Postquam aciēs videt Īliacās atque agmina Turnī,
ālitis in parvae subitam conlēcta figūram,
quae quondam in bustīs aut culminibus dēsertīs
nocte sedēns sērum canit importūna per umbrās,
hanc versa in faciem Turnī sē pestis ob ōra
fertque refertque sonāns clipeumque ēverberat alīs.
One of the books I have looked at changes the words to try to make sense,
pestis versa in hanc faciem sonans fertque refertque ad ora Turni
but I would have thought that in should go with faciem
I read it as:
having turned against the face of Turnus the plague both brings herself forward and back
but I can't make any sense of ob ora
Can anyone show me the error of my ways?
ālitis in parvae subitam conlēcta figūram,
quae quondam in bustīs aut culminibus dēsertīs
nocte sedēns sērum canit importūna per umbrās,
hanc versa in faciem Turnī sē pestis ob ōra
fertque refertque sonāns clipeumque ēverberat alīs.
One of the books I have looked at changes the words to try to make sense,
pestis versa in hanc faciem sonans fertque refertque ad ora Turni
but I would have thought that in should go with faciem
I read it as:
having turned against the face of Turnus the plague both brings herself forward and back
but I can't make any sense of ob ora
Can anyone show me the error of my ways?