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haec celerans iter ad navis tendebat Achates [Aeneid]

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The line is from Book I, "haec celerans iter ad navis tendebat Achates." Aeneas has just asked Achates to go back to the ships and retrieve some presents for Dido. One translation renders this as "speeding with these commands, Achates bent his way to the ships." I understand what is going on, and this phrase appears to be a complete sentence. I can't figure out though, why there are two nominatives, "iter", and "Achates", and which is the subject of "tendebat". Can anyone shed some...

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