Section 4A(ii) Verres at Assorus and Engyum

Question 1

Assōrīnī posteā, uirī summā fortitūdine, hanc uirtūtem Agrigentīnōrum imitātī sunt.

Answer 1

Afterwards the Assorini, men of the highest courage, imitated this courage of the Agrigentines.

Question 2

Chrȳsas fluuius est quī per agrōs Assōrīnōrum fluit.

Answer 2

The Chrysas is a river which flows through the territory [lit. fields] of the Assorini.

Question 3

Assōrīnī hunc fluuium deum habent coluntque multōsque honōrēs eī dant.

Answer 3

The Assorini regard this river as a god and they worship him and they give him many honors.

Question 4

in eius templō simulācrum Chrȳsae est ē marmore factum, …

Answer 4

In his temple there is a statue of Chrysas made from marble …

Question 5

… at Verrēs, propter singulārem eius templī religiōnem, id poscere nōn ausus est.

Answer 5

… but Verres, because of the singular sanctity of this temple, did not dare to ask for it.

Question 6

Tlēpolemō dedit et Hierōnī negōtium.

Answer 6

He gave the business to Tlepolemus and Hiero.

Question 7

illī nocte uēnēre, ualuās aedis effrēgēre et intrāuēre.

Answer 7

Those men came at night, broke the (double) doors of the temple and entered.

Question 8

sed custōdēs mātūrē sēnsērunt hominēs quōsdam aedem intrāre …

Answer 8

But the guards realized early that certain men were entering the temple …

Question 9

… (uīcīnīs signum būcinā dedēre), …

Answer 9

… (they gave the signal to the neighbors with trumpet) …

Question 10

… et Assōrīnī ex agrīs concurrēbant.

Answer 10

… and the Assorini started running from the fields.

Question 11

fūgērunt Tlēpolemus et Hierōnī.

Answer 11

Tlepolemus and Hiero fled.

Question 12

Mātris Magnae fānum apud Enguīnōs est.

Answer 12

There is a shrine of the Great Mother among the Enguini.

Question 13

in hōc fānō erant lōrīcae galeaeque aēneae hydriaeque magnae.

Answer 13

In this shrine there were (bronze) breastplates and bronze helmets and large (bronze) jars.

Question 14

eās in illō fānō Scīpiō posuit, nōmenque suum īnscrīpsit.

Answer 14

Scipio placed them in the shrine, and inscribed his name.

Question 15

quid plūra dīcam?

Answer 15

Why will I say more?

Question 16

omnia illa, iūdicēs, Verrēs abstulit;

Answer 16

All those things, judges, Verres took away;

Question 17

nihil in illō religiōsissimō fānō relīquit.

Answer 17

he left nothing in that most sacred shrine.

Question 18

tū uidēlicet sōlus, Verrēs, haec monumenta intellegis et iūdicās, …

Answer 18

Verres, you alone, apparently, understand these monuments and assess them, …

Question 19

… Scīpiō, homo summā doctrīnā et hūmānitāte, haec nōn intellegēbat!

Answer 19

… (whereas) Scipio, a man of the highest learning and liberal education, did not understand them!