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Ovid · Metamorphoses VI

Metamorphoses 6.382–411

Marsyas flayed; Pelops' ivory shoulder

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Met. 6.382Sīc ubi nesciō quis Lyciā dē gente virōrum
rettulit exitium, satyrī reminīscitur alter,
quem Trītōniacā Lātōus harundine victum
385adfēcit poenā.
When someone or other from the Lycian race had thus told of the men's destruction, another recalls the satyr whom Latona's son defeated on the Tritonian reed and visited with punishment.
Met. 6.385"Quid mē mihi dētrahis?"'Why are you tearing me from myself?' Met. 6.385inquit:
"ā piget ā nōn est" clāmābat "tībia tantī."
he says; 'Ah, I repent! Ah,' he cried, 'a pipe is not worth so much!'
Met. 6.387Clāmantī cutis est summōs dīrepta per artūs,
nec quicquam nisi vulnus erat;
As he cries out, the skin is torn off over the surface of his limbs, and he was nothing but a wound;
Met. 6.388cruor undique mānat,
dētēctīque patent nervī, trepidaeque sine ūllā
390pelle micant vēnae;
blood flows everywhere, the sinews lie open and exposed, and the trembling veins pulse without any skin;
Met. 6.390salientia viscera possēs
et perlūcentēs numerāre in pectore fībrās.
you could count the throbbing vitals and the fibres shining through in his breast.
Met. 6.392Illum rūricolae, silvārum nūmina, faunī
et satyrī frātrēs et tunc quoque cārus Olympus
et nymphae flērunt, et quisquis montibus illīs
395lānigerōsque gregēs armentaque būcera pāvit.
Him the country-dwellers, deities of the woods, the fauns, and his brother satyrs, and Olympus, dear to him even then, and the nymphs wept, and whoever grazed woolly flocks and horned herds on those mountains.

Met. 6.396Fertilis inmaduit madefactaque terra cadūcās
concēpit lacrimās ac vēnīs perbibit īmīs;
The fertile earth grew wet, and, soaked, took in the falling tears and drank them deep into her veins;
Met. 6.398quās ubi fēcit aquam, vacuās ēmīsit in aurās.when she had made them water, she sent them out into the open air. Met. 6.399Inde petēns rapidum rīpīs dēclīvibus aequor
400Marsya nōmen habet, Phrygiae liquidissimus amnis.
From there, seeking the swift sea between sloping banks, it bears the name Marsyas, clearest river of Phrygia.
Met. 6.401Tālibus extemplō redit ad praesentia dictīs
vulgus et exstīnctum cum stirpe Amphīona lūget.
With such tales the crowd returns at once to the present and mourns Amphion, destroyed with his offspring.
Met. 6.403Māter in invidiā est.The mother is hated. Met. 6.403Hanc tunc quoque dīcitur ūnus
flēsse Pelops, umerōque, suās ā pectore postquam
405dēdūxit vestēs ebur ostendisse sinistrō.
Even then, it is said, Pelops alone wept for her, and, after he drew his robe down from his breast, showed the ivory on his left shoulder.
Met. 6.406Concolor hic umerus nāscendī tempore dextrō
corporeusque fuit: manibus mox caesa paternīs
membra ferunt iūnxisse deōs;
This shoulder at the time of his birth had been of one colour with the right, and of flesh: soon, they say, the gods joined together his limbs, cut up by his father's hands;
Met. 6.408aliīsque repertīs,
quī locus est iugulī medius summīque lacertī,
410dēfuit.
and when the others had been found, the place which lies between the throat and the top of the upper arm was missing.

Met. 6.410Impositum est nōn compārentis in ūsum
partis ebur, factōque Pelops fuit integer illō.
Ivory was put in to serve for the part that could not be found, and by that deed Pelops was made whole.

