THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO
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II<br />
P. OVIDII <strong>NASO</strong>NIS<br />
178<br />
Ergb ubi fatidicos concepit mente furores,<br />
Incaluitque deo, quern clausum pectore habebat;<br />
Aspicit infantem, Totique salutifer orbi<br />
Cresce, puer, dixit: tibi se mortalia scepe<br />
Corpora debebunt; animas tibi reddere ademptas<br />
Fas erit; idque semel dis indignantibus ausus,<br />
Posse dare hoc iterum flammS prohibebere avita;<br />
Eque deo corpus fies exsangue ; deusque,<br />
Q,ui modo corpus eras; et bis tua fata novabis.<br />
Tu quoque, care pater, non jam mortalis, et sevis<br />
Omnibus ut maneas, nascendi lege creatus;<br />
Posse mori cupies turn, cum cruciabere dirae<br />
Sanguine serpentis per saucia membra recepto:<br />
Teque ex ceterno patientem Numina mortis<br />
Efficient; triplicesque decs tua fila resolvent.<br />
Restabat fatis aliquid; suspirat ab imis<br />
Pectoribus, lacrymceque genis labuntur obortse:<br />
Atque ita, Prcevertunt, inquit, me fata; vetorque<br />
Plura loqui; vocisque mea; prcecluditur usus.<br />
Non fuerant artes tanti, quce numinis iram<br />
Contraxere mihi; mallem nescisse futura.<br />
LIBER II.<br />
P. Ergo ubi concepit<br />
fatidicos furores men-<br />
te, iucaluitque deo<br />
in quern habebat claulu<br />
sum pectore.<br />
15<br />
20<br />
17. Tu qnoque, care<br />
pater, jam non morta<br />
lis, et creatus lege<br />
nascendi ul maneas<br />
omnibus revis.<br />
23. Aliquid restabat<br />
fatis: Ula suspirat ab<br />
imis pectoribus, lacry<br />
mteque obortae labun-<br />
tar genis.<br />
27. Artes quffi con-<br />
traxere iram numinis<br />
milii non fuerant ton-<br />
NOTJE.<br />
8. Fatidicos furores: the oracular fury.<br />
_ god; and again rendered immortal alter<br />
9. Intaluit deo. When she became death.<br />
17. Tu quoque. Ocyrrhoe predicts also<br />
heated by the divine impulse.<br />
10. Salutifer: the bringer of health. the death of her father, Chiron.<br />
This is a sublime spectacle where the<br />
17. Non mortalis: immortal.<br />
prophetess Chariclo takes in her arms the That Heaven to me the final seal<br />
child who is the giver of health to the<br />
Of all earth's sorrow would deny,<br />
And I eternally must feel<br />
world. It reminds us of one more sublime, The death-pang, without power to die 1<br />
when the prophetess Anna takes in her<br />
MOORS<br />
arms the infant Jesus, (physician,) who is 18. JEvis omnibus: throughout all time.<br />
to heal alike the maladies of the souls and 18. Nascendi lege: by the condition of<br />
bodies of a sin-sick world; and, the spirit<br />
of prophecy resting upon her, beholds thy birth.<br />
19. Diree serpentis: of the dread serpent.<br />
"the Sun of righteousness arise with Chiron was wounded by one of the poi<br />
healing in his wings."<br />
soned arrows of Hercules, which had been<br />
Great ./Esculapius, skilled to heal mankind, dipped in the gall of the LernEean serpent.<br />
All i uling Preui nd physician kind;<br />
22. Triplices dete. The three fates. Clo-<br />
Who»c urt medicinal can alone assuage<br />
Diseases dire, and top their dreadful rage. tho, Lachesis, and Atropos. They were<br />
Strong, lenient god, re ard my suppliant prayer said to be the daughters of Jupiter and<br />
Bring gentle Health adorned with lovely hair: Themis; or of Nox, or Erebus, according<br />
Convey the mean of mitigalm- pain. to others. They spun the thread of human<br />
And raging d adly p tileuce e train. life; the first holding the distaff, the second<br />
O, power a 1 flourislnn abundant, bright,<br />
Apollo's honored off pring, god of light; spinning the thread, and the third ending it:<br />
Husbnnd " - of - blame e Health, Health, th the constant foe Clotho colum retinet, Lachesig net. et Atropos<br />
O f dreud duease, llie minister of wo.<br />
