Aeneid

Book I - Prologue Arms, and the man I sing, who, forc'd by fate And haughty Juno's unrelenting hate, Expell'd and exil'd, left the Trojan shore. Long labors, both by sea and land, he 'd borne, And in the doubtful war, before he won The Latian realm, and built the destin'd town; His banish'd gods restor'd to rites divine, And settled sure succession in his line, From whence the race of Alban fathers come, And the long glories of majestic Rome... (Aeneid - Book I)

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[LYRICS] ***Forced by Fate*** Hear the tales of the pilgrim man who faced the hate of the goddess through the fire and through the storm to the ancient mother Through the magic splendour of carthage and Sicilian lands through the underworld to the Lavinia shore Chorus: For the will of fate – from the ashes of the land afire Through many tears – hear a new birth will rise How, o Muse, can heavenly minds Feel hate for such a brave man? Through bad omens and hard ordeals he won the promised land Through the magic splendour of carthage and Sicilian lands through the underworld to the Lavinia shore Chorus Through many tears… it will rise Chorus …through many tears… it will rise… will rise… …for the will of fate… it will rise… will rise… [STORY] Seven years passed, seven years of pilgrimage, seven years through the winds and the storms of the seas, seven years had passed after that fatal day… the fall of Troy. The fleet of the Trojan people who had survived that tragedy was sailing from Sicily and now was near Carthage. Inside them the remembrance and the wounds, that those days had left in their hearts, were still strong. Dark in his face and lost in his thoughts, the leader of the fleet stood. It was Aeneas, the Trojan hero with mortal and divine blood, the son of Anchises and the goddess Venus. His look was lost in the horizon when, suddenly, a violent storm shattered the ship. Juno, unable to forget her wrath towards the Trojan people after the judgment of Paris had favoured Venus, bribed Aoulus to unleash storm winds on them, compelling them to put ashore in Africa, near Carthage. Venus appealed to Jupiter for their salvation and he reassured her about their glorious future and a golden age to come. Venus appeared to Aeneas disguised as a Carthaginian huntress and told him of Queen Dido and the settlers from Tyre who had formed the colony at Carthage, surrounded by potentially hostile peoples. So, aided by his mother, Aeneas reached Dido, receiving a warm welcome and hospitality. She, also an exiled, responded sympathetically to his plight and asked him to tell his story. Venus turned her son Cupid into Aeneas’ son – Ascanius – to make Dido and Aeneas fall in love and to ensure consequently his safety. Dido’s passion began to rise…

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Book II – The Fall of Troy [STORY] After Dido’s request, Aeneas told about the deceive of the Trojan horse and the fall of Troy. He started with the story of the “captured” Greek Sinon who deluded the Trojans telling that the hose had been constructed to appease Minerva after their attack on her temple. The only one who opposed the horse was the priest Laocoön: he spared it but nobody believed his words. He was attacked and killed, along with his sons, by two serpents. The Trojans broke down their walls to get the horse inside. In the night, the Greeks sailed back to the shore and Sinon released the men from the horse, giving start to the tragedy of the fire of Troy. The palace was attacked and Priam killed by Pyrrhus, Achilles’ son. In the meanwhile, in dream, Hector appeared to Arneas and told him to flee the ensuring destruction and to find a new town, a new place where the glory of Troy would shine once again. A divine portent appeared over the head of Ascanius. At first Anchises refused to flee with him and so his words echoed through the ruins of his own home… Troy: [LYRICS] ***Save You*** Son, watch around – this is my home Now burns in flames and I with her sink I hear thy voice, fate; I obey thy call As for my grave, let heaven take care… Chorus: Save you beyond the dark of this night Save you beyond this line Save you beyond the clouds to the light Save you now it’s my time My way is written, the same of these ruins Here, my last elegy – her last sad song I hear thy voice, fate: I obey thy call As for my grave, let heaven take care… Chorus [STORY] …but that was not his fate… finally, persuaded by the divine force, Anchises joined his son who carried him on his shoulders. Watched over by heaven, Aeneas had succeeded in fleeing along with his aged father, his little son and the Penates, his household gods. Suddenly Aeneas realized he had left his wife, Creusa, and went back… before his eyes the desolate scene of Troy… now an immense stake… the ancient holy temples transformed into a pile of ruins, the majestic and bright palaces now… blacked skeletons. Searching for her, running, screaming her name, suddenly he remained sill… not a move, not a word… a sense of terror ran through is shoulders… in front of him, he saw the shadow of his beloved wife. She – dead in the ruins – had come back to him and pophesied his great future…

