In these lines, Aeneas sees Hector in his dreams. He describes his appearance as depressing and chaotic, and very different from that of when he was a great victor. However, the voice that is now present in the epic is first person, and it could mean either the narrator OR Aeneas is speaking. The narrator/Aeneas cries out to Hector and asks him what happened to him, but Hector does not answer his questions. He tells Aeneas to flee from Troy, because it has been taken over by enemies. Aeneas is now to find a new home for the Trojans, one where they will be safe and happy, away from the now destroyed Troy.
Vocab:
- divum
- perque
- sanguine
- cerno
- puppibus
- tenuere
- eripe
- quaere
- flammis
Grammar:
- mihi - dative of reference or interest
- quo - ablative of time when
- Danaorum puppibus - dative of direction or reference
- Hector exspectate - vocative
- nate - vocative
- dea - abl. of separation
- his penatibus - dative of reference
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