THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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P. OVIDII NASONIS
I procul hinc, dixit, nee sacros pollue fontes,
Cynthia: deque suo jussit secedere coetu.
Senserat hoc olim magni matrona Tonantis ;
Distuleratque graves in idonea tempora pocnas:
Causa morjE nulla est: et jam puer Areas (id ipsum
Indoluit Juno) fuerat de pellice natus.
Q.UO simul obvertit sievam cum lumine mentem;
Scilicet hoc umun restabat, adultera, dixit.
Haud impunfc feres: adimam tibi nempe figuram;
Qua tibi, quaque places nostro, importuna, marito.
Dixit; et arreptis adversa fronte capillis
Stravit humi pronam. Tendebat brachia supplex:
Brachia cocperunt nigris horrescere villis,
Curvarique manus, et aduncos crescere in ungues,
OfRcioque pedum fungi: laudataque quondam
Ora Jovi, lato fieri deformia rictu.
Neve preces animos, et verba superflua flectant;
Posse loqui eripitur: vox iracunda, minaxque,
Plenaque terroris rauco de gutture fertur.
Mens antiqua tamen facta quoque mansit in ursa;
Assiduoque suos gemitu testata dolores,
Qualescunque manus ad coelum et sidera tollit;
Ingratumque Jovem, nequeat cum dicere, sentit.
Ah quoties, sola non ausa quiescere sylva
N07VE.
11. Sacrof fontes: the sacred fountains.
They were sacred, because used by the
goddess nnd her nymphs; or probably be
cause all running streams were supposed
to have a divinity residing in them.
12. Cynthia. Diana, so called from Cyn-
thus, a mountain of Delos, where Apollo
and Diana were born.
13. Senserat lioc: had perceived this
the infidelity of Jupiter.
15. Id ipsum: that very thing, viz. the
birth of a son, by which Jupiter's dis
grace was rendered public.
17. Quo: whither; to whom, viz. Cal
listo.
18. Scilicet: forsooth. There is great
anger implied in the use of this word.
19. Haud impune: you shall not bear
this with impunity.
20. Importuna: wanton.
21. Adversa a fronte: from the fore
head.
22. Humi pronam: prone on the ground;
with her face to the earth.
Prime to the dw«f. afflicted Waldgrave hid
His lace ou earth. CAMPBELL.
23. BracJiia cceptrunt. The transforma
tion of the maid into a bear began to take
place.
23. Horrescere : to. become rough and
shaggy with hair.
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LIBER II.
11. I procul hinc,
nee pollue sacros fon-
tes, jussitque cam se-
cedere de suo ccetn
17. Qu& Bimul ob
vertit mentem sa:vam
cum lumine, dixit.
SI. Dixit: et capil
lis nrreptis a fronte
adverse, stravit Wan
pronam humi. Sup
plex tendebat brachia.
27. Neve preces et
verba superflua flec
tant animos, eripitur
posse loqui: vox ira
cunda, minnxque, ple-
30 naque terroris, fertul1
de rauco gutture.
34. Ah quoties non
ausa est quiescere solft
The same hour was the tiling fulfilled upon
Nebuchadnezzar, and he was driven from men,
and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was
wet with the dew of henvcn, till his hairs were
grown like eagle's feathers, and his nails like
bird's claws. -DANIEL, chap. iv.
25. Laudaia Jovi. Praised by Jupiter
on account of its delicate beauty.
26. Lato rictu: with wide jaws.
27. Verbo. superflua: superfluous words;
many entreaties.
28. Posse loqui: to be able to speak;
the faculty of speech.
29. Fertur: is brought: issues.
30. Mens antiqua: her former mind.
Her reason remains unimpaired. On the
contrary, when Nebuchadnezzar is driven
from men, his body is not changed, but he
has the spirit of a beast.
Let his heart be changed from man's, nnd let
a beast's heart be given unto him; and let seven
tunes pass over liim. DAXIEL, chap. iv.
32. Qualescunqi*e manus: her hands
such ns they were. They were hands
formerly, but are now the fore-feet of a
beast. The bear often walks on its hind-
feet, and holds up its paws; and hence
she is here said to lift up her hands in en
treaty.
33. Nequeat dicere: she cannot call him
ungrateful. The loss of her voice pre
vented.
FABULAV. MET AMD RPHOSEO N.
Ante domum, quondamque suis erravit in agris!
Ah! quoties per saxa canum latratibus acta est;
Venatrixque metu venantum territa fugit!
Sjepe feris latuit visis; oblita quid esset:
Ursaque conspectos in montibus horruit ursos:
Pertimuitque lupos, quainvis pater esset in illis.
35. Quondam suis. There is something
mournful in this hovering of Callisto around
the house which she formerly inhabited.
Virgil, in like manner, represents Philo
mela, after her metamorphosis, flying over
her former residence:
Quo cursu deserta petiverit, et quibus antd
Jnfclix sun tecta supervolitaverit alis?
ECLOOA vi.
37. Venatrix: a huntress who had
been a huntress.
Why was Callisto driven from the re
tinue of Diana 1
What became of her afterwards?
Why was the name Callisto probably
given to her ?
What were the Callisteia?
Where were they celebrated ?
In the temple of what goddess were the
prizes given ?
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Why is the name Parrhasis applied
Callisto Inlliatn i ? •
to
Where was Parrhasia ?
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QU^STIONES.
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35 sy'va. erravitque ante
domum, in agris quon
dam suis
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38. OUila. Having forgotten that she
is now a beast herselfT
40. Pater. Her father Lycaon, who had
been transformed into a wolf, as related In
Fable VIII., of Book I. As all animals
subsequent to that period were destroyed
by the flnod, it is an error in the poet to re
present Lycaon as then among the wolves.
41. Ignara: ignorant; unacquainted with
the fact that his mother had been changed
into a bear.
Was any change made in the mind of
Callisto ?
Was she fearful of the bears ?
Why was her father said to be among
the wolves ?
Who was her father ?
Why was he changed to a wolf?
How will you interpret the metamor
phosis of Csllisto ?
Was there a Lycasan prince named Ju
piter?
Where did he hold his court ?
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