Met. 1.581moxque amnēs aliī, quī, quā tulit impetus illōs,
in mare dēdūcunt fessās errōribus undās.and soon other rivers, which, wherever their impulse carried them, lead down into the sea their waters weary from wandering. Met. 1.583Īnachus ūnus abest īmōque reconditus antrō
flētibus auget aquās nātamque miserrimus Īō
585lūget ut āmissam.Inachus alone is missing and, hidden deep in his cave, he swells his waters with tears and, most wretched, mourns his daughter Io as lost. Met. 1.585Nescit, vītāne fruātur,
an sit apud mānēs;He does not know whether she enjoys life or is among the shades; Met. 1.586sed quam nōn invenit usquam.but she whom he finds nowhere. Met. 1.587esse putat nūsquam atque animō peiōra verētur.he thinks is nowhere, and in his mind fears worse. Met. 1.588Vīderat ā patriō redeuntem Iuppiter illam
flūmine et "ō virgō Iove digna tuōque beātum
590nesciō quem factūra torō, pete" dīxerat "umbrās
altōrum nemorum" (et nemorum mōnstrāverat umbrās),
"dum calet et mediō sōl est altissimus orbe.Jupiter had seen her returning from her father's river and had said, 'O maiden worthy of Jupiter, who will make some man or other happy with your bed, seek the shade of the deep groves' (and he had pointed out the shade of the groves) 'while it is hot and the sun is highest in the middle of its circle.
Met. 1.593Quodsī sōla timēs latebrās intrāre ferārum,
praeside tūta deō nemorum sēcrēta subībis,
595nec dē plēbe deō, sed quī caelestia magna
scēptra manū teneō, sed quī vaga fulmina mittō.But if you are afraid to enter the lairs of wild beasts alone, you will go safe into the secret places of the groves with a god as protector, and no god of the common crowd, but I who hold the great sceptre of heaven in my hand, I who hurl the wandering thunderbolts. Met. 1.597Nē fuge mē!"—fugiēbat enim.Do not flee from me!' – for she was fleeing. Met. 1.597Iam pāscua Lernae
cōnsitaque arboribus Lyrcēa relīquerat arva,
cum deus inductā lātās cālīgine terrās
600occuluit tenuitque fugam rapuitque pudōrem.Already she had left behind the pastures of Lerna and the Lyrcean fields planted with trees, when the god hid the broad lands with a gloom drawn over them, stopped her flight and ravished her chastity. Met. 1.601Intereā mediōs Iūnō dēspexit in agrōs
et noctis faciem nebulās fēcisse volucrēs
sub nitidō mīrāta diē, nōn flūminis illās
esse, nec ūmentī sēnsit tellūre remittī;Meanwhile Juno looked down into the midst of the fields, and, wondering that flying mists had made the appearance of night under bright day, she perceived that they were not from a river, nor given off by the damp earth; Met. 1.605atque suus coniūnx ubi sit circumspicit, ut quae
dēprēnsī totiēns iam nōsset fūrta marītī.and she looks around to see where her husband is, as one who by now knew the stolen loves of a husband caught so often.
Met. 1.607Quem postquam caelō nōn repperit, "aut ego fallor,
aut ego laedor" ait, dēlapsaque ab aethere summō
cōnstitit in terrīs nebulāsque recēdere iussit.When she did not find him in the sky, she says, 'Either I am mistaken, or I am wronged,' and gliding down from the highest aether she stood on the earth and ordered the mists to withdraw. Met. 1.610Coniugis adventum praesēnserat inque nitentem
Īnachidos vultūs mūtāverat ille iuvencam.He had foreseen his wife's coming and had changed the daughter of Inachus into a gleaming heifer. Met. 1.612Bōs quoque fōrmōsa est.Even as a cow she is beautiful. Met. 1.612Speciem Sāturnia vaccae,
quamquam invīta, probat, nec nōn et cuius et unde
quōve sit armentō, vērī quasi nescia quaerit.Saturn's daughter, though unwilling, admires the beauty of the cow, and asks too whose she is, and where from, and of what herd, as if ignorant of the truth. Met. 1.615Iuppiter ē terrā genitam mentītur, ut auctor
dēsinat inquīrī.Jupiter falsely says she was born from the earth, so that inquiry into her source may cease. Met. 1.616Petit hanc Sāturnia mūnus.Saturn's daughter asks for her as a gift.
