Met. 1.163Quae pater ut summā vīdit Sāturnius arce,
ingemit et, factō nōndum vulgāta recentī,
165foeda Lycāoniae referēns convīvia mēnsae,
ingentēs animō et dignās Iove concipit īrās,
conciliumque vocat: tenuit mora nūlla vocātōs.When the father, Saturn's son, saw this from his high citadel, he groans, and, recalling the foul feast at Lycaon's table, not yet made public since the deed was recent, he conceives in his mind huge anger worthy of Jupiter, and calls a council: no delay held back those summoned. Met. 1.168Est via sublīmis, caelō manifesta serēnō:
lactea nōmen habet, candōre notābilis ipsō.There is a lofty road, plain to see when the sky is clear: it has the name Milky, notable for its very whiteness. Met. 1.170Hāc iter est superīs ad magnī tēcta Tonantis
rēgālemque domum.By this way the gods go to the halls of the great Thunderer and his royal home. Met. 1.171Dextrā laevāque deōrum
ātria nōbilium valvīs celebrantur apertīs
(plēbs habitat dīversa locīs): hāc parte potentēs
caelicolae clārīque suōs posuēre penātēs.On the right and the left the halls of the noble gods are thronged, their doors open (the common folk live apart in various places): in this part the powerful and illustrious heaven-dwellers have set their household gods.
Met. 1.175Hic locus est, quem, sī verbīs audācia dētur,
haud timeam magnī dīxisse Palātia caelī.This is the place which, if boldness may be granted to my words, I would not fear to call the Palatine of great heaven. Met. 1.177Ergō ubi marmoreō superī sēdēre recessū,
celsior ipse locō scēptrōque innīxus eburnō
terrificam capitis concussit terque quaterque
180caesariem, cum quā terram, mare, sīdera mōvit.So when the gods had sat down in the marble chamber, he himself, higher in place and leaning on his ivory sceptre, shook three times and four the terrifying locks of his head, with which he moved earth, sea and stars. Met. 1.181Tālibus inde modīs ōra indignantia solvit:
"Nōn ego prō mundī regnō magis ānxius illā
tempestāte fuī, quā centum quisque parābat
inicere anguipedum captīvō bracchia caelō.Then in such terms he opened his indignant lips: 'I was not more anxious for the kingdom of the world at that time when each of the snake-footed ones was preparing to throw his hundred arms upon the captive sky. Met. 1.185Nam quamquam ferus hostis erat, tamen illud ab ūnō
corpore et ex ūnā pendēbat orīgine bellum.For although the enemy was fierce, still that war hung on one body and sprang from one origin.
Met. 1.187Nunc mihi, quā tōtum Nēreus circumsonat orbem,
perdendum est mortāle genus: per flūmina iūrō
īnfera, sub terrās Stygiō lābentia lūcō!Now, wherever Nereus roars around the whole world, I must destroy the mortal race: I swear by the rivers below, gliding beneath the earth in the Stygian grove! Met. 1.190cūncta prius temptāta: sed inmedicābile corpus
ēnse recīdendum est, nē pars sincēra trahātur.All else has been tried first: but a body that cannot be healed must be cut away with the sword, so that the sound part is not drawn in. Met. 1.192Sunt mihi sēmideī, sunt rūstica nūmina, nymphae
faunīque satyrīque et monticolae silvānī:
quōs quoniam caelī nōndum dignāmur honōre,
195quās dedimus certē terrās habitāre sināmus.I have demigods, I have rustic deities, nymphs and fauns and satyrs and the mountain-dwelling silvani: since we do not yet deem them worthy of the honour of heaven, let us at least allow them to live in the lands we have given them. Met. 1.196An satis, ō superī, tūtōs fore crēditis illōs,
cum mihi, quī fulmen, quī vōs habeōque regōque,
strūxerit īnsidiās notus feritāte Lycāōn?"Or do you believe, gods, that they will be safe enough, when Lycaon, known for his savagery, has laid a trap for me, who hold and rule both the thunderbolt and you?' Met. 1.199Cōnfremuēre omnēs studiīsque ārdentibus ausum
200tālia dēposcunt.All roared together, and with burning zeal demand the one who dared such things.
Met. 1.200Sīc, cum manus inpia saevit
sanguine Caesareō Rōmānum exstinguere nōmen,
attonitum tantō subitae terrōre ruīnae
hūmānum genus est tōtusque perhorruit orbis:
nec tibi grāta minus pietās, Auguste, tuōrum est,
205quam fuit illa Iovī.So, when an impious band raged to blot out the Roman name with the blood of Caesar, the human race was stunned with such terror of sudden ruin, and the whole world shuddered: nor is the devotion of your people less pleasing to you, Augustus, than that was to Jupiter. Met. 1.205Quī postquam vōce manūque
murmura conpressit, tenuēre silentia cūnctī.After he had checked their murmurs with voice and hand, all held their silence. Met. 1.207Substitit ut clamor pressus gravitāte regentis,
Iuppiter hōc iterum sermōne silentia rūpit:
"Ille quidem poenās, cūram hanc dīmittite, solvit.When the clamour had died away, checked by the authority of their ruler, Jupiter again broke the silence with these words: 'He at least, put away this concern, has paid the penalty. Met. 1.210Quod tamen admissum, quae sit vindicta, docēbō.But what the offence was, and what the punishment, I shall tell you. Met. 1.211Contigerat nostrās īnfāmia temporis aurēs;The infamy of the times had reached our ears; Met. 1.212quam cupiēns falsam summō dēlābor Olympō
et deus hūmānā lūstrō sub imāgine terrās.wishing it false, I glide down from the summit of Olympus and, a god in human form, travel over the lands.