occat.<br />
Come, blessed Saviour, human health defend.<br />
And to this mortal iiuiuuuic««,,«_,..»,...... life afford a prosperous end. ... 23. Restabat aliquid: something re-<br />
OBPHHCS'S HYMS TO jEscuLAi-ius. rnained to the fates of her father. She was<br />
Cresce puer: grow up, boy. about to foretel his transformation to the<br />
11. preset: jiua.- g nj.« «*F, u~j.<br />
13. Semel. When ""' he ' shall ' " restore ' "" Hip constellation Sagittarius, but her own me<br />
polytus to life.<br />
tamorphosis prevented.<br />
14. Flammd avita: by the thunder of his 25. Fatapravertnnt: the fates prevent.<br />
26. Prcscluditur: is stopped; is pre<br />
grandfather.<br />
15. Corpus exsangue: a pale body; cluded.<br />
lifeless body.<br />
27. Artes. The art of prophecy.<br />
16. ID. Bis B IS nmatis: novuvis; thou inuu shah »iuui twice LTVI^ renew «^"-" 28. - Conlraxere mihi: have drawn upon<br />
... , , r __<br />
ihy fate; once having become mortal trom | me,<br />
Is.. METAMORPHOSEON.<br />
Jam mihi subduci facies humana videtur:<br />
Jam cibus herba placet; jam latis currere campis<br />
Impetus est; in equam, cognataque corpora vertor.<br />
Tola tamen quare ? Pater est mihi nempe biformis.<br />
Talia dicenti pars est extrema querelce<br />
Intellecta parum: confusaque verba fuere.<br />
Mox, nee verba quidem, nee equce sonus ille videtur; 35<br />
Sed simulantis equam; parvoque in tempore certos<br />
Edidit hinnitus; et brachia movit in herbas.<br />
Turn digiti coeunt, et quinos alJigat ungues<br />
Perpetuo cornu levis ungula: crescit et oris<br />
Et colli spatium; longce pars maxima pallse<br />
Cauda fit; utque vagi crines per colla jacebant,<br />
In dextras abiere jubas; pariterque novata est<br />
Et vox et facies : nomen quoque monstra dedere.<br />
29..Milii subduci: to be taken from me.<br />
31. Cognata corpora: into a kindred bo<br />
dy. Her father was half horse.<br />
32. Tola qttare: wherefore entire ? She<br />
wonders why she should be changed en<br />
tirely into a mare, when her father was<br />
half man and half horse.<br />
36. Simulantis equam: of one that imi<br />
tates a mare.<br />
37. Certoi hinnitus: true neighings.<br />
37. Brachia movit: she moved her arms.<br />
Who was Chiron ?<br />
Who were the Centaurs ?<br />
How do you explain their double na<br />
ture?<br />
Who was Ocyrrhoe ?<br />
What arts did she possess ?<br />
What prophecy did she make in refer<br />
ence to ./Esculapius ?<br />
By whom was ./Esculapius slnin ?<br />
After the prophecy relating to ^Escula-<br />
pius, what prediction did she utter ?<br />
How did Chiron die ?<br />
What became of him after death ?<br />
NOTjE.<br />
QU^ESTIONES.<br />
30<br />
179<br />
ti; mallem nesciue<br />
futura-<br />
38. Turn digiti co«-<br />
um et levis ungula<br />
olhgat quinos ungues<br />
40 P.erpetuo cornu: spa<br />
tium et oris et colli<br />
crescit<br />
She went upon all-fours, Tmt her arms<br />
were not yet changed into fore-legs.<br />
40. Longce pallee: of her long robe. The<br />
clothes of Lycaon, in like manner, were<br />
changed into hair.<br />
41. Vagi jacebant: lay scattered.<br />
43. Nomen. The metamorphosis also<br />
caused her to have a new name; she was<br />
called Evippe, which signifies one skilled<br />
in horsemanship, from ttonroj, expert in<br />
horsemanship.<br />
. _. .._r(,jned to Ocyrrhoe 1<br />
Whom did Sancboniatho consider JEs<br />
culapius to be ?<br />
Who are the Cabiri considered to be ?<br />
What character of the sun does JEscn-<br />
lapius represent ?<br />
Explain how he is slain by Jupiter.<br />
How d9 you interpret his deification ana<br />
immortality ?<br />
How do you explain the death of Chiron I<br />
How do you explain the account rf<br />
Ocyrrhoe as a real personage ?<br />
How can yon explain it physically ?<br />
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