The Works of Virgil

A rectangular miniature painting framed by a broad red border. The scene depicts a landscape at sunset. In the upper center, the personified Sun (Sol) appears as a face with a radiate crown of six red rays, setting behind a bank of white clouds or mist. To the left, a large tree stands near a river or coastal inlet that curves into the background. On the right, two figures in Roman military tunics and cloaks stand on the shore. Large portions of the pigment in the center and lower left have flaked away, revealing the underlying parchment and leaving ghost-like traces of additional figures and landscape elements.

THE AENEID

BOOK III

We are carried forward upon the sea, near the neighboring Ceraunian cliffs? original: "vicina Ceraunia"; a mountain range on the coast of Epirus known for its dangerous, lightning-struck peaks.
from where the path to Italy and the shortest course across the waves begins.?
Meanwhile, the sun rushes down and the dark mountains are shrouded in shadow.?
We stretch out upon the bosom of the longed-for land by the water,?
having assigned the oars by lot, and scattered here and there upon the dry shore?
we refresh our bodies; sleep bedews our weary limbs.? original: "sopor inrigat"; a classic Virgilian metaphor where sleep is described as a refreshing liquid poured over the body.
Not yet was Night, driven by the hours, entering the middle of her circle.? original: "orbem medium"; this refers to the midnight hour, when the personified Night has reached the zenith of her path across the sky.