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Grammar in this passage: indirect statement ×2, gerunds and gerundives ×1, ablative absolute ×1

Latin vocabulary for this passage (153 words)
sīc, adv.so, thus
ubi, adv.where; conj., when
nesciō, -scīre, -scīvīnot know, be ignorant; nesciō quis, I know not who, some one or other (nesciō is thus used with other interrogative words also)
quis, quid, interrog. pron.who? which? what?
Lycius, -a, -umLycian, of Lycia in south-west Asia Minor (Lyciae sortēs: Apollo's oracles at Patara)
dē, prep, with abl.down from, from, out of; about, concerning, of
gēns, gentis, f.race, nation
vir, virī, m.man
referō, referre, rettulī, relātusbring or carry back, return; pedem referre, to draw back, retire, retreat; grātiam referre, see grātia
exitium, -ī n.destruction, ruin
satyrus, -ī m.satyr, a half-goat woodland companion of Bacchus
reminīscor, -ī (+ gen.)remember
alter, -era, -erumone or the other (of two); another, second
quī, quae, quod, rel. pron.who, which
Trītōniacus, -a, -umof Lake Triton (Tritonis)
Lātōus, -a, -umof Latona; as noun m. Apollo
harundō (arundō), -inis f.reed, cane
vincō, -ere, vīcī, victumconquer, defeat
adficiō, -ficere, -fēcī, -fectusdo to, move, affect; visit, afflict
poena, -ae, f.penalty, punishment
ego, meī, pers. pron.I
dētrahō, -trahere, -trāxī, -trāctusdraw or pull off
inquam, inquis, inquit, defective verbI say, you say, he says
ā (āh) (exclamation)ah! alas! (of grief, pity, reproach)
piget, -ēre, piguit (impers.)it irks, it displeases (the person in acc., the cause in gen.)
nōn, adv.not
sum, esse, fuī, futūrusbe
clāmō, -āre, -āvī, -ātusshout, cry out; proclaim
tībia, -ae f.pipe, flute
tantus, -a, -umso great or much
cutis, -is f.skin
summus, -a, -umuppermost, highest, greatest
dīripiō, -ere, -ripuī, -reptumplunder
per, prep, with ace.through, by means of
artūs, -uum m. pl.joints; limbs, body
neque or nec, conj.and not, nor; neque ... neque, neither ... nor; neque enim, for ... not
quisquam, quicquam, indef. pron.any one, anything
nisi, conj.if not, unless
vulnus, vulneris, n.wound
cruor, -ōris m.blood (shed), gore
undique, adv.from or on all sides
mānō, -āre, -āvīflow, trickle; spread
dētegō, -ere, -tēxī, -tēctusuncover, unroof; reveal
que, enclitic conj.and
pateō, -ēre, -uīlie open; extend, stretch
nervus, -ī, m.sinew, muscle
trepidus, -a, -umanxious, alarmed; critical, dangerous
sine, prep. with abl.without
ūllus, -a, -umany
pellis, -is, f.hide, skin, pelt
micō, -āre, -uīflash, glitter
vēna, -ae f.vein
saliō, -īre, saluī, saltumleap, jump; (of the pulse) beat
viscus, -eris n. (usu. pl. viscera)inner organs, vitals; the heart, the core
possum, posse, potuībe able, have power, can
et, conj.and; et ... et, both ... and
perlūceō (pellūceō), -ēre, -lūxīshine through, be transparent; perlucens: translucent
numerō (adv.)in number (saepe numerō: very often)
in, prep. with acc. and abl.with acc.: into, onto, against; with abl.: in, on
pectus, pectoris, n.breast
fībra, -ae f.fibre; (pl.) entrails
ille, illa, illud, dem. pron.that; he, she, it, they; ille ... hīc, see hīc
rūricola, -ae m. and f.countryman, farmer
silva, -ae, f.wood, forest
nūmen, -inis n.divine power, divinity
frāter, frātris, m.brother
tunc (adv.)then, at that time
quoque, adv.also
cārus, -a, -umdear, precious
nympha, -ae, f.nymph
fleō, -ēre, flēvī, flētumweep
quisquis, quidquid (quicquid)whoever, whatever
mōns, montis, m.mountain
lāniger, -gera, -gerumwool-bearing, fleecy; as a noun, the lamb
grex, gregis m.flock, herd; band, gang
armentum, -ī n.herd (of cattle)
būcerus, -a, -umox-horned, horned
