Met. 11.352Ille refert: "Fessōs ad lītora curva iuvencōs
adpuleram, mediō cum Sōl altissimus orbe
tantum respiceret, quantum superesse vidēret;He tells them: 'I had driven the weary bullocks to the curving shore, when the Sun, at his highest in mid-course, looked back on as much as he saw still remained; Met. 11.355parsque boum fulvīs genua inclīnārat harēnīs
lātārumque iacēns campōs spectābat aquārum,
pars gradibus tardīs illūc errābat et illūc,
nant aliī celsōque exstant super aequora collō.and some of the cattle had sunk their knees on the tawny sand and, lying there, gazed on the expanse of the broad waters, some wandered with slow steps this way and that, others swim and stand out above the sea with necks held high. Met. 11.359Templa marī subsunt nec marmore clāra neque aurō,
360sed trabibus dēnsīs lūcōque umbrōsa vetustō.A temple lies close to the sea, bright with neither marble nor gold, but shadowy with dense timbers and an ancient grove. Met. 11.361Nērēidēs Nēreusque tenent: hōs nāvita pontī
ēdidit esse deōs, dum rētia lītore siccat.Nereids and Nereus hold it: a sailor of the sea declared that these were its gods, while he dried his nets on the shore.
Met. 11.363Iūncta palūs huic est, dēnsīs obsessa salictīs,
quam restagnantis fēcit maris unda palūdem.Joined to it is a marsh, thick with dense willows, which the overflowing wave of the sea has made a marsh. Met. 11.365Inde fragōre gravī strepitus loca proxima terret
bēlua vāsta, lupus!From there, with a heavy crashing, a huge beast terrifies the places nearby with its din, a wolf! Met. 11.366Ūdīsque palūdibus exit,
oblītus et spūmīs et sparsus sanguine rictūs,
fulmineus, rubrā suffūsus lūmina flammā.And he comes out of the wet marshes, his jaws smeared with foam and spattered with blood, flashing like lightning, his eyes suffused with red flame. Met. 11.369Quī quamquam saevit pariter rabiēque fameque,
370ācrior est rabiē: neque enim iēiūnia cūrat
caede boum dīramque famem fīnīre, sed omne
vulnerat armentum sternitque hostīliter omne.Though he rages with fury and hunger alike, he is fiercer in fury: for he does not care to end his fast and his dreadful hunger with slaughter of the cattle, but wounds the whole herd and lays it all low like an enemy. Met. 11.373Pars quoque dē nōbīs fūnestō saucia morsū,
dum dēfēnsāmus, lētō est data.Some of us too, wounded by his deadly bite while we defended them, were given over to death.
Met. 11.374Sanguine lītus
375undaque prīma rubet dēmūgītaeque palūdēs.The shore and the edge of the sea are red with blood, and the marshes resound with bellowing. Met. 11.375—Sed mora damnōsa est, nec rēs dubitāre remittit:
dum superest aliquid, cūnctī coeāmus et arma,
arma capessāmus coniūnctaque tēla ferāmus!"But delay is costly, and the situation leaves no room for hesitation: while something remains, let us all gather and take up arms, arms, and bring our weapons to bear together!' Met. 11.379Dīxerat agrestis;So the countryman had spoken; Met. 11.379nec Pēlea damna movēbant,
380sed, memor admissī, Nērēida conligit orbam
damna sua īnferiās exstīnctō mittere Phōcō.nor did the losses move Peleus, but, mindful of his crime, he gathers that the bereaved Nereid is sending these losses of his as offerings to the dead Phocus. Met. 11.382Induere arma virōs violentaque sūmere tēla
rēx iubet Oetaeus;The Oetaean king orders his men to put on armour and take up violent weapons; Met. 11.383cum quīs simul ipse parābat
īre, sed Alcyonē coniūnx excita tumultū
385prōsilit et, nōndum tōtōs ōrnāta capillōs,
disicit hōs ipsōs, collōque īnfūsa marītī,
mittat ut auxilium sine sē, verbīsque precātur
et lacrimīs, animāsque duās ut servet in ūnā.together with them he himself was preparing to go, but Alcyone his wife, roused by the uproar, rushes out and, her hair not yet fully arranged, throws that very hair into disorder and, flinging herself on her husband's neck, begs with words and tears that he send help without himself, and so save two lives in one.
Met. 11.389Aeacidēs illī: "Pulchrōs, rēgīna, piōsque
390pōne metūs!The son of Aeacus says to her: 'Lay aside, queen, your fair and loving fears! Met. 11.390Plēna est prōmissī grātia vestrī.My gratitude for your offer is full. Met. 11.391Nōn placet arma mihi contrā nova mōnstra movērī:
nūmen adōrandum pelagī est."It does not please me that arms be taken up against this strange monster: the divinity of the sea must be worshipped.' Met. 11.392Erat ardua turris
arce focus summā, fessīs loca grāta carīnīs.There was a lofty tower, a beacon on the top of the citadel, a place welcome to weary ships. Met. 11.394Adscendunt illūc strātōsque in lītore taurōs
395cum gemitū adspiciunt vāstātōremque cruentō
ōre ferum, longōs īnfectum sanguine villōs.They climb up there and with groans look on the bulls strewn on the shore and the savage ravager, his mouth bloody, his long shaggy hair stained with blood. Met. 11.397Inde manūs tendēns in apertī lītora pontī
caeruleam Pēleus Psamathēn, ut fīniat īram,
ōrat, opemque ferat;Then, stretching out his hands towards the shores of the open sea, Peleus prays to sea-blue Psamathe to end her anger and bring help; Met. 11.399nec vōcibus illa rogantis
400flectitur Aeacidae: Thetis hanc prō coniuge supplex
accēpit veniam.nor is she moved by the words of the son of Aeacus as he begs: it was Thetis, a suppliant for her husband, who won this pardon.
Met. 11.401Sed enim revocātus ab ācrī
caede lupus perstat, dulcēdine sanguinis asper,
dōnec inhaerentem lacerae cervīce iuvencae
marmore mūtāvit.But in truth the wolf, though called back from the fierce slaughter, persists, made savage by the sweetness of blood, until, as it clung to the neck of a mangled heifer, she changed it into marble. Met. 11.404Corpus praeterque colōrem
405omnia servāvit: lapidis color indicat illum
iam nōn esse lupum, iam nōn dēbēre timērī.The body kept everything except its colour: the colour of the stone shows that it is no longer a wolf, that it need no longer be feared. Met. 11.407Nec tamen hāc profugum cōnsistere Pēlea terrā
fāta sinunt: Magnētas adit vagus exul et illīc
sūmit ab Haemoniō pūrgāmina caedis Acastō.Yet the fates do not allow the exiled Peleus to settle in this land: he goes, a wandering exile, to the Magnesians, and there receives from Haemonian Acastus purification for the killing.