Test - Lines 203-235

Question 1

īnstruit et nātum “mediō” que “ut līmite currās,
Īcare,” ait “moneō, nē, sī dēmissior ībis,
unda gravet pennās,

Answer 1

And he instructed his son, and he said “I warn you to fly on the middle path, so that the wave does not way down the feathers if you (will) go lower,

Question 2

si celsior, ignis adūrat: inter utrumque volā.

Answer 2

so that if you (will) go higher fire does burn the feathers: fly between both (the wave and the fire)

Question 3

nec tē spectāre Boōtēn
aut Helicēn iubeō strīctumque Ōrīonis ēnsem:
mē duce carpe viam!”

Answer 3

I order you not to look at Bootes or Helice and the drawn sword of Orion: navigate the way with me as the leader!”

Question 4

Pariter praecepta volandī

trādit et ignōtās umerīs accommodat ālās.

Answer 4

Equally he hands over the instructions for flying, and he fits the strange wings on his shoulders.

Question 5

inter opus monitūsque genae maduēre senīlēs,

et patriae tremuēre manūs;

Answer 5

between the work and warnings, the aged cheeks became wet and the fatherly hands trembled;

Question 6

dedit oscula nātō
nōn iterum repetenda suō, pennīsque levātus
ante volat comitīque timet,

Answer 6

he gave kisses that won’t be repeated again to his own son and having been lifted by the feathers, he flies ahead and he fears for his companion,

Question 7

velut āles, ab altō

quae teneram prōlem prōdūxit in āëra nīdō,

Answer 7

just as a bird, which led its young offspring forward from the high nest into the air

Question 8

hortāturque sequī damnōsāsque ērudit artēs

et movet ipse suās et nātī respicit ālās.

Answer 8

And he urges (Icarus) to follow and he teaches the cursed arts and he himself moves his own wings and he looks back at the wings of his son.

Question 9

Hōs aliquis tremulā dum captat harundine piscēs,

aut pastor baculō stīvāve innixus arātor

Answer 9

While someone tries to capture fish with a trembling rod, or a shepherd leaning on a stick or a plowman leaning on his plow,

Question 10

vīdit et obstipuit, quique aethera carpere possent,

crēdidit esse deōs.

Answer 10

saw Daedalus and Icarus and was astonished, and whoever was able to navigate the sky, he believed them to be gods.

Question 11

Et iam Iūnōnia laevā
parte Samos (fuerant Dēlosque Parosque relictae)
dextra Lebinthos erat fecundaque melle Calymnē,

Answer 11

And now Juno’s Samos was on the left side (both Delos and Paros had been left behind), Labinthos was on the right and so was Calymne, rich in honey

Question 12

cum puer audācī coepit gaudēre volātū
dēseruitque ducem, caelīque cupīdine tractus
altius ēgit iter,

Answer 12

and when the boy began to rejoice in bold flight, and he abandoned the leader, and dragged by desire of the sky he made a higher journey,

Question 13

rapidī vīcīnia sōlis

mollit odōrātās, pennārum vincula, cērās.

Answer 13

and the proximity of the fierce sun softens the scented wax, the bonds of the feathers.

Question 14

tābuerant cērae: nūdōs quatit ille lacertōs,

remigiōque carēns non ūllās percipit aurās,

Answer 14

The wax had melted: Icarus shakes his bare arms and lacking in oar he doesn’t catch any air,

Question 15

ōraque caeruleā patrium clāmantia nōmen

excipiuntur aquā, quae nōmen trāxit ab illō.

Answer 15

and his mouth shouting his father’s name was received by the blue water, which took his name from him.

Question 16

At pater īnfēlīx, nec iam pater, ‘Īcare,’ dīxit,
‘Īcare,’ dīxit ‘ubi es? Quā tē regiōne requīram?’
‘Īcare’ dīcēbat:

Answer 16

But the unhappy father, no longer a father, “Icarus,” he said, “Icarus,” he said, “Where are you? In what region shall I look for you?” “Icarus” he was saying:

Question 17

pennās aspēxit in undīs
dēvōvitque suās artēs corpusque sepulcrō
condidit,

Answer 17

he looked at the feathers in the waves and he cursed his own crafts and he buried the body in a tomb,

Question 18

et tellūs ā nōmine dicta sepultī.

Answer 18

and the land was called by the name of the one having been buried.