Section 4B(iii) Philodamus' party gets out of hand

Question 1

Philodāmus, uir aliīs prōuinciālibus semper multō hospitālior amīciorque, …

Answer 1

Philodamus, a man (who was) always much more welcoming and friendlier than the other provincials, …

Question 2

… ipsum illum Rubrium domum suam recēpit;

Answer 2

… received that Rubrius himself into his home;

Question 3

et quod nōluit inuītus uidērī, magnum conuīuium comparāuit.

Answer 3

and because he didn’t want to seem unwilling, he prepared a great party.

Question 4

nōn sōlum Rubrium comitēs omnīs inuītāre iussit, …

Answer 4

Not only did he order Rubrius to invite all (his) companions, …

Question 5

… sed etiam fīlium suum forās ad propinquum quendam mīsit ad cēnam.

Answer 5

… but he even sent his son out, to a certain relative, to dinner.

Question 6

sed Verrēs Rubrium fīliam Philodāmī auferre iussit.

Answer 6

But Verres ordered Rubrius to take away Philodamus’ daughter.

Question 7

Rubrius igitur cum comitibus suis summā celeritāte ad conuīuium uēnit;

Answer 7

Rubrius, therefore, came to the party with his companions with the utmost speed;

Question 8

discubuēre;

Answer 8

they lay down;

Question 9

factus est sermō inter eōs;

Answer 9

conversation among them took place;

Question 10

Graecō mōre bibērunt;

Answer 10

they drank in the Greek manner;

Question 11

et hōc tempore sermōne laetitiāque conuīuium celebrābant.

Answer 11

and at this time they were filling the party with conversation and festitity.

Question 12

postquam rēs satis calēre uīsa est, …

Answer 12

After the affair seemed to be warming sufficiently, …

Question 13

… Rubrius “quaesō” inquit “Philodāme, cūr ad nōs fīliam tuam nōn uocās?”

Answer 13

… Rubrius said, “Please, Philodamus, why do you not call your daughter to us?”

Question 14

Philodāmus, uir summā grauitāte, maximē īrātus est;

Answer 14

Philodamus, a man of the highest seriousness, grew very angry;

Question 15

uehementer negābat mulierēs oportēre in conuīuiō cum uirīs accumbere.

Answer 15

he strongly denied that women should recline at a party with men.

Question 16

tum alius ex aliā parte “‘uocā mulierem” inquit;

Answer 16

Then another from a different quarter said “Call the woman!”;

Question 17

et simul seruōs suōs Rubrius iussit iānuam claudere.

Answer 17

and at the same time Rubrius ordered his slaves to close the door.

Question 18

haec ubi Philodāmus intellēxit, seruōs suōs ad sē uocāuit …

Answer 18

When Philodamus understood these things, he called his slaves to him, …

Question 19

… et iussit eōs sē ipsum neglegere, …

Answer 19

… and ordered them to neglect himself actually [lit. himself reflexive + himself intensive], …

Question 20

… fīliam summā uī dēfendere,

Answer 20

… to defend the daughter with utmost force, …

Question 21

… rem fīliō summā celeritāte nūntiāre.

Answer 21

… (and) to announce the affair to the son with utmost speed.

Question 22

clāmor intereā factus est per tōtās aedīs.

Answer 22

Meanwhile an outcry arose through the whole building.

Question 23

Rubrius ipse Philodāmum aquā feruentī perfūdit.

Answer 23

Rubrius himself drenched Philodamus with boiling water.

Question 24

haec ubi seruī Philodāmī fīliō nūntiārunt, statim domum festīnāuit.

Answer 24

When the slaves of Philodamus announced these things to his son, he at once hurried home.

Question 25

omnēs Lampsacēnī, simul ut haec audīuēre, eōdem animō fuērunt …

Answer 25

all the Lampsacenes, as soon as they heard these things, were of the same mind …

Question 26

… et ad aedīs Philodāmī nocte conuēnērunt.

Answer 26

and they came together at the house of Philodamus at night.

Question 27

iste, ubi uīdit sē suā cupiditāte et libīdine tantōs tumultūs concitāuisse, effugere uolēbat.

Answer 27

THIS man, when he saw that he had provoked such great commotions with his desire and lust, was wanting to escape.