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Question 1

cognita res meritam vati per Achaidas urbes

attulerat famam nomenque erat auguris ingens.

Answer 1

This story having become known had brought deserved fame to the seer (= Tiresias)
and his name was huge through the cities of Achaia (=part of Greece)
-meritam deserved
-vati seer
-attulerat brought
-auguris seer

Question 2

spernit Echionides tamen hunc ex omnibus unus,
contemptor superum Pentheus, praesagaque ridet
verba senis tenebrasque et cladem lucis ademptae
obicit.

Answer 2

The son of Echion, he alone among all, rejected him,
Pentheus, despiser of gods, and laughed at the old man’ warning words
and taunted [him] with the loss of sight and with the disaster of his blindness.
-spernit despised
-contemptor despiser
-superum gods
-praesaga warning (words)
-tenebras darkness
-cladem disaster
-ademptae loss of
-obicit taunted

Question 3

illemovensalbentiatemporacanis

Answer 3

This [=Tiresias] shaking his head white with white hair (white head), said:

• albentia/canis white
• tempora head

Question 4

“quamfelixesses,situquoqueluminishuius

orbus”ait“fieres,neBacchicasacravideres.

Answer 4

“How lucky you would be if you also became deprived of sight,
so that you could not witness Bacchus’ sacred rites!
-orbus deprived
-

Question 5

namquediesaderit,quamnonproculauguroresse,

quanovushucveniat,prolesSemeleia,Liber;

Answer 5

for a day will come, which i vouch is not far off,
when the new god, Liber, son of Semele, will come here.
-aderit come here
-non procul not far off
-auguror foretell (vouch)
-proles son of

Question 6

quemnisitemplorumfuerisdignatushonore,
millelacerspargerelocisetsanguinesilvas
foedabismatremquetuammatrisquesorores.

Answer 6

if you do not think him worthy of the honour of temples, torn apart, you will be scattered in a 1000 places and with your blood
you will bespatter the woods and your mother and your mother’s sisters.
-nisi if not
-dignatus worthy
-lacer torn apart
-spargere scattered
-foedabis bespatter

Question 7

eveniet;nequeenimdignaberenumenhonore,

mequesubhistenebrisnimiumvidissequereris.”

Answer 7

This will come to pass! for you will not treat the god with honour,
and you will lament that in my blindness i saw too much”
-numen god
-nimium too much

Question 8

taliadicentemproturbatEchionenatus.

Answer 8

the son of Echion thrust him aside as he was [still] saying these words.

• talia such
• proturbat pushed aside

Question 9

dicta fides sequitur responsaque vatis aguntur:

Answer 9

Fulfillment follows the words, the prophecy of the seer is fulfilled.

Question 10

Liber adest festisque fremunt ululatibus agri;

Answer 10

Bacchus is present, the fields are ringing with celebatory shrieks

Question 11

turbaruitmixtaequevirismatresquenurusque

vulgusqueproceresqueignotaadsacraferuntur. 530

Answer 11

A crowd rushes, mothers and unmarried women mixed together with men
Ordinary people and princes are led to the unknown rites

Question 12

“quisfuror,anguigenae,prolesMavortia,vestras

attonuitmentes?”Pentheusait:

Answer 12

“what madness, o dragon-born, children of Mars, confuses your mind?” Pentherus said:

Question 13

“aeranetantum
aererepulsavalentetaduncotibiacornu
etmagicaefraudes,

Answer 13

“do brazen cymbals clashing with bronze, pipes with curved horns and magic trickery

Question 14

ut,quosnonbellicusensis,

nontubaterruerit,nonstrictisagminatelis,

Answer 14

men who, the sword of battle,

the trumpet of war, the battle-lines with drawn weapons did not scare,

Question 15

femineae voces et mota insania vino

obscenique greges et inania tympana vincant?

Answer 15

feminine voices and movements [made] insane by wine and empty drums and licentious packs of people will conquer them?

