8: deserve to be quoted in full for their explicit detail and soundscape:
prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo
pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix
delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
- praestat (429): cf. I.135.
- vasto...sub antro (431): cf. hic vasto rex Aeolus antro (I.52).
- resonantia saxa (432): cf. vos et Scyllaeam rabiem penitusque sonantis / accestis scopulos (I.200-1).
- unum...unum (435): framed line, stressing the importance of this one warning.
- Iunonis magnae.../Iunoni (437-8): Juno's prominence at the beginning of both lines.
- Trinacria finis Italos mittere relicta (440): chiasmus; mittere - future passive.
- huc ubi delatus (441): cf. huc ubi delati (219).
- sonantia silvis (442): cf. resonantia saxa (432).
- digerit in numerum (446): cf. ita digerit omina Calchas (II.182).
- increpitent (454): cf. tum Bitiae dedit increpitans (I.738).
- quin (456): = ut + non (with tanti, genitive of value, above).
- illa...bella (458): those wars, surrounding both Aeneas and the Italians.
- tibi Italiae (458): Aeneas and Italy are one.
- et quo quemque modo fugiasque ferasque laborem (459): repetition of sounds (quemque/laborem; -que; fugias/feras; quo/modo/laborem) emphasizes the repetitive toil to come.
- expediet (460): enjambment; cf. expediam dictis (379).
- cursusque dabit venerata secundos (460): cf. dabit deus his quoque finem (I.199).
- ingentem factis fer ad aethera Troiam (462): 'huge Troy' given emphasis.
Helenus' speech was 89 lines; has to be one of the longest in the Aeneid.