THE METAMORPHOSES OF PUBLIUS OVIDIUS NASO

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190 P. OVIDII NASONIS LIBER II.
Denique in adverse venientem limine sedit
Exclusura Deum: cui blandimenta, precesque
Verbaque jactanti mitissima, Desine, dixit:
Hinc ego me non sum nisi te motura repulso.
Stemus, ait, pacto, velox CyUenius, isto;
Cselatasque fores virga patefecit. At illi
Surgere conanti partes, quascunque sedendo
Flectimur, ignavai nequeunt gravitate moveri.
Ilia quidem recto pugnat se attollere trunco:
Sed genuum junctura riget, frigusque per artus
Labitur; et pallent amisso sanguine vena?.
Utque malum late solet immedicabile cancer
Serpere, et ilkesas vitiatis addere partes ;
Sic lethalis hyems paulatim in pectora venit:
Vitalesque vias, et respiramina clausit.
Nee conata loqui est; nee, si conata fuisset,
Vocis haberet iter: saxum jam colla tenebat;
Oraque duruerant: signumque exsangue sedebat.
Nee lapis albus erat: sua mens infecerat illam.
105. Denique. Uncharitable and male
volent feelings towards man, cannot fail
in the end to produce malignity against
God.
He that loveth not his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love God whom he hath not
seen ! 1 JOHN iv. 20.
109. Isto pacto: to that agreement.
Having told Mercury that she will not
move until she has driven him away, he
tells her, that it shall be so; for she will
be changed to stone, and will not have the
power of moving.
109. Cyllenius: the Cyllenian. Mer
cury, who was so called from Mount Cyl-
lene, where he was born.
110. Illi: of her; the dative being used
for the genitive case.
113. Recto trunco: with erect body;
with erect trunk, that part of the body
between the hips and neck.
114. Genuum junctura: the joint of her
knees.
NOTJE.
What festival was celebrated at Athens
as Mercury was passing along?
With whose beauty was he affected ?
Who was she ?
What were the names of the daughters
of Cecrops ?
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110 110. At paries, quat-
cunque flectimnr, ee-
dendo, nequeunt mo-
Teri ignavft gravitate
illi conanti surgere.
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120 130. Nee conata eit
loqui; nee si conata
fuisset, haberet iler
vocis.
115. Labitur: glides; diffuses itself;
creeps.
116. Cancer. A diseased tumor, which
has its name from its supposed resemblance
to a crab. It becomes enlarged, ulcerates,
and continues to spread, destroying the
parts in succession, till the whole texture
becomes diseased.
118. Lethalis hyems: the deadly winter;
the deadly cold. Thomson uses the term
winter for cold: On every nerve
The deadly winter seizes; shuts up sense;
And, o'er his inmost vitals, creeping cold
Lays him along the snows a stiffened corse.
THOMSON.
And, again:
As thus the snows arise, and foul and fierce
All winter drives along the darkened air.
THOMSON.
122. Signum exsangue: a bloodless sta
tue.
123. SIM mens. The dark and gloomy
nature of the envious woman affected even
her statue.
QUjESTIONES.
What is the meaning of these several
names ?
Were they real or ideal personages ?
Which one of the sisters attempted to
prevent the ingress of Mercury ?
Why did Minerva dislike Agraulos ?
FABCLA XI. METAMORPHOSE ON. 191
For what purpose did Minerva visit the
house of Envy ?
Did Envy affect Agraulos with her poison?
Moved with envious feelings towards her
Bister, what did Agraulos attempt f
What did the god do to her?
What color was the stone ?
How is this fable to be interpreted?
By Mercury what are we to understand?
How must we interpret his love for
Henet
How must we regard the envy of Ag
raulos ? »
What renders it probable there were
contests with the country people about the
foreign trade of Athens f
For what were the long walls constructed
that reached from the Piraeus and other
harbors to Athens f
How are we to regard the three cliarn
bers in the palace of Cecrops ?
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