82.1Postquam tamen pauca mīlia passuum ā lītore Troiae prōgressī sunt, tanta tempestās subitō coorta est ut nūlla nāvium cursum tenēre posset, sed aliae aliās in partīs disicerentur.But after they had gone a few miles from the shore of Troy, so great a storm suddenly arose that none of the ships could hold its course, but they were scattered in different directions.Note. tanta … ut … posset: a result clause. aliae aliās in partīs: 'some in one direction, others in another'. 82.2Nāvis autem quā ipse Ulixēs vehēbātur vī tempestātis ad merīdiem dēlāta decimō diē ad lītus Libyae appulsa est.The ship in which Ulysses himself was sailing was carried south by the force of the storm, and on the tenth day it put in at the coast of Libya. 82.3Ancorīs iactīs Ulixēs cōnstituit nōnnūllōs ē sociīs in terram expōnere, quī aquam ad nāvem referrent et quālis esset nātūra eius regiōnis cognōscerent.When the anchors had been cast, Ulysses decided to put some of his companions ashore, to bring water back to the ship and to find out what that region was like.Note. quī … referrent … cognōscerent: a relative clause of purpose, 'to bring back … and to find out'. quālis esset is an indirect question. 82.4Hī igitur ē nāvī ēgressī imperāta facere parābant.So these men left the ship and got ready to carry out their orders.
82.5Dum tamen fontem quaerunt, quibusdam ex incolīs obviam factī ab iīs hospitiō acceptī sunt.But while they were looking for a spring, they met some of the inhabitants and were welcomed by them as guests.Note. obviam factī: obviam fierī + dative means 'to meet'. 82.6Accidit autem ut maior pars vīctūs eōrum hominum in mīrō quōdam frūctū quem lōtum appellābant cōnsisteret.Now it happened that the greater part of those people's food consisted of a wonderful fruit which they called the lotus.Note. Accidit ut: 'it happened that', followed by a result clause. 82.7Quam cum Graecī gustāssent, patriae et sociōrum statim oblītī cōnfirmāvērunt sē semper in eā terrā mānsūrōs, ut dulcī illō cibō in perpetuum vēscerentur.When the Greeks had tasted it, they at once forgot their country and their companions and declared that they would always stay in that land, so as to feed on that sweet food for ever.Note. gustāssent = gustāvissent. oblītī takes the genitive: patriae et sociōrum. vēscor takes the ablative: dulcī illō cibō.