25.1Dē quartō labōre, quem suprā narrāvimus, haec etiam trāduntur.About the fourth labor, which we told above, these things too are told.Note. narrāvimus: an author often says 'we' when he means 'I'. 25.2Herculēs dum iter in Arcadiam facit, ad eam regiōnem vēnit quam centaurī incolēbant.While Hercules was on his way to Arcadia, he came to the region which the centaurs inhabited. 25.3Cum nox iam appeteret, ad spēluncam dēvertit in quā centaurus quīdam, nōmine Pholus, habitābat.Since night was now coming on, he turned aside to a cave in which a certain centaur named Pholus lived.Note. cum + subjunctive here gives the reason: 'since night was coming on'. 25.4Ille Herculem benignē excēpit et cēnam parāvit.Pholus received Hercules kindly and prepared a dinner. 25.5At Herculēs postquam cēnāvit, vīnum ā Pholō postulāvit.But after Hercules had dined, he asked Pholus for wine. 25.6Erat autem in spēluncā magna amphora vīnō optimō replēta, quam centaurī ibi dēposuerant.Now there was in the cave a large jar filled with excellent wine, which the centaurs had stored there. 25.7Pholus igitur hoc vīnum dare nōlēbat, quod reliquōs centaurōs timēbat; nūllum tamen vīnum praeter hoc in spēluncā habēbat.So Pholus did not want to give this wine, because he feared the other centaurs; but he had no wine in the cave except this.Note. quod here is the conjunction 'because', not the pronoun. reliquōs centaurōs: 'the rest of the centaurs'.
25.8"Hoc vīnum," inquit, "mihi commissum est.“This wine,” he said, “has been entrusted to me.Note. inquit: 'he says / said', inserted into a direct quotation. 25.9Sī igitur hoc dabō, centaurī mē interficient."So if I give it, the centaurs will kill me.”Note. dabō: Latin uses the future in 'if I give it' because the giving is in the future. English uses the present. 25.10Herculēs tamen eum inrīsit, et ipse pōculum vīnī dē amphorā hausit.Hercules, however, laughed at him, and drew a cup of wine from the jar himself.