Perseus section C Flashcards
id metuens solidis pomaria clauserat Atlas
Fearing this, Atlas had closed (off) the orchards with solid/strong ramparts/walls
moenibus et vasto dederat servanda draconi
and had given them for protection to a huge serpent/dragon
arcebatque suis externos finibus omnes.
and kept out all foreigners from his territory.
huic quoque ‘vade procul, ne longe gloria rerum [tibi sit],
quam mentiris’ ait, ‘longe tibi Iuppiter absit!’
To him [Perseus] too he said ‘Go far away, in order that the glory of your faraway deeds, which you are lying about, will not be there for you, and may Jupiter be far away for you!’
vimque minis addit manibusque expellere temptat
and he added force to his threats and tried to expel with his hands
cunctantem et placidis miscentem fortia dictis.
while Perseus was hesitating/delaying and mixing his brave deeds with soothing words.
viribus inferior (quis enim par esset Atlantis
viribus?) ‘at quoniam parvi tibi gratia nostra est,
Being the lesser in strength (for who would be equal to Atlas in strength?)
he said, ‘Since my gratitude is of little interest to you,
accipe munus!’ ait, laevaque a parte Medusae
ipse retro versus squalentia protulit ora.
receive this gift,’ and he, turning/having turned back(wards), brought forth
with his left hand the filthy face (poetic plural) of Medusa.
quantus erat, mons factus Atlas; nam barba comaeque
How great he was, Atlas became a mountain; His beard and hair
in silvas abeunt, iuga sunt umerique manusque,
were changed/went away into forests, his shoulders and hands into
ridges,
quod caput ante fuit, summo est in monte cacumen,
and what was his head before, was now a peak on the very
top of the mountain,
ossa lapis fiunt. tum partes auctus in omnes
his bones became rock. Then having increased in all directions,
crevit in immensum (sic, di, statuistis) et omne
cum tot sideribus caelum requievit in illo.
he grew to a tremendous size (thus, gods, you decreed it) and the
whole sky with [its] many stars rested on him.