Met. 1.617Quid faciat?What is he to do? Met. 1.617crūdēle suōs addīcere amōrēs,
nōn dare suspectum est.it is cruel to hand over his love, not to give her is suspicious. Met. 1.618Pudor est quī suādeat illinc,
hinc dissuādet amor.It is shame that would urge him one way, love dissuades him the other. Met. 1.619Victus pudor esset amōre;Shame would have been conquered by love; Met. 1.620sed leve sī mūnus sociae generisque torīque
vacca negārētur, poterat nōn vacca vidērī.but if so slight a gift as a cow were refused to the partner of his race and bed, it could seem not to be a cow. Met. 1.622Paelice dōnāta nōn prōtinus exuit omnem
dīva metum timuitque Iovem et fuit ānxia fūrtī,
dōnec Arestoridae servandam trādidit Argō.Though her rival was given to her, the goddess did not at once put off all her fear, and she feared Jupiter and was anxious about theft, until she handed her over to Argus, son of Arestor, to be guarded. Met. 1.625Centum lūminibus cinctum caput Argus habēbat:
inde suīs vicibus capiēbant bīna quiētem,
cētera servābant atque in statiōne manēbant.Argus had a head ringed with a hundred eyes: from these, two at a time took rest in turn, the rest kept watch and remained on guard.
Met. 1.628Cōnstiterat quōcumque modō, spectābat ad Īō:
ante oculōs Īō, quamvīs āversus, habēbat.Wherever he stood, he was looking at Io: he had Io before his eyes, even with his back turned. Met. 1.630Lūce sinit pāscī;By day he lets her graze; Met. 1.630cum sōl tellūre sub altā est,
claudit et indignō circumdat vincula collō.when the sun is beneath the deep earth, he shuts her in and puts chains around her undeserving neck. Met. 1.632frondibus arboreīs et amārā pāscitur herbā,
prōque torō terrae nōn semper grāmen habentī
incubat īnfēlīx līmōsaque flūmina pōtat.she feeds on the leaves of trees and bitter grass, and instead of a bed the unhappy creature lies on the earth, which does not always have grass, and drinks from muddy streams. Met. 1.635Illa etiam supplex Argō cum bracchia vellet
tendere, nōn habuit, quae bracchia tenderet Argō,
et cōnāta querī mūgītūs ēdidit ōre
pertimuitque sonōs propriāque exterrita vōce est.When she wanted to stretch out her arms to Argus in supplication, she had no arms to stretch out to Argus, and when she tried to complain she uttered lowing from her mouth, and was terrified by the sounds and frightened by her own voice.
Met. 1.639Vēnit et ad rīpās, ubi lūdere saepe solēbat,
640Īnachidas rīpās;She came also to the banks where she often used to play, the banks of Inachus; Met. 1.640novaque ut cōnspēxit in undā
cornua, pertimuit sēque exsternāta refūgit.and when she saw the new horns in the water, she was terrified and fled from herself in panic. Met. 1.642Nāidēs ignōrant, ignōrat et Īnachus ipse,
quae sit;The Naiads do not know, and Inachus himself does not know, who she is; Met. 1.643at illa patrem sequitur sequiturque sorōrēs
et patitur tangī sēque admīrantibus offert.but she follows her father and follows her sisters, and lets herself be touched and offers herself to their admiration. Met. 1.645Dēcerptās senior porrēxerat Īnachus herbās:
illa manūs lambit patriīsque dat ōscula palmīs
nec retinet lacrimās et, sī modo verba sequantur,
ōret opem nōmenque suum cāsūsque loquātur.Old Inachus had held out grass he had plucked: she licks his hands and gives kisses to her father's palms, and does not hold back her tears and, if only words would follow, she would beg for help and tell her name and misfortunes.