Question 16

vosne, senes, mirer, qui longa per aequora vecti

hac Tyron, hac profugos posuistis sede penates,

Answer 16

You old men, I wonder at you, who, having been transported through the wide expanses of the sea
Placed here in Tyro your ancestors forced to flee their homeland to this place

Question 17

nunc sinitis sine Marte capi? vosne, acrior aetas, 540
o iuvenes,

Answer 17

now will you allow to be conquered without a fight? [ I am puzzled by] you, young people of keener age,

Question 18

propiorquemeae,quosarmatenere,

nonthyrsos,galeaquetegi,nonfronde,decebat?

Answer 18

closer to me, for whom it was right to brandish weapons,

not the tyrsus, for whom it was right to be protected by a helmet, not leafy branches

Question 19

este, precor, memores, qua sitis stirpe creati,
illiusque animos, qui multos perdidit unus,
sumite serpentis.

Answer 19

Be mindful, I pray, of the lineage from which you were created, take up the courage of that serpent that alone destroyed many.

Question 20

pro fontibus ille lacuque 545

interiit: at vos pro fama vincite vestra.

Answer 20

He died for springs and lakes, but you conquer for your glory.

Question 21

ille dedit leto fortes: vos pellite molles

et patrium retinete decus.

Answer 21

He gave death to the strong, you drive off the soft and maintain the honour of your family.

Question 22

si fata vetabant
stare diu Thebas, utinam tormenta virique
moenia diruerent, ferrumque ignisque sonarent.

Answer 22

f Fate did not allow Thebes to stand for a long time, how I wish that machines of war and men would destroy the walls and iron and fire would roar.

Question 23

essemus miseri sine crimine, sorsque querenda,

non celanda foret, lacrimaeque pudore carerent;

Answer 23

We would be wretched without blame, our destiny would be lamentable [but] it would not have to be concealed and [our] tears would be free from shame.

Question 24

at nunc a puero Thebae capientur inermi,

Answer 24

But now Thebes will be captured by an unarmed boy,

Question 25

quem neque bella iuvant nec tela nec usus equorum,

Answer 25

whom neither wars nor weapons nor the use of horses please,

Question 26

sed madidus murra crinis mollesque coronae 555 | purpuraque et pictis intextum vestibus aurum,

Answer 26

but hair dripping with myrrh and soft garlands and garments embroidered with purple die and gold.

Question 27

quem quidem ego actutum (modo vos absistite) cogam | adsumptumque patrem commentaque sacra fateri.

Answer 27

I shall compel him at once- you just stand aside- to confess to have adopted a father and made up sacred rites.

Question 28

an satis Acrisio est animi, contemnere vanum | numen et Argolicas venienti claudere portas:

Answer 28

Acrisius had courage enough to despise this false god and shut the gates of Argos to [him] coming.”

Question 29

Penthea terrebit cum totis advena Thebis?

Answer 29

Will this newly arrived foreigner scare Pentheus and the whole of Thebes?

Question 30

ite citi' (famulis hoc imperat), 'ite ducemque | attrahite huc vinctum! iussis mora segnis abesto!'

Answer 30

“Go quickly,” (he orders this to his attendants) “Go and drag the leader here bound. Let sluggish hesitation be absent from [obeying] the orders.”

Question 31

hunc avus, hunc Athamas, hunc cetera turba suorum 564 | corripiunt dictis frustraque inhibere laborant.

Answer 31

his grandfather, Athamas, the remaining crowd of his relatives seize him [hunc=this[ man] [Pentheus] with their words and in vain they labour to block [him]

Question 32

acrior admonitu est, irritaturque retenta | et crescit rabies moderaminaque ipsa nocebant.

Answer 32

He is fiercer because of the warning and obstacles provoke him and his anger grows and the attempts themselves to restrain him are harmful

Question 33

sic ego torrentem, qua nil obstabat eunti, | lenius et modico strepitu decurrere vidi;

Answer 33

In this way I saw a river flowing more gently and with milder noise where there was nothing blocking its flow

Question 34

at quacumque trabes obstructaque saxa tenebant, 570 | spumeus et fervens et ab obice saevior ibat.

