In these lines, Anna is saying her last words to her dying sister. She's completely heartbroken that her sister has abandoned her and the city. Juno pities Dido and her horrific death, and sends Iris down to cut Dido lose from her mortal body to send her to the underworld.
Vocab:
- araeque
- comitemne
- struxi
- siccabat
- halitus
- obitus
- vertice
- damnaverat
- isto
Grammar:
- vocavisses, tulisset - optative subjunctives
- te posita - abl. abs.
- ut abluam - purpose clause
- cubito - abl. of means
- reperta luce - abl. abs.- illi - dat. of reference
- adverso sole - abl. abs
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