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Book III – The Wanderings of Aeneas [LYRICS] ***Waiting for the Dawn*** We are lost in these walls of ice We are lost in this hell We are lost in these mortal waves Searching for a light beyond to ride As bright as a blade – moon, watch over our lives And show the new way to sail Thy silver rays be our eyes From the ashes we’ll arise… Chorus: Rise – don’t bleed tonight There’ll be a new day Don’t fall – waiting for the dawn Together we’ll arise Stay side by side Don’t fall – waiting for the dawn A new dawn will shine again for us Dispelling the shades of this night Erasing those flames from our minds From the ashes we’ll arise… Chorus Now, hear the winds… They will take us far from here To new horizons and lands The gods want a new fate for us Chorus [STORY] So Aeneas spoke after sailing from Troy. The journey in search of the promised land began. First, they sailed towards north to Thrace, then, towards Cete, the cradle of the Trojan race, where a pestilence forced them to go away. In a dream Aeneas saw Heperia, the land of the west, as their ultimate goal; so they started a new journey towards west. They encountered and fought against the Harpies led by Celeano. They sailed on to Leucas in West Greece and stayed there a year. At Buthrotum in Chaonia, they were welcomed by the former Trojan Helenus, who had been enslaved by the Greeks but later freed, made a king. He prophesied the Italian future and the route to take, including going to the Sibyl at Cumae. Aeneas departed and sailed across the Ionian sea to the boot of Italy and on to Sicily. They encountered the Greek Achaimenides, who told them his story about the Cyclops. They all had to flee Polyphemus when he appeared, and ended up at Drepanum on the west coast of Sicily. Aeneas finished his account with the death of his aged father Anchises.

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Book IV – Dido and Aeneas [STORY] Though bound by a vow to her husband Sychaeus, Dido fell in love with Aeneas. Juno got Venus to agree to their union and arranged a hunt and a storm to take them together into a cave… but Aeneas’ destiny was different. The father of the gods, Jupiter, through the words of Mercury, reminded the Trojan of his noble and sacred duty. The cold farewell words of Aeneas, prompted by Jupiter, caused the anger of Dido who swore vengeance. Warned by Mercury, Aeneas and his people hastily departed in their ships. Abandoned and wrapped by pain and desperation, the Carthaginian queen ascended to the pyre and took her sword, cursing him and prophesying eternal hatred and war between Carthage and the descendants of the Trojans… [LYRICS] ***Ballad of the Queen*** Why did you find rest here on my shores? Why did your words light the flame in my heart? You enemies will be the same that have loved you till tonight Why are you fleeing taking my soul to distant suns? Chorus: Hear the ballad of the queen A melody of pain Hear my memories and dreams Hate – for the years to come I was so foolish to hear your words The same that now are as cold as blades Your friends will be your enemies And the sun will start to cry Hate will domain between our mates I swear it to the stars Chorus: Hear the ballad of the queen A melody of pain Hear my memories and dreams Hate – for the years to come Hear the ballad of the queen A melody of cry Hear my memories and dreams Damned – for the years to come The flames burns on into my heart It does go on… I must stop it Cold friend, free me under the stars And give me peace, give me peace, Give me peace…

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Book VI – Journey through the Underworld [STORY] The Trojans arrived at Cumae, in Campania, on the west coast of Italy where Aeneas searched for the Cumaean Sibyl, the prophetess. She prophesied war and the trials ahead. Aeneas asked for her help during the visit to his father in the realm of the dead. She told him to give a golden bough to Proserpina in order to gain access and to bury one of his men, Misenus. So Aeneas and Sybil entered the cavern by the lake Avernus, leading to the underworld. They passed many personified evils and monsters. Then they saw Dido and her husband Sychaeus. They also encountered Trojans and Greeks, including Deiophobus, the third husband of Helen that revealed how Helen betrayed Troy. Tartarus, on the left way, was descried as a place of suffering and punishment for those found guilty by the judge Rhadamanthus. Instead, they turned right. Aeneas placed the bough at the threshold of Proserpina and finally entered the land of the blessed, Elysium, where the spirits were awaiting reincarnation after drinking water of Lethe which induced forgetfulness. There, he encountered his beloved father Anchises… [LYRICS] ***Underworld*** Aeneas: Walking the shades of the night Towards an unknown, dark world of fallen tears Walking through a lonely way Dismal light like the moon in a grey cloudy sky Chorus: Underworld – I have come for you To hear your voice and your words Underworld – I have come for you Watch over your son and bless his soul Anchises: Son – I’ll show you what’s your fate What will be born from your deeds – Painful and hard You’ll see the kings of the world, Of the empires to come They are tomorrow… Chorus Aeneas: Stand by my side along the way If I fall take my hand Please be my guide – show me the light If I bleed heal my wounds How many wars will be done for the splendour to shine? How many tears will be poured for the kingdom to come? Chorus [STORY] Anchises revealed him the distant future and the heroes of that future. After leaving his father, Aeneas re-emerged to the world of the living, ready to start his journey again towards his destiny…