Answer 34

But wherever timber and hindering rocks were blocking it | It was running foaming and boiling and fiercer because of the obstacle

Question 35

ecce cruentati redeunt et, Bacchus ubi esset, | quaerenti domino Bacchum vidisse negarunt.

Answer 35

Look! Covered in blood they [the servants] return and to the master asking where was Bacchus, they say they had not seen Bacchus.

Question 36

“hunc” dixere “tamen comitem famulumque sacrorum | cepimus” 

Answer 36

“we captured this [man] however” they said “his companion and a follower of his sacred rites”

Question 37

et tradunt manibus post terga ligatis | sacra dei quendam Tyrrhena gente secutum.

Answer 37

and they hand him over with hands tied behind his back | someone from Tyrrenian people who had followed the sacred rites of the god

Question 38

aspicit hunc Pentheus oculis quos ira tremendos | fecerat, et quamquam poenae vix tempora differt,

Answer 38

Pentheus looks at him with eyes which anger had rendered terrifying and, although he postpones the time for punishment unwillingly [lit: with difficulty],

Question 39

“o periture tuaque aliis documenta dature | morte” ait,

Answer 39

he says: “You, condemned to die, and you who are about to give an example to others with your death, ((((He says: "You, who are about to die, whose death will serve as a warning to others)))))

Question 40

“ede tuum nomen nomenque parentum 580 | et patriam morisque novi cur sacra frequentes.”

Answer 40

tell me your name and the name of your parents | and their land of origin and why you attend the sacred rites of this new fashion”

Question 41

ille metu vacuus “nomen mihi” dixit “Acoetes, | patria Maeonia est, humili de plebe parentes.

Answer 41

He free from/empty of fear said: “My name is Acoetes, Moenia is my homeland, my parents are of humble origin/[ordinary] people.

Question 42

non mihi quae duri colerent pater arva iuvenci, | lanigerosve greges, non ulla armenta reliquit.

Answer 42

My father did not leave me fields for sturdy oxen to till or flocks of sheep rich in wool or any herds.

Question 43

pauper et ipse fuit linoque solebat et hamis | decipere et calamo salientis ducere pisces.

Answer 43

The man himself was poor and used to deceive the leaping fish with his tackles and hook and drew them [out] with his rod.

Question 44

ars illi sua census erat. cum traderet artem, “accipe quas habeo, studii successor et heres,” dixit “opes

Answer 44

His skill was the wealth he had, as he was handing over his trade [to me] he said: “Take what riches I have –be my successor and the heir to my craft”

Question 45

” moriensque mihi nihil ille reliquit 590 | praeter aquas; unum hoc possum appellare paternum.

Answer 45

and dying he left nothing else except the waters [of the sea]. This [thing] only I can call my inheritance

Question 46

mox ego, ne scopulis haererem semper in isdem, addidici regimen dextra moderante carinae flectere,et Oleniae sidus pluviale Capellae Taygetenque Hyadasque oculis Arctonque notavi ventorumque domos et portus puppibus aptos.

Answer 46

Soon, lest I stuck/clung forever to the same rocks, I learned how to steer the course of a ship under the control of my hand and I learned to recognise with my eyes the constellation of the Olenian Goat that brings rain, and Taygetes and Hyadas and Arctos and the houses of the winds and harbours suitable for ship[s]

Question 47

forte petens Delom Chiae telluris ad oras applicor et dextris adducor litora remis doque levis saltus udaeque immittor harenae.

Answer 47

…by chance making for Delos I landed on the shores of the land of Chios And with skillfull oars I sail to the shore And agile With a leap i jump onto the wet sand.

Question 48

nox ubi consumpta est. Aurora rubescere primo           600 coeperat; exsurgo laticesque inferre recentis admoneo monstroque viam quae ducat ad undas.

Answer 48

There the night [was spent]. As soon as Dawn had started to blush I got up and advised [my men] to bring fresh water And pointed out the way that leads to springs

Question 49

ipse, quid aura mihi tumulo promittat ab alto | prospicio comitesque voco repetoque carinam.