Met. 1.649Littera prō verbīs, quam pēs in pulvere dūxit,
650corporis indicium mūtātī trīste perēgit.A letter instead of words, which her hoof traced in the dust, completed the sad disclosure of her changed body. Met. 1.651"Mē miserum!"'Ah, wretched me!' Met. 1.651exclāmat pater Īnachus inque gementis
cornibus et niveae pendēns cervīce iuvencae
"mē miserum!"cries father Inachus and, hanging on the horns and the snowy neck of the groaning heifer, 'Ah, wretched me!' Met. 1.653ingeminat, "Tūne es quaesīta per omnēs
nāta, mihi terrās?he repeats; 'are you the daughter I sought through all the lands? Met. 1.654tū nōn inventa repertā
655lūctus erās levior.Unfound, you were a lighter grief than found. Met. 1.655Reticēs nec mūtua nostrīs
dicta refers, altō tantum suspīria dūcis
pectore, quodque ūnum potes, ad mea verba remūgīs.You are silent and give no words back in answer to mine, you only draw sighs from deep in your breast, and, the one thing you can do, you low back at my words. Met. 1.658At tibi ego ignārus thalamōs taedāsque parābam,
spēsque fuit generī mihi prīma, secunda nepōtum.But I, knowing nothing, was preparing a marriage chamber and wedding torches for you, and my first hope was of a son-in-law, my second of grandchildren.
Met. 1.660Dē grege nunc tibi vir, nunc dē grege nātus habendus.Now you must have a husband from the herd, now a son from the herd. Met. 1.661Nec fīnīre licet tantōs mihi morte dolōrēs,
sed nocet esse deum, praeclūsaque iānua lētī
aeternum nostrōs lūctūs extendit in aevum?"Nor may I end such great sorrows by death, but it harms me to be a god, and the gate of death closed against me extends my grief into eternity?' Met. 1.664Tālia maerentem stēllātus submovet Argus
665ēreptamque patrī dīversa in pāscua nātam
abstrahit.As he mourns so, starry Argus drives him off, and drags away the daughter, snatched from her father, to distant pastures. Met. 1.666Ipse procul montis sublīme cacūmen
occupat, unde sedēns partēs speculātur in omnēs.He himself occupies a lofty mountain peak far off, from where, sitting, he keeps watch in all directions. Met. 1.668Nec superum rēctor mala tanta Phorōnidos ultrā
ferre potest nātumque vocat, quem lūcida partū
670Plēias ēnīxa est, lētōque det imperat Argum.Nor can the ruler of the gods bear the great sufferings of Phoroneus' sister any longer, and he calls his son, whom the shining Pleiad bore, and orders him to give Argus over to death.
Met. 1.671Parva mora est alās pedibus virgamque potentī
somniferam sūmpsisse manū tegimenque capillīs.There is short delay in taking wings for his feet, the sleep-bringing wand in his powerful hand, and the cap for his hair. Met. 1.673Haec ubi disposuit, patriā Iove nātus ab arce
dēsilit in terrās.When he had arranged these, the son of Jupiter leaps down from his father's citadel to the earth. Met. 1.674Illīc tegimenque remōvit
675et posuit pennās, tantummodo virga retenta est.There he removed his cap and laid aside his wings; only the wand was kept. Met. 1.676Hāc agit, ut pāstor, per dēvia rūra capellās,
dum venit, adductās et strūctīs cantat avēnīs.With this he drives, like a shepherd, through the trackless country goats he gathered as he came, and plays on reeds he has joined together. Met. 1.678Vōce novā captus custōs Iūnōnius "at tū,
quisquis es, hōc poterās mēcum cōnsīdere saxō,"
680Argus ait, "neque enim pecorī fēcundior ūllō
herba locō est, aptamque vidēs pāstōribus umbram."Charmed by the new sound, Juno's guard says, 'You there, whoever you are, you could sit with me on this rock,' – so says Argus – 'for nowhere is the grass richer for flocks, and you see shade fit for shepherds.' Met. 1.682Sēdit Atlantiadēs et euntem multa loquendō
dētinuit sermōne diem iūnctīsque canendō
vincere harundinibus servantia lūmina temptat.The grandson of Atlas sat down, and with much talking held back the passing day in conversation, and by playing on the joined reeds tries to overcome the watching eyes.