pāscō, pāscere, pāvī, pāstusfeed
fertilis, -efertile, fruitful
immadēscō (inmadēscō), -ere, -maduībecome wet, be soaked
madefaciō, -ere, -fēcī, -factusmake wet, soak, drench
terra, -ae, f.land, earth
cadūcus, -a, -umfalling, fallen; doomed
concipiō, -cipere, -cēpī, -ceptustake in, conceive; plan, imagine
lacrima, -ae, f.tear
atque, ac (conj.)and; after comparisons: as, than (ac only before consonants)
perbibō, -ere, -bibīdrink in, absorb
īmus, -a, -umlowest (ab īmō: from the bottom)
faciō, facere, fēcī, factusmake, do; iter facere, see iter
aqua, -ae, f.water
vacuus, -a, -umempty
ēmittō, -mittere, -mīsī, -missussend out or forth
aura, -ae, f.air, breeze
inde (adv.)from there; then
petō, -ere, -īvī or -iī, -ītusseek, ask; attack
rapidus, -a, -umswift; consuming, fierce
rīpa, -ae, f.bank
dēclīvis, -esloping down
aequor, -oris n.level surface; the sea
nōmen, -minis, n.name (that by which one is known)
habeō, -ēre, -uī, -itushave, hold; consider
liquidus, -a, -umliquid, flowing; clear
amnis, -is m.river
tālis, -esuch
extemplō, adv.immediately, straightway, at once
redeō, -īre, -iī, -itusgo back, return
ad, prep. with acc.to, toward; at, near; for
praesēns, -sentis, adj.present, immediate, imminent
dictum, -ī n.word, order (dictō audiēns: obedient)
vulgus, -ī n.the common people, the crowd
exstinguō, -ere, -stīnxī, -stīnctusput out, extinguish; destroy
cum, prep, with abl.with
stirps, stirpis f.stock, root; family, race
lūgeō, -ēre, lūxī, lūctusmourn, grieve for
māter, mātris, f.mother
invidia, -ae f.envy, jealousy, ill will
hic, haec, hoc, dem. pron.this; ille ... hīc, that ... this, the former ... the latter
dīcō, dīcere, dīxī, dictussay, speak; diem dīcere, to appoint or set a day
ūnus, -a, -umone; only, alone
umerus, -ī, m.shoulder
suus, -a, -umhis, her, its, or their own; his, her, its, their
ā, ab (prep. + abl.)away from, from; by (ā only before consonants)
postquam, conj.later than, after, when
dēdūcō, -dūcere, -dūxī, -ductuslead down or away, bring; nāvem dēdūcere, to draw down or launch a ship
vestis, -is, f.clothing, dress, robe
ebur, -oris n.ivory; anything made of ivory (here a sword sheath)
ostendō, -tendere, -tendī, -tentusstretch out before, show, explain
sinister, -tra, -trumleft
concolor, -ōrisof the same colour
nāscor, -ī, nātus sumbe born; rise, begin
tempus, temporis, n.time, season
dexter, -tra, -trumright
corporeus, -a, -umof the body, bodily
manus, -ūs, f.hand
mox, adv.soon
caedō, -ere, cecīdī, caesumcut, cut down; kill
paternus, -a, -umof a father, a father's
membrum, -ī, n.limb, member
ferō, ferre, tulī, lātusbear, bring
iungō, iungere, iūnxī, iūnctusjoin; yoke, harness
deus, -ī, m.god
alius, -a, -udanother, other; aliī ... aliī, some ... others
reperiō, reperīre, repperī, repertusfind, discover
locus, -ī, m., plur. loca, -orum, n.place, situation
iugulum, -ī n.throat
medius, -a, -ummid, middle
lacertus, -ī m.upper arm, arm
dēsum, deesse, dēfuībe lacking, fail
impōnō, -pōnere, -posuī, -positusplace or lay upon, impose; embark
compāreō, -ēre, -uīappear, be visible; be present, be found
ūsus, -ūs, m.use; experience
pars, partis, f.part, side, direction
integer, -gra, -grumuntouched, fresh, whole
Ovid, Metamorphoses VI. Latin text: H. Magnus, Die Metamorphosen des P. Ovidius Naso (Gotha, 1892), public domain; digital text from the Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA. Word analysis: drafted by our own tagger (trained on the hand-checked texts on this site), with every doubtful word checked by hand. English translation and section titles: written for this app, each checked against the Latin by a second reader.