Vergil 1 - Dido

Context

Just before this passage, after hunting some deer to feed the crew from the handful of ships that washed ashore with him, Aeneas and his trusty companion Achactes go in search of the rest of the fleet that washed ashore elsewhere. They marvel at a temple of Juno, whose metopes tell the story of the Trojan War. Both Aeneas and Achates are shrouded in mist, sent from Venus to protect them, so when they enter this scene, they are unseen. Right after this scene, Aeneas sees that the rest of his crew are safe and sound, and are seeking refuge from Queen Dido

Seeing Dido

Haec dum Dardanio Aeneae miranda videntur,

dum stupet, obtutuque haeret defixus in uno, 495

regina ad templum, forma pulcherrima Dido,

incessit magna iuvenum stipante caterva.

Qualis in Eurotae ripis aut per iuga Cynthi

exercet Diana choros, quam mille secutae

hinc atque hinc glomerantur oreades; illa pharetram 500

fert umero, gradiensque deas supereminet omnes:

Latonae tacitum pertemptant gaudia pectus:

talis erat Dido, talem se laeta ferebat

per medios, instans operi regnisque futuris.

Tum foribus divae, media testudine templi, 505

saepta armis, solioque alte subnixa resedit.

Iura dabat legesque viris, operumque laborem

partibus aequabat iustis, aut sorte trahebat:

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