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Lesson 1: Applying basic grammar to texts and comparing translations
Aeneid 2.234-242 : The Fall of Troy
The Trojans have decided to bring the Wooden Horse, full of hidden Greek soldiers, into the city.
dividimus muros et moenia pandimus urbis.
235accingunt omnes operi pedibusque rotarum
subiciunt lapsus, et stuppea vincula collo
intendunt: scandit fatalis machina muros
feta armis. pueri circum innuptaeque puellae
sacra canunt funemque manu contingere gaudent
240illa subit, mediaeque minans inlabitur urbi
o patria, o divum domus Ilium, et inclutum bello
moenia Dardanidum!