Answer 49

I myself, look out from a high hill at what the wind might promise to me And I call my comrades and again make for the ship.

Question 50

adsumus en” inquit sociorum primus Opheltes, utque putat, praedam deserto nactus in agro virginea puerum ducit per litora forma.

Answer 50

“Behold, we are here”  said Opheltes the first of my companions Having obtained plunder , or so he thinks in the empty land, He leads a boy, with the beauty of a maidenly girl, across the shores

Question 51

  ille mero somnoque gravis titubare videtur vixque sequi. specto cultum faciemque gradumque; nil ibi, quod credi posset mortale, videbam.

Answer 51

He seems to stumble heavy with wine and sleep Scarcely able to follow. I look at his clothes, at his face and his gait; I saw nothing there which could be believed to  be mortal

Question 52

610 et sensi et dixi sociis: “quod numen in isto corpore sit, dubito; sed corpore numen in isto est. quisquis es, o faveas nostrisque laboribus adsis. His quoque des veniam” …

Answer 52

And I realised and said to my companions: “What divine power is in this body, I am unsure of, But there is a divine power in this body Whoever you are, be favourable and assist our toils Grant pardon to these [men]”…

Question 53

his quoque des veniam.” “pro nobis mitte precari” Dictys ait, quo non alius conscendere summas ocior antemnas prensoque rudente relabi.

Answer 53

grant pardon to these men as well." "Stop praying for us" said Dictys, of whom no other was faster at climbing the highest yards and [at] slipping down after grasping the rope.

Question 54

hoc Libys, hoc flavus, prorae tutela, Melanthus, hoc probat Alcimedon, et qui requiemque modumque voce dabat remis, animorum hortator, Epopeus, hoc omnes alii; praedae tam caeca cupido est.

Answer 54

Libys approves this, fair-haired Melenthus, our look-out man [approves this], Alcimedon [approvs this] and Epopeus, [the man] who was giving rest and pace to the oars [=oarsmen], spurring the men [hortator animorum] with his voice [approves this]; all others approves this; so blind is the desire for plunder

Question 55

“non tamen hanc sacro violari pondere pinum | perpetiar” dixi: “pars hic mihi maxima iuris”;

Answer 55

"I will not, however, allow for this pinewood [ship] to be defiled with her.its holy cargo" , I said,: "Here I have the greatest authority"

Question 56

inque aditu obsisto. furit audacissimus omni de numero Lycabas, qui Tusca pulsus ab urbe exilium dira poenam pro caede luebat.

Answer 56

and I stand in/bar the gangway. rages boldest than all the others Lycabas, who driven off by a Lydian town was enduring exile as punishment for a murder

Question 57

is mihi, dum resto, iuvenali guttura pugno rupit et excussum misisset in aequora, si non haesissem, quamvis amens, in fune retentus.

Answer 57

This man, while I resist, shattered my throat with his young fist and would have sent me overboard into the sea if, although stunned, I had not clung onto a rope and was held back [by it].

Question 58

impia turba probat factum. tum denique Bacchus (Bacchus enim fuerat), veluti clamore solutus 630 sit sopor aque mero redeant in pectora sensus,

Answer 58

The impious crew approves this action. Then finally Bacchus [for it was Bacchus], as if his sleep had been dispelled by the shouting 630 and senses were returning to his heart from wine [induced stupor]

Question 59

“quid facitis? quis clamor?” ait; “qua, dicite, nautae, | huc ope perveni? quo me deferre paratis?”

Answer 59

"What are you doing? What is this shouting?" he says "Tell me sailors, by means of what force did I came here? Where are you ready/ do you intend to take me?"

Question 60

“pone metum” Proreus “et quos contingere portus | ede velis” dixit; “terra sistere petita.”

Answer 60

"Do not be afraid" Proreus said "and tell us what harbours you want to reach, and you will be set down in the land of your choice"

Question 61

“Naxon” ait Liber “cursus advertite vestros. | illa mihi domus est, vobis erit hospita tellus.

