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Quis describitur: malum quā nōn aliud vēlōcius ūllum:mōbilitāte viget vīrēsque adquīrit eundō
Fama (an evil than which)
Quis describitur: parva metū prīmō, mox sēsē attollit in aurāsingrediturque solō et caput inter nūbila condit.
Fama (small at first in fear)
Quis describitur: monstrum horrendum, ingēns, cui quot sunt corpore plūmae,tot vigilēs oculī subter (mīrābile dictū),tot linguae, totidem ōra sonant, tot subrigit aurēs
Fama (physical description)
Quis describitur: centum ārās posuit vigilemque sacrāverat ignem,excubiās dīvum aeternās, pecudumque cruōrepingue solum et variīs flōrentia līmina sertīs.
Iarbas (temples and sacrifices)
Quis dixit: "Iuppiter omnipotēns, cui nunc Maurūsia pictīsgēns epulāta torīs Lēnaeum lībat honōrem,aspicis haec?
Iarbas (beseeching Juppiter)
Quis dixit: fēmina quae nostrīs errāns in fīnibus urbemexiguam pretiō posuit, cui lītus arandumcuique locī lēgēs dedimus, cōnūbia nostrareppulit ac dominum Aenēān in rēgna recēpit.
Iarbas (Dido has rejected his marriage)
Quis describitur: ut prīmum ālātīs tetigit māgālia plantīs,Aenēān fundantem arcēs ac tēcta novantemcōnspicit.
Mercurius (landing in the outskirts of Karthage)
Quid describitur: atque illī stēllātus iaspide fulvāēnsis erat Tyriōque ardēbat mūrice laenadēmissa ex umerīs, dīves quae mūnera Dīdōfēcerat, et tenuī tēlās discrēverat aurō.
Aeneas' sword and cloak
Quis dixit: tū nunc Karthāginis altaefundāmenta locās pulchramque uxōrius urbemextruis? heu, rēgnī rērumque oblīte tuārum!
Mercurius (to wife-ruled Aeneas)
Quis dixit: ipse deum tibi mē clārō dēmittit Olympōrēgnātor, caelum et terrās quī nūmine torquet,ipse haec ferre iubet celerēs mandātas per aurās:
Mercurius (Jupiter sent me)
Quis describitur: ardet abīre fugā dulcēsque relinquere terrās,attonitus tantō monitū imperiōque deōrum.heu quid agat? quō nunc rēgīnam ambīre furentemaudeat adfātū? quae prīma exordia sūmat?
Aeneas (dumbstruck by Mercury's appearance and speech)
Quis describitur: saevit inops animī tōtamque incēnsa per urbembacchātur, quālis commōtīs excita sacrīsThyias, ubi audītō stimulant trietērica Bacchōorgia nocturnusque vocat clāmōre Cithaerōn.
Dido (raging wildly like a Bacchanite)
Quis dixit: dissimulāre etiam spērāstī, perfide, tantumposse nefās tacitusque meā dēcēdere terrā?
Dido (calling out Aeneas for trying to leave in secret)
Quis dixit: nec tē noster amor nec tē data dextera quondamnec moritūra tenet crūdēlī fūnere Dīdō?
Dido (do none of these things keep you here?)
Quis dixit: quīn etiam hībernō mōlīrī sīdere classemet mediīs properās Aquilōnibus īre per altum,crūdēlis?
Dido (you're trying to sail in winter?)
Quis dixit: mēne fugis?
Dido (is it me you're fleeing?)
