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Fābula 3 – “Phrixus”
Fābula 3 – “Phrixus”
(1) Phrixus et Hellē, insaniā ā Lībero obiectā, cum in silvā errārent, Nebula māter eō dīcitur vēnisse et ariētem inaurātum adduxisse, Neptūnī et Theophānēs filium, eumque natōs suōs ascendere iussit et ad Colchōrum regem Aeētam Sōlis fīlium transīre ibique ariētem Martī immolāre. (2) ita dīcitur esse factum: quō cum ascendissent et ariēs eōs in pelagus dētulisset, Hellē dē ariēte dēcidit, ex quō Hellēspontum pelagus est appellātum, Phrixum autem ad Colchidem dētulit; ibi mātris praeceptīs ariētem immolāvit pellemque ēius inaurātam in templō Martis posuit, quam servante dracōne Iāson Aesonis et Alcimedae fīlius dīcitur petīsse. (3) Phrixum autem Aeēta libēns recēpit fīliamque Chalciōpen dedit eī uxōrem; quae posteā līberos ex eō prōcreāvit. (4) sed veritus est Aeēta, nē sē regnō ēicerent, quod eī responsum fuit ex prodigiīs ut ab advenā Aeolī fīliō mortem cavēret; itaque Phrixum interfēcit. (5) at fīliī ēius, Argus, Phrontis, Melās, Cylindrus, in ratem conscendērunt, ut ad avum Athamentem transīrent: hōs Iasōn, cum pellem peteret, naufragōs ex īnsula Diā sustulit et ad Chalciōpen matrem reportāvit, cuius beneficiō ad sorōrem Mēdēam est commendātus.
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1 obiectus, -a, -um, from obiciō: cast in their way, i.e., confronted with, beset by; the madness is that of Ino their step-mother eō = “there” inaurātus, -a, -um: covered in gold, gold-covered Theophānēs is a Greek genitive: “of Theophane” Colchī, -ōrum: the Colchians2 esse factum = “to have happened” quō cum ascendissent: “when (cum) they had climbed on it (quō)” pelagus, -ī, n.: sea dētulisset = “had carried” dēcidō, dēcidere, dēcidī: to fall down, fall off from Hellespontus, -ī: the Hellespont http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellespont dētulit: “carried, bore off” Alcimedā, -ae: “Alcimede” petīsse = petīvisse, perfect active infinitive of peto, in indirect discourse3 libēns: gladly Chalciōpēn, Greek accusative of “Chalciope”4 veritus est = “was afraid” nē … ēicerent: “that they would expel” ut … cavēret = “that he should beware of” respōnsum fuit is impersonal – “was a response” Aeolī fīliō: Jason as well as the sons of Phrixus are descended from Aeolus5 ut … transīrent = “in order to cross over to …” cum … peteret = “when he was seeking …” commendō, commendāre, commendāvī, commendātum: to entrust
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Fābula 22 – “Aeeta”
Fābula 22 – “Aeeta”
(1) Aeētae Sōlis fīliō erat responsum tam diū eum regnum habitūrum, quam diū ea pellis, quam Phrixus consecrāverat, in fānō Martis esset. (2) itaque Aeēta Iāsonī hanc simultātem constituit, sī vellet pellem aurātam auferre: taurōs aeripedēs, quī flammās nāribus spīrābant, iungeret adamanteō iugō et arāret dentēsque dracōnis ex galeā sereret, ex quibus gēns armātōrum statim ēnascerētur et sē mūtuō interficerent. (3) Iūnō autem Iāsonem ob id semper voluit servātum, quod, cum ad flūmen vēnisset volēns hominum mentēs temptare, ānum sē simulāvit et rogāvit, ut sē trānsferrent; cum ceterī, quī trānsīerant, dēspexissent, ille trānstulit eam. (4) itaque cum scīret Iāsonem sine Mēdēae consiliō imperāta perficere non posse, petit ā Venere, ut Mēdēae amōrem iniceret. (5) Iāson ā Mēdēa Veneris impulsū amātus est; ēius operā ab omnī periculō līberātus est. (6) nam cum taurīs arāsset et armātī essent ēnātī, Mēdēae monitū lapidem inter eōs abiēcit; illī inter sē pugnantēs alius alium interfēcērunt. (7) dracōne autem venenīs sōpītō, pellem dē fānō sustulit, in patriamque cum Mēdēa est prōfectus.
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Notes
1 respōnsum erat, pluperfect passive; the ‘response’ is an oracular one tam diū … quam diū = “as long as” quam diū … esset: “as long as it was …”, subjunctive expressing a provisio consecrō, consecrāre, consecrāvī, consecrātum: to dedicate, consecrate2 simultās, simultātis, f.: strife; contest, challenge sī vellet: “if he wanted” iungeret, subjunctive: “he should yoke” adamantēus, -a, -um: of adamantine, steel-hard, as hard as steel arāret … sereret: “should plough … and sow” galea, -ae, f.: a helmet ēnascerētur: “would be born” interficerent: “would kill” mūtuō (adv.): mutually3 ob id … quod: “because of the fact that” cum vēnisset: “when she had come” volēns: wanting ut sē trānsferrent: “that they carry her across” trānsīerant: “had crossed” cum … dēspexissent: “while they despised …” trānstulit, from trānsferō: “carried across”4 cum scīret: “since she knew” imperāta (neuter accusative plural, as noun): the things ordered, the orders ut … iniceret: “that she should …”5 impulsus, -ūs, m.: impulse, instigation, prompting6 cum … arāsset: “when he had ploughed”; arāsset for arāvisset essent ēnātī: “had been brought forth” monitus, -ūs, m.: advice7 est profectus = “set out”
Phrixus & Helle, Pompeian fresco
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