Answer 61

"Direct your course towards Naxos" Liber said. "That is my home, and that land will give you hospitality"

Question 62

per mare fallaces perque omnia numina iurant sic fore, meque iubent pictae dare vela carinae. “quid facis, o demens? quis te furor” inquit, Acoete,”.

Answer 62

By the sea and by all the gods they treacherously swore that so it would be, and they order me to hoist the sails of the painted ship. 639 640-649 the blasphemous crew[3]: kidnapping

Question 63

dextra Naxos erat; dextra mihi lintea danti 640 “quid facis, o demens? quis te furor” inquit, “Acoete,”

Answer 63

640-655 Naxos was on the right hand: as I set the sails on the right, [Opheltes shouted to me]: "You fool, Acoetes, what are you doing? What madness possesses you?"

Question 64

*pro se quisque “tenet? laevam pete.” maxima nutu | pars mihi significat, pars quid velit aure susurrat.

Answer 64

And every man for himself [joins in, shouting]: "Make for the left!" the greatest part [of them] indicates to me what they want by a nod, but some/part/[the other]part whisper it in my ear

Question 65

obstipui “capiat” que “aliquis moderamina” dixi, | meque ministerio scelerisque artisque removi.

Answer 65

I was astonished. "Let somebody take the rudder" I said | and removed myself from the practise of my [steering] skill and [their] wickedness,

Question 66

increpor a cunctis totumque immurmurat agmen; e quibus Aethalion “te scilicet omnis in uno nostra salus posita est” ait et subit ipse meumque explet opus Naxoque petit diversa relicta.

Answer 66

I am cursed by all and my/the whole crew mutters . Then one of them, Aethalion, said: "[I suppose] the safety of us all/all our safety is placed in you alone!" and he himself took my place, and performs my duties and having left Naxos behind, he sails off in a different direction.

Question 67

tum deus illudens, tamquam modo denique fraudem 650 senserit, e puppi pontum prospectat adunca et flenti similis “non haec mihi litora, nautae, promisistis” ait, “non haec mihi terra rogata est

Answer 67

"Then the god mocking them, as if he had only just perceived their treachery, 650 from the curved stern looks out over the sea, and like someone weeping says: "These are not the shores you promised me, sailors, this is not the land I asked for

Question 68

quo merui poenam facto? quae gloria vestra est, | si puerum iuvenes, si multi fallitis unum?”

Answer 68

By what deed did I deserve [=what have I done to deserve] a punishment? What is your glory [what reputation will you gain] if [you] young men cheat a boy, many cheat one?"

Question 69

iamdudum flebam; lacrimas manus impia nostras | ridet et impellit properantibus aequora remis.

Answer 69

. | I had long been weeping; the wicked crew laughs at my tears, and strikes the sea with speeding oars.

Question 70

per tibi nunc ipsum (nec enim praesentior illo est deus) adiuro, tam me tibi vera referre quam veri maiora fide. stetit aequore puppis 660 haud aliter quam si siccum navale teneret.

Answer 70

"Now I swear to you by [that god] himself- for there is not god greater than he- that what I report to you events as true as they seem beyond belief [maiora veri fide]. the ship stood still in the water, 660 just as [not differently ] if a dry shipyard held her [=the ship].

Question 71

illi admirantes remorum in verbere perstant | velaque deducunt geminaque ope currere temptant.

Answer 71

They [= the sailors], amazed, keep on plying theirs oars and spread their sails, and try to run on with the help of both/ by means of both.

Question 72

impediunt hederae remos nexuque recurvo | serpunt et gravidis distingunt vela corymbis.

Answer 72

ivy hampers their oars and it twines up the blades with curling tendrils, and embellish the sails with heavy clusters.

Question 73

ipse racemiferis frontem circumdatus uvis | pampineis agitat velatam frondibus hastam.

Answer 73

The god himself having been wreathed around his forehead with bunches of grapes, waves a wand draped with vine-leaves .

Question 74

quem circa tigres simulacraque inania lyncum | pictarumque iacent fera corpora pantherarum.

Answer 74

Around him lay tigers, phantom images of lynxes and wild bodies of panthers with dappled skins.