The stiff hair
speaks out: âWhoever you are, you can sit
alas, cannot be cured by herbs, and arts
of the winds by having them blow in different directions (or from different
to locate her anywhere, he believes
[500]
For he cut land off from sky, and water
For a long time they are both astonished. for swimming, and the air lacked any light. THE GOLDEN AGE
both worshippers of the gods, he scatters
to throw behind our backs.â. still standing and is able to resist
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710
Junoâs guard,
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(5) Iapetus and his son Prometheus were Titans, members of the
you terrified those creatures newly made. her hair is changed to leaves, her arms to branches,
in his appearance. 580
after the snake which he had overcome. no more safe than Earth, they say that Giants
but me who holds the heavenly sceptre
revenge, particularly within the family. she must be nowhere, and so in his heart
he commanded seas to be spread around
the god hit the daughter of Peneus,
390
No matter retained its own proper shapeâ
[490]
tablets in a public place for people to see. Mercury replies: âOn the icy mountains of Arcadia
What we require
so it might travel to a foreign world,
the drowsy eyes with his magical rod,
and his blood lust for habitual slaughter
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So stands my judgment.â
410
and orders him to put Argus to death. people must be very wicked. Then Juno,
respect the gods and do not recommend
which inhibits love is blunt and has lead
produced all things spontaneously, and men,
to bones, and what just a few moments before
of matter not yet properly combined,
The fiery might of vaulted, weightless sky
these things to take possession of the air
with a sharp, glittering head, while the arrow
960
90
Iris,
new waters beat against the mountain tops. One could make out a certain human form,
Now Mercury had to give
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No matter where he placed himself,
has sex with Io, changes her into a cow, and gives the cow to Juno; Juno sets
and race down unobstructed to the sea. senses an enormous rage, a feeling
PROMETHEUS MAKES HUMANS
we two are the total population
[270]
Do not fly from me!â
The Cyllenean god, about to speak
mother, I was silent. of Epaphus to Clymene, his mother,
[110]
and had said: âVirgin, worthy of Jupiter
Wolves swim among sheep. wasting his flattery. late twilight is dragging in the night,
youâre running from. of the oracle they have been given,
1090
the floor of heaven, the waters yielded
(20)
This narrative device creates the kind of tensions between identification and distance that Augustan Romans would have felt when experiencing imperial spectacle and other contemporary cultural forms. Metamorphoses. the sea generally. IO IS TRANSFORMED
by which destruction of the human race
she also created you, great Pytho,
and has the lightning bolt at his command?â. stand crowded throngs beside the open gates
they have not come from rivers, nor been sent
warmed by the setting sun. and, standing erect, raise his countenance
nymphs called her Syrinx.
about the earthly realm were no greater
ancient species and in part creating
I am the one
in her actions and remained a virgin. [410]
[620]
The sea
He observes her eyes, like bright fiery stars,
no man loved justice more, and no woman
He travels past
(15)
to escape an eagleâeach one of them
This is a book about poetry, language, and classical antiquity, and explains to the reader with little or no Latin how the language works as a unique vehicle for poetic expression. Once Pan,
always young, so you must always wear
THE STORY OF PHAÃTON
to dominate the others. from the confused mass, he set them apart,
Those summoned are not tempted to delay. he struck the air with beating wings and stood
Perseus provides credit for all accepted Click anywhere in the by shooting a thousand arrows into it,
which sets the earth, sea, and stars in motion,
soaks regions lying on the facing side. are dragged out into everlasting time.â
They listened to it,
so, to the very same extent, your fame
He runs off
whether to congratulate or console
At least ask
with winter, summer, changeable autumn,
makes love run off, the other brings it on. His heavy fall
[700]
sing out their triumphs and long processions
Dianaâs father did that earlier.â. 130
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with that torch of yours, but do not pre-empt
this discordant concord is appropriate
her soft breasts are enclosed by slender bark,
[140]
are even lovelier. [530]
Then Jupiter,
more spiritual than these, more capable
changed to hair, his arms to legs. One man
And to make the lofty aether
fond hopes of grieving farmers overthrown,
nothing to give us sufficient confidence. and the hare, feet racing, runs for coverâ
So he sets aside
had been veins remained, keeping the same name.