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Book VII – Italy: The Promised Land and the Outbreak of Wat [STORY] Reassured by this vision and the words of his father, Aeneas landed near the Tiber’s mouth in Latium and, on the basis of the signs that had been foretold, he recognized the promised land… He made a pact with the king of the Latins, Latinus, to guarantee the safe and peaceful future of both peoples. To celebrate this alliance, he offered Aeneas his daughter Lavinia in marriage… but goddess June burled her wrath against the sacred pact, stirring up discord and war. First of all, she infected Queen Amata, Latinus’ wife, with resentment at her husband’s decision. Secondly, she sent the Fury Allecto, the demon of discord, to stir up the king of Rutulians, Turnus, who was betrothed to Latinus’ daughter. The sacred pact was broken and the dynastic marriage, arranged between Aeneas and Lavinia, was called off… the gates of war were thrown open while Latinus couldn’t do anything to avoid it. So, a powerful coalition of Latin peoples marched on the Trojan camp, including the tyrant Mezentius and the Volscian warrior-maiden Camilla. The biggest army never seen from the times of Achilles and Hector… [LYRICS] ***Gates of War (Muster of the Italian Forces)*** On the plain – look to the sunshine burns The shadow of mars returns His altars arise Here it comes – the time to be brave is at hand Shields, lances and swords Twirl high in the air Pre-chorus: Now the gates of war are forced by the Queen Come down from the holy skies Chorus: Day after day, remember this time They are marching on to blood and tears Day after day, remember this time For the glory and life after death Holy muse, may my chant celebrate of these and ancient times the heroes and kings May I sing – keepers of memories the greatest war never see from Troy’s times Pre-chorus Chorus

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Book VIII – Aeneas at the Site of Rome and the Divine Gift [STORY] Confusion reigned… Tiber, the river-god, after the prayers of Aeneas, appeared to him in a dream, encouraging him and promising to assist his ships upstream. Besides, he advised the Trojan hero to ally with King Evander, son of Mercury and therefore kin. He was the leader of Arcadians who lived in the place where foundations of Rome would stand, Pallanteum on the Palantine Hill. So Aeneas encountered Evander who assured his support. The king – simple and noble – told the Trojan of his glorious and heroic past and the history of his land. While touring the landmarks of the future Rome, he recalled the golden age, Hercules victory over the half-man monster Cacus, the figure of Saturn that gave local law and order and the name of Latium. They became friends, so that the king turned his beloved son Pallas over to Aeneas to become a warrior. Suggested by Evander and with the help of Pallas, Aeneas allied with the Etruscan coalition that had risen up against Mezentius, the cruel tyrant of Caere, now expelled, and ally of Turnus. In the meanwhile Venus had appealed to her husband Vulcan to make a suit of armour for Aeneas. So she gave her son the divine gift, a set of armour forged by Vulcan and his Cyclops, the shield of which was decorated with scenes from future Roman history and triumphs. She told him not to fear war… he would become, of that age, the hero… [LYRICS] ***Hero*** Yesterday the world only knew confusion and chaos A new culture now is going to start A new lord is sitting on the throne The glory shining on Chorus: In your eyes – there is the light of a god and a warrior Yesterday brothers killed each other moved by hate Now the same will fight under one crown So the way is drawn – the stars are clear and be like that Chorus: In your eyes – there is the light of a god and a warrior In your eyes – there are the holy signs of the hero Hear the roar of the streams The storm of wind will sweep away everything The masters watch over you Blessing your soul by their shining eyes In this silence, my hero Your word will be the guide Towards the glorious, Awaited age of gold In this darkness, my hero Your eyes will show the way Beyond the clouds and shadows of this night Chorus