Met. 1.685Ille tamen pugnat mollēs ēvincere somnōs
et, quamvīs sopor est oculōrum parte receptus,
parte tamen vigilat.But Argus fights to conquer soft sleep and, although slumber has been received by part of his eyes, with part he still keeps awake. Met. 1.687Quaerit quoque (namque reperta
fistula nūper erat), quā sit ratiōne reperta.He asks too (for the pipe had lately been invented) by what means it was invented. Met. 1.689Tum deus "Arcadiae gelidīs in montibus" inquit
690"inter hamadryadas celeberrima Nonacrinas
nāias ūna fuit;Then the god said, 'In the cold mountains of Arcadia, among the hamadryads of Nonacris, there was one naiad most celebrated; Met. 1.691nymphae Sȳringa vocābant.the nymphs called her Syrinx. Met. 1.692Nōn semel et satyrōs ēlūserat illa sequentēs
et quōscumque deōs umbrōsaque silva ferāxque
rūs habet.More than once she had eluded the satyrs pursuing her, and whatever gods the shady wood and the fertile country hold. Met. 1.694Ortygiam studiīs ipsaque colēbat
695virginitāte deam.She worshipped the Ortygian goddess in her pursuits and in her very virginity. Met. 1.695Rītū quoque cincta Diānae
falleret et posset crēdī Lātōnia, sī nōn
corneus huic arcus, sī nōn foret aureus illī.Girt too in the style of Diana, she would deceive the eye and could be thought Latona's daughter, if her bow were not of horn and the goddess's of gold.
Met. 1.698Sīc quoque fallēbat.Even so she deceived. Met. 1.698Redeuntem colle Lycaeō
Pān videt hanc pīnūque caput praecīnctus acūtā
700tālia verba refert"—restābat verba referre
et precibus sprētīs fūgisse per āvia nympham,
dōnec harēnōsī placidum Ladōnis ad amnem
vēnerit.As she was returning from the hill of Lycaeus, Pan sees her and, his head wreathed with sharp pine, speaks such words' – it remained to tell the words, and that the nymph, scorning his prayers, fled through trackless places until she came to the calm stream of sandy Ladon. Met. 1.703Hīc illam cursum inpedientibus undīs,
ut sē mūtārent liquidās ōrāsse sorōrēs,
705Pānaque, cum prēnsam sibi iam Sȳringa putāret,
corpore prō nymphae calamōs tenuisse palūstrēs.That here, the waters hindering her course, she begged her watery sisters to change her, and that Pan, when he thought he had now caught Syrinx, held marsh reeds instead of the nymph's body. Met. 1.707Dumque ibi suspīrat, mōtōs in harundine ventōs
effēcisse sonum tenuem similemque querentī.And that while he sighed there, the winds stirred in the reed produced a thin sound, like one lamenting. Met. 1.709Arte novā vōcisque deum dulcēdine captum
710"hoc mihi concilium tēcum" dīxisse "manēbit!"That the god, charmed by the new art and the sweetness of its voice, said, 'This union with you shall remain to me!' Met. 1.711atque ita disparibus calamīs conpāgine cērae
inter sē iūnctīs nōmen tenuisse puellae.and that so the unequal reeds, joined together by a binding of wax, kept the name of the girl.