Book 11.203-214
The Latins also build pyres and burn their dead. Lamentations can be heard inside of Latinus' city.
Nec minus et miseri diversa in parte Latini
203
innumeras struxere pyras, et corpora partim
204
multa virum terrae infodiunt avectaque partim
205
finitimos tollunt in agros urbique remittunt,
206
cetera confusaeque ingentem caedis acervum
207
nec numero nec honore cremant: tunc undique vasti
208
certatim crebris conlucent ignibus agri.
209
Tertia lux gelidam caelo dimoverat umbram:
210
maerentes altum cinerem et confusa ruebant
211
ossa focis tepidoque onerabant aggere terrae.
212
Iam vero in tectis, praedivitis urbe Latini,
213
praecipuus fragor et longi pars maxima luctus.
214
© 2025 LatinTutorial, LLC Privacy Policy Terms of Service