Fabulae Faciles 91

91.1Iīs rēbus ita cōnfectīs, Ulixēs veritus nē Polyphēmus fraudem sentīret, cum sociīs quam celerrimē ad lītus contendit; quō cum vēnissent, ab iīs quī nāvī praesidiō relictī erant magnā cum laetitiā exceptī sunt.

When this had been done, Ulysses, afraid that Polyphemus might notice the trick, hurried with his companions to the shore as quickly as possible; and when they had come there, they were welcomed with great joy by those who had been left to guard the ship.

Note. nāvī praesidiō: a double dative, 'as a guard for the ship'.

91.2Hī enim cum ānxiīs animīs iam trīs diēs continuōs reditum eōrum exspectāvissent, eōs in aliquod perīculum magnum incidisse (id quidem quod erat) suspicātī, ipsī auxiliandī causā ēgredī parābant.

For these men had been waiting anxiously for their return for three whole days already, and suspecting that they had fallen into some great danger (which was indeed the case), they were getting ready to go ashore themselves to help.

Note. id quidem quod erat: 'which indeed was the case'.

91.3Tum Ulixēs nōn satis tūtum arbitrātus in eō locō manēre, quam celerrimē proficīscī cōnstituit.

Then Ulysses, thinking it not safe enough to stay in that place, decided to set out as quickly as possible.

91.4Iussit igitur omnīs nāvem cōnscendere, et ancorīs sublātīs paulum ā lītore in altum prōvectus est.

So he ordered everyone to board the ship, and when the anchors had been raised he sailed a little way from the shore out into the deep sea.

91.5Tum magnā vōce exclāmāvit: "Tū, Polyphēme, quī iūra hospitī spernis, iūstam et dēbitam poenam immānitātis tuae solvistī."

Then he shouted in a loud voice: "You, Polyphemus, who scorn the laws of hospitality, have paid the just and deserved penalty for your savagery."

Note. iūra hospitī: 'the laws of hospitality'. hospitī is a short form of hospitiī.

91.6Hāc vōce audītā Polyphēmus īrā vehementer commōtus ad mare sē contulit, et ubi nāvem paulum ā lītore remōtam esse intellēxit, saxum ingēns manū correptum in eam partem coniēcit unde vōcem venīre sēnsit.

When Polyphemus heard these words, he was violently stirred with anger and went to the sea, and when he realised that the ship was a little way from the shore, he seized a huge rock in his hand and threw it in the direction from which he heard the voice coming.

91.7Graecī autem, etsī nōn multum āfuit quīn submergerentur, nūllō damnō acceptō cursum tenuērunt.

But the Greeks, although they came very close to being sunk, held their course without suffering any harm.

Note. nōn multum āfuit quīn submergerentur: 'it was not far from their being sunk', i.e. they were very nearly sunk.