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Book IX – Attack on the Trojan Camp During Aeneas’ absence, Juno sent Iris to Turnus to tell him that the moment for attack had come. So accepting the divine call to arms, he and his troops marched on the Trojan camp, alongside the river. The Trojans, according to the instructions of Aeneas, didn’t respond to Turnus’ challenge, remaining behind their walls. In the meanwhile, Nisus and Euryalus, close friends, decided to pass through the enemy lines in order to reach and warn Aeneas. In the silence of the night, they fell upon the sleeping enemies, killing many of them, but when their journey started, Euryalus was discovered and caught. Nisus, who had managed to escape, returned but he could not save his friend and, after heroically avenged him, met his death. The Trojans saw the heads of these brave warriors impaled on enemy spears… the battle started again… [LYRICS] ***Night on the World*** Look up the horizon The heavens blacken The screams tear the silence Watching above – the moon No light here in this lonely land I’m in the dusk Watching the world fall Still in the darkness Chorus: Burning down The gods are crying for our fate Burning down – night falls down here on the world The armies clash tonight The bloody swords twirl without rest Fragments in black and white Silver tears rain down from the skies I’m in the dusk Watching the world fall Still in the darkness Chorus

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Book X – Aeneas at War [STORY] With the Trojan camp under siege, Aeneas returned with his allies and called his companions together, his words echoed around the whole plain and pierced like arrows of fire, the hearts of men who were listening to him: [LYRICS] ***All of Us*** I’m with you to celebrate this day I’m with you to draw a new world paint I’m with you when pride will be our god and when the black clouds will cover the sky United together Under the noble flag… Chorus: All of us – in this magic age We are marching and marching on The hardest way All of us – in this mystic place Revolution is calling our names I’m with you in these shady plains I’m with you in for deliverance I’m with you when the dawn lights us and when the blood-stained curtain falls down United together Under the noble flag… Chorus [STORY] Led by his noble and brave words, they fought with honour and courage and, despite the fact that they were in minority, they conquered victory. But this clash saw many deaths in both armies. Turnus killed the young and brave Pallas, Aeneas’ ally and dear friend, stripping him of his sword belt, as a reminder of his victory, and Aeneas killed Mezentius, Turnus’ strongest ally, and his son Lausus.

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Book XI – The Despair of the Latins [STORY] The battle paused for funeral rites for the numerous victims. After his first victory, Aeneas mourned the death of his dear friend Pallas: [LYRICS] ***Away*** Away in the sky where the heroes live There – thy spirit runs Our hearts on a bed of thorns Bleeding, pray for you and cry You leave them alone Fly, noble warrior to the right arms of the gods Fly, noble warrior beyond the sun and the clouds Fly to the high gold world Thy armour shines on like thy value and pride Fly noble and dear friend While the silver rain goes on falling down Away in the sky thy spirit flies while these tears say goodbye… [STORY] After the funeral, Pallas’ body was taken to his father, King Evander, who cried for the death of his beloved son and called for Turnus’ death while pyres consumed the bodies of the deceased. In the council of the Latins, the kings expressed their will to stop the war against the Trojans, suggesting to make a treaty with them or, in alternative, to end the conflict with a single combat between Turnus, as he was largely responsible for it, and the chief of Trojans, Aeneas. Turnus who was not ready to concede defeat, accepted the challenge. The council was interrupted by the news that the Trojans and Etruscans were advancing. Turnus called the men to arms. The battle began. It was once again cruel and bloody and saw the death of another Latin hero, the noble virgin warrior Camilla. At the end Turnus, defeated, retired with his warriors…

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Book XII – The Final Combat [STORY] It was the time… Turnus decided to face Aeneas in a single combat… Aeneas accepted… in his hands not only the destiny of Lavinia, but above all the destiny and the future of his people. Too many warriors have died in this war, too much blood was spilled… Aeneas invoked the victory for the birth of a new breed where the Latins and the Trojans could join and live together… At dawn, both armies gathered on the plain for the coming battle between the two champions… [LYRICS] ***The Last Act (The Combat of Aeneas and Turnus)*** The sun’s just started his march and the clouds darken the plain Look – the swords high in the sky are ready to fight The winds brush their skins Now no move – eyes to eyes Honour, pride, fates of their mates in a single fight Pre-chorus: Hear the force of the winds An era is dying Hear the rumbling of thunders The sound of the blades Chorus: Master of the thunder Their future in your hands Master of the thunder It’s the birth of the empire The king is on the ground Now defeated, bloody, unarmed Praying for a noble burial or his life to be speared Around him, holy and bright The sword – belt of his friend shines Blinded by anger, Aeneas slays the foe Pre-chorus Chorus The storm is near The hero fights alone Aeneas slays the foe blinded by anger

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