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The most famous of Augustus' poetic supporters was Publius Vergilius Maro,
奧古斯都最著名的詩人支持者是普布留斯·維吉留斯·馬羅，
also known as Virgil of divine comedy fame.
也被稱作維吉爾的神曲。
Virgil's greatest work was the Ennead which was in part a Roman challenge to Greece's most glorious literary achievement,
維吉爾最偉大的作品是伊尼特是羅馬對希臘最光輝的文學成就的挑戰，
the Iliad and Odyssey of Homer.
荷馬的伊利亞特和奧德賽。
The Ennead was also meant to glorify Rome and to glorify Augustus
伊尼特也是通過與埃涅阿斯建立羅馬對比
and to glorify the Principate through comparison with Aeneas' foundation of Rome,
來美化羅馬美化奧古斯都美化元首制，
Aeneas' greatest quality is his Piatas or devotion
埃涅阿斯的偉大品質在于他展現出的，
which he displays to his gods which he displays to his father
對上帝，對父親，
and which he ultimately displays to his role as the founder of Rome.
對自己作為羅馬建立者的使命的奉獻精神。
Aeneas emerges from the smoking wreck of Troy,
埃涅阿斯從特洛伊火城中逃脫，
which stands of course for the smoking wreck of the republic which Augustus had inherited from his father.
這當然意味著奧古斯都從他父親手里繼承的共和國的殘骸。
Aeneas is carrying on his shoulders his aged father, Enkysias
埃涅阿斯背著他年邁的父親安奇塞斯，
who stands for the late great Julius Caesar and leads his son Eulace by the hand.
安奇塞斯象征著后來偉大的凱撒大帝，他手中牽著他的兒子尤魯斯。
Eulace, any resemblance to the name Julius is not at all accidental.
尤魯斯和尤利烏斯在名字上的相似并不是巧合。
Augustus also identified himself with Rome's mission,
奧古斯都賦予自己羅馬的使命，
to impose Pax Romana upon the world.
要把羅馬和平擴展到世界。
In book six of the Ennead
在伊尼特第六卷中，
Aenneas consults his now deceased father Enkysias in the underworld before beginning his divine mission to found Rome.
在埃涅阿斯開始建立羅馬的神圣使命之前，在下層社會他向現在已故的父親安奇塞斯請教。
Enkysias points out to him a long and distinguished line of future roman leaders,
安奇塞斯指出他的未來就是羅馬的領導，
culminating in Augustus of course and then explains Rome's unique form of manifest destiny.
因奧古斯都而終結，當然之后解釋了羅馬的獨特的天定的命運。
Note the backhanded slap at Greek cultural achievements,
注意這里對希臘文明成就拐彎抹角的挖苦，
which makes Roman political practicality stand out all the more,
這使得羅馬的政治實踐更加突出，
and I quote:
下面是詩歌的一段：
"Others with more delicate fingers may better fashion the breathing bronze
余下的將用大理石或者青銅
no doubt they will also create more life like features from marble.
鑿出生動的人象，造化巧奪天工。
They will play more cleverly in the courts and plot accurately the carpet of the stars and the courses of the swift constellations.
推算星辰的出沒，測制天圖在這法律的面前質疑辯誣。
This is your care oh Rome,
羅馬人啊!要記著自己的神圣職事，
subdue the whole world for your empire,
是向全世界推行和平的統治
these are your arts to establish the order of peace to spare the vanquished and to humble the haughty."
挫敗的多加撫恤，桀驁的誅戮。
In order to keep the whole world subdued in the Pax Romano in effect
為了能夠保證整個世界有效的進入羅馬和平，
Augustus encouraged the whole world to honour him personally in one way or another.
奧古斯都鼓勵整個世界用各種方式遵從他。