Met. 1.214Longa mora est, quantum noxae sit ubīque repertum,
215ēnumerāre: minor fuit ipsa īnfāmia vērō.It would take long to list how much wrong was found everywhere: the report itself was less than the truth. Met. 1.216Maenala trānsieram latebrīs horrenda ferārum
et cum Cyllēnē gelidī pīnēta Lycaeī:
Arcadis hinc sēdēs et inhospita tēcta tyrannī
ingredior, traherent cum sēra crepuscula noctem.I had crossed Maenalus, bristling with the lairs of wild beasts, and, with Cyllene, the pine woods of chill Lycaeus: from there I enter the seat and inhospitable house of the Arcadian tyrant, as the late twilight was drawing on the night. Met. 1.220Signa dedī vēnisse deum, vulgusque precārī
coeperat: inrīdet prīmō pia vōta Lycāōn,
mox ait "experiar deus hic, discrīmine apertō,
an sit mortālis.I gave signs that a god had come, and the common folk had begun to pray: Lycaon first mocks their pious vows, then says, "I shall test, by open proof, whether this is a god or a mortal. Met. 1.223Nec erit dubitābile vērum."Nor will the truth be in doubt." Met. 1.224Nocte gravem somnō necopīnā perdere morte
225mē parat: haec illī placet experientia vērī.He prepares to destroy me by night, heavy with sleep, with an unexpected death: this test of the truth pleases him.
Met. 1.226Nec contentus eō est: missī dē gente Molossā
obsidis ūnīus iugulum mūcrōne resolvit,
atque ita sēminecēs partim ferventibus artūs
mollit aquīs, partim subiectō torruit ignī.Nor is he content with that: with his blade he cut the throat of one of the hostages sent from the Molossian people, and then softened part of the half-dead limbs in boiling water and roasted part over a fire set beneath. Met. 1.230Quod simul inposuit mēnsīs, ego vindice flammā
in dominō dignōs ēvertī tēcta penātēs.As soon as he set this on the table, I with avenging flame brought the roof down upon household gods worthy of their master. Met. 1.232Territus ipse fūgit, nactusque silentia rūris
exululat frūstrāque loquī cōnātur: ab ipsō
conligit ōs rabiem, solitaeque cupīdine caedis
235vertitur in pecudēs et nunc quoque sanguine gaudet.He himself flees in terror, and reaching the silence of the countryside he howls and tries in vain to speak: his mouth gathers madness from his very self, and with his usual lust for slaughter he turns on the flocks, and even now delights in blood.
Met. 1.236In villōs abeunt vestēs, in crūra lacertī:
fit lupus et veteris servat vestīgia fōrmae.His clothes turn into shaggy hair, his arms into legs: he becomes a wolf and keeps traces of his old form. Met. 1.238Cānitiēs eadem est, eadem violentia vultūs,
īdem oculī lūcent, eadem feritātis imāgō est.The greyness is the same, the same violence of face, the same eyes gleam, the same image of savagery. Met. 1.240Occīdit ūna domus.One house has fallen. Met. 1.240Sed nōn domus ūna perīre
digna fuit: quā terra patet, fera regnat Erīnys.But not one house alone deserved to perish: wherever the earth extends, the fierce Fury reigns. Met. 1.242In facinus iūrāsse putēs.You would think they had sworn themselves to crime. Met. 1.242Dent ōcius omnēs
quās meruēre patī (sīc stat sententia) poenās."Let them all quickly pay the penalties they have deserved to suffer (so my verdict stands).' Met. 1.244Dicta Iovis pars vōce probant stimulōsque frementī
245adiciunt, aliī partēs adsēnsibus inplent.Some approve Jupiter's words aloud and add goads to his raging, others play their part with assent. Met. 1.246Est tamen hūmānī generis iactūra dolōrī
omnibus, et, quae sit terrae mortālibus orbae
fōrma futūra, rogant, quis sit lātūrus in ārās
tūra, ferīsne paret populandās trādere terrās.Yet the loss of the human race is a grief to all, and they ask what the form of the earth will be, bereft of mortals, who will bring incense to the altars, and whether he is preparing to hand the lands over to wild beasts to ravage.
Met. 1.250Tālia quaerentēs (sibi enim fore cētera cūrae)
rēx superum trepidāre vetat subolemque priōrī
dissimilem populō prōmittit orīgine mīrā.As they ask such things, the king of the gods forbids them to be alarmed (for the rest, he says, will be his concern), and promises a race unlike the former people, of marvellous origin.