![]() ![]() The wicked sailors are detected and punished, and Arion is rewarded.ĥ.-Interim nautae Corinthum advenerunt. Arion igitur in custodia ab eo retentus est. ![]() Egressus in terram, Corinthum cum eodem habitu contendit. Tum nautae Corinthum navigaverunt.Ĥ.-Arion autem a delphine exceptue dorso Taenarum delatus est. Ille omni ornatu indutus, capta cithara, carmen peregit. Nautae suavi carmine capti e puppi medium in navem concesserunt. Nautae vero precibus viri non commoti, mortem :ei statim minati sunt.Ī rion sings a beautiful song, and leaps overboard.ģ.-In has angustias redactas Arion, in puppi stetit, omni ornatu suo indutus. Pecunia omni nautis oblata, vitam deprecatus est. The sailors form a plan to rob and murder him.Ģ.-Hi autem eum in mare proiicere constituerunt pecunia enim potiri cupiebant. Itaque Tarento, urbe Italiae, profectus est ibi navigium hominum Corinthiorum conduxerat. Ingentibus opibus ibi comparatis, Corinthum redire voluit. Tum in Italiam Siciliamque navigare cupivit. Is diu apud Periandrum Corinthiorum regem versatus erat. Thus, it is perfectly fitting to be reading these Greek stories in a Latin class! As always, I hope you truly enjoy the fun of translating and understanding these stories!Īrion, after travelling abroad, hires a vessel to take him Many Latin works are written about Greek topics, locations, myths, legends and themes. In any case, the Romans believed quite correctly that much of their civilization derives from the Greeks and as such they considered themselves a bilingual Empire speaking Latin and Greek. ![]() Even today many people in Canada know the expression “rich as Croesus”, that the Spartans were renowned warriors and that their rivals the Athenians were renowned for philosophy, science and culture. The Greeks were eventually made part of the Roman Empire and later the Ottoman, but Western Civilization of which Canada is a part considers the Greeks to be one of its founding peoples. Among other places, Herodotus was in the habit of reading out his stories while people were attending the Olympic Games. Through this epic adventure we learn about the mighty Persian Empire, the Egyptians, the Phoenicians, the Spartans, the Athenians and other legendary ancient peoples and their famous deeds. The main overall grand story arc is that of the Persian attacks on Greece and how the Greeks, who normally fought each other, banded together against the common foe and managed to preserve their independence. Instead of this being a problem, all the creative story telling just makes it all so much more fun to read! While the Greek myths are spread over many different books with the key ones being by Homer, Apollonius, Vergil and Ovid, if we’re talking about ancient Greek LEGENDS as opposed to myths, Herodotus’ work is all you’ll have to read! In any case, these stories talk about many different interesting and weird things around the ancient Mediterranean world that Herodotus heard about in pubs and taverns he visited in his travels. These stories are taken from Herodotus, the first Greek historian who tells something more like historical fiction and legend than what we today would call “history”.
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