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Fabulae Faciles 20
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Ritchie, Fabulae Faciles: Hercules. Latin text with a sentence-by-sentence English translation, notes and vocabulary.
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Read in Lectitō20.1Ubi Herculēs fīnem fēcit, Pȳthia prīmō tacēbat; tandem tamen iussit eum ad urbem Tīryntha īre, et Eurystheī rēgis omnia imperāta facere.
When Hercules had finished, Pythia was silent at first; at last, however, she ordered him to go to the city of Tiryns, and to do all the commands of King Eurystheus.
Note. Tīryntha: a Greek accusative form of Tīryns.
20.2Herculēs ubi haec audīvit, ad urbem illam contendit, et Eurystheō rēgī sē in servitūtem trādidit.
When Hercules heard this, he hurried to that city, and gave himself into slavery to King Eurystheus.
20.3Duodecim annōs crūdēlissimō Eurystheō serviēbat, et duodecim labōrēs, quōs ille imperāverat, cōnfēcit; hōc enim ūnō modō tantum scelus expiārī potuit.
For twelve years he served the very cruel Eurystheus, and completed the twelve labors which Eurystheus had ordered; for only in this way could so great a crime be atoned for.
Note. Duodecim annōs: 'for twelve years'. serviō takes the dative: Eurystheō serviēbat, 'he served Eurystheus'.
20.4Dē hīs labōribus plūrima ā poētīs scrīpta sunt.
Very much has been written by the poets about these labors.
20.5Multa tamen quae poētae narrant vix crēdibilia sunt.
But many things which the poets tell are hardly believable.
Vocabulary
| ubi, adv. | where; conj., when |
| fīnis, -is, m. | end, boundary; plur., borders, territory, country |
| faciō, facere, fēcī, factus | make, do; iter facere, see iter |
| prīmō, adv. | at first |
| taceō, -ēre, -uī, -itus | be silent |
| tandem, adv. | at length or last, finally |
| tamen, adv. | however, yet, nevertheless |
| iubeō, iubēre, iussī, iussus | bid, order, command |
| is, ea, id, dem. pron. | this, that; he, she, it, they |
| ad, prep. with acc. | to, toward; at, near; for |
| urbs, urbis, f. | city |
| eō, īre, iī, itus | go |
| et, conj. | and; et ... et, both ... and |
| rēx, rēgis, m. | king |
| omnis, -e | all, every |
| imperō, -perāre, -perāvī, -perātus | command, order, enjoin |
| hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron. | this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter |
| audiō, -īre, -īvī, -ītus | hear; listen or attend to |
| ille, illa, illud, dem. pron. | that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc |
| contendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentus | stretch, hasten |
| suī, sibi, sē or sēsē, reflexive pron. | himself, herself, itself, themselves |
| in, prep. with acc. and abl. | with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on |
| servitūs, -tūtis, f. | slavery, servitude |
| trādō, -dere, -didī, -ditus | give across, over, or up, deliver; hand down, relate, report |
| duodecim, indecl. adj. | twelve |
| annus, -ī, m. | year |
| crūdēlis, -e | cruel |
| serviō, -ire, -īvī, -ītus | be subject to, serve |
| labor, -ōris, m. | labor, toil |
| quī, quae, quod, rel. pron. | who, which |
| cōnficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectus | make or do completely, complete, finish, accomplish, make; wear out |
| enim, conj. | for |
| ūnus, -a, -um | one; only, alone |
| modus, -ī, m. | way, manner |
| tantus, -a, -um | so great or much |
| scelus, sceleris, n. | wickedness, crime |
| expiō, -piāre, -piāvī, -piātus | expiate |
| possum, posse, potuī | be able, have power, can |
| dē, prep, with abl. | down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of |
| multus, -a, -um | much, great; plur., many |
| ā, ab (prep. + abl.) | away from, from; by (ā only before consonants) |
| poēta, -ae, m. | poet |
| scrībō, scrībere, scrīpsī, scrīptus | write |
| sum, esse, fuī, futūrus | be |
| narrō, -āre, -āvī, -ātus | tell, relate, narrate |
| vix, adv. | with difficulty, scarcely, hardly, barely |
| crēdibilis, -e | credible |