THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
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P. OVIDII N ASONIS<br />
Nunc quoque adhuc vitse non est fiducia nostrse<br />
Certa satis : terrent etiamnum nubila mentem.<br />
duid tibi, si sine me fatis erepta fuisses,<br />
Nunc animi, miseranda, foret ? .quo sok timorem<br />
Ferre modo posses ? quo consolante dolores ?<br />
Namqus ego, crede mihi, si to modo pontus haberet,<br />
Te sequerer, conjux, et me quoque pontus haberet.<br />
O utiiiam possem populos reparare paternis<br />
120<br />
Artibus ; atque animas formatse infundere terra!! 125<br />
Nunc genus in nobis restat mortale duobus.<br />
Sic visum Superis : hominumque exempla manemus.<br />
'Uixerat, et flebant. Placuit coeleste precari<br />
Numen ; et auxilium per sacras quserere sortes.<br />
NOT^E.<br />
11C. Possedil ccelera: has taken the reel.<br />
117. Non at fducia: we have not yet<br />
sufficiently certain assurance of our lives.<br />
119. Quid libi unimi: what would be<br />
thy mind ? thy feelings ?<br />
119. Sine me: without me. Ibeinijlost.<br />
119. Falis erepta: if you had been<br />
snatched from fate; preserved from death.<br />
1-1. Quo coiisolante dolores 7 who con<br />
soling your Borrows ?<br />
123. Si te modo ponlus. If the sea had<br />
swallowed up thee, I would cast myself<br />
into the sea. Thus, in Virgil:<br />
El tc, pnter optime Teucrum,<br />
Partus babct Libyae. JENEiD i. 555.<br />
124. Paternis arlSius : by paternal art;<br />
viz. by forming men of clay, and animat<br />
ing them wilh fire from heaven, as Prome<br />
theus, his father, had done.<br />
125. A nimas infundere: to infuse souls<br />
into the fashioned earth.<br />
What is the subject of this Fable ?<br />
Do the nncienta describe several<br />
floods ?<br />
Who was Deucalion ?<br />
Who was Ogyges ?<br />
What Biblical personage do they repre-<br />
nent ?<br />
How were the names of Barbarians ren<br />
dered in Greek and in other languages ?<br />
Whom do Sisithrus, Xisithrus, Ogyges,<br />
Mid Deucalion signify ?<br />
LIBER 1.<br />
117. Nunc quoque<br />
non est adhuc fiducia<br />
nostra; vita; satis cer-<br />
ta: etiamnum nubila<br />
terrent mentem. Quid<br />
animi nuuc foret tilji,<br />
iniseranda, Bi erepta<br />
fuisses (alls sine me ?<br />
quo modo sola posses<br />
ferre timorem? quo<br />
consolante dolores ?<br />
126. Nunc mortale<br />
genus restat in nobis<br />
duobus. Sic visum est<br />
Superis; maneimis-<br />
que exempla hoiiiin-<br />
um. Placuit tills<br />
And the Lord Cod formed man of the dust ot<br />
the ground, or.d breathed into his nostrils the<br />
breulli of life; and man became a living soul.<br />
GENESIS.<br />
To mix the earth and water, nnd infuse<br />
A haman voice. HESIOD.<br />
120. Genus morlalc: the human race.<br />
127. Sic visum: so it has pleased. Sup<br />
ply est.<br />
127. Homirtumque exempla : examples ;<br />
monuments of men.<br />
12-fl. Placuit: it pleased them ; they re<br />
solved.<br />
128. Cceleste precari. It is natural and<br />
proper to seek the aid of the Deity in all<br />
difficulties.<br />
129. Sacras sortes: the sacred oracles.<br />
These were given ty drawing lots, which<br />
came forth from the urn, marked with cer<br />
tain signs.<br />
Ex quo Deucalion, nimbis tollentibus tcquor<br />
Navigio inomem ascendit, sffiKqtte.—JVVEXAL.<br />
QUjESTIONES.<br />
Recapitulate the poinls ot agreement<br />
between the Biblical account of the flood,<br />
and the different heathen accounts.<br />
Who was Erinnys ?<br />
How many Furies were there, and what<br />
was their office ?<br />
How did the heathens consider the axis<br />
of the earth ?<br />
Who were the Parcaj, or Fates ?<br />
Had the ancients any idea of a future<br />
destruction of the world by fire ?<br />
FABULA IX. METAMORPHOSE ON.<br />
81<br />
Who were the Cyclops, and what was<br />
their office ?<br />
What different account do other heathen<br />
writers give ?<br />
What physical explanation can you give Does this agree with the Bible ?<br />
of the forging of Jupiter's thunderbolts by Who were the Nereides ?<br />
the Cyclops ?<br />
Where is Aonia? Where Phocis ?<br />
Who was JKolus, and where did he live ?<br />
What winds did he shut up in his ca<br />
On what mountain did the boat of Deu<br />
calion rest ?<br />
verns ?<br />
Why did he shut them up ?<br />
What was the name of the mountain<br />
originally, and why was il so called ?<br />
What wind did he let out upon the earth ? What oihcr mountain was named after<br />
Why is he said to have let out this wind ? the same manner ?<br />
Who was Iris, and what washer office ?<br />
How is Iris said to raise water ?<br />
Where is Mount Parnassus ?<br />
Who was the god of the sea?<br />
What goddess did Deucalion and Pyrrha<br />
go to consult ?<br />
What agency nad he in producing the<br />
flood?<br />
Where was her oracle 1<br />
Who was Triton ?<br />
What does Ovid say became of the ani<br />
mals upon the earth ?<br />
What agency had he in assuaging the<br />
waters of the flood?<br />
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