DA Flashcards
451-454 Prīmus amor Phoebī Daphnē Peneia, quem nōn
fors ignāra dedit, sed saeva Cupīdinis īra,
Dēlĭus hunc nūper, victā serpente superbus,
aphne, daughter of Peneus, was Apollo’s[1] first love, which
not blind chance, but Cupid’s savage anger, gave.
Apollo[2],
463-465
“figat tuus omnia, Phoebe,
te meus arcus” ait, “quantōque animalia cedunt
cuncta deō, tantō minor est tua gloria nostrā.”
O Apollo, although your bow may pierce
all things, my bow [will pierce] you; and by as much as all
animals yield to a god, by so much is your glory less than mine.”
483-487 lla velut crimen taedās exosa iugalēs
pulchra verecundo suffuderat ora rubore
inque patris blandīs haerens cervice lacertīs485
“da mihi perpetuā, genitor carissime,” dīxit
“virginitate frui! dedit hoc pater ante Dianae.”
Hating matrimonial torches like a crime, she had
colored her beautiful face(s) with modest redness
and clinging with charming arms on her father’s neck
she said, “O dearest father, allow me to enjoy perpetual
maidenhood! Previously Diana’s father allowed this.”
545-548
“fer, pater,” inquit “opem! sī flūmina nūmen habētis,545
quā nimium placuī, mūtandō perde figūram!”
[quae facit ut laedar mūtandō perde figūram.]
vix prece finitā torpor gravis occupat artūs,
“Father bring help! [O] Rivers, if you have divinity,
destroy my shape by which I’ve pleased too much, by changing [it]!”
[omitted line]
Having barely finished the prayer, a heavy numbness seizes her limbs,
548-552
vix prece finitā torpor gravis occupat artūs,
mollia cinguntur tenui praecordia libro,
in frondem crinēs, in ramos bracchia crescunt,550
pes modo tam velox pigris radicibus haeret,
ora cacumen habet: remanet nitor unus in illa.
Having barely finished the prayer, a heavy numbness seizes her limbs,
her soft breasts are girded by thin bark,
her hair grows into foliage, her arms into branches,
her foot, just now so swift, clings by sluggish roots,
her face has the top of a tree: a single splendor remains in her.
