Met. 7.453Nec tamen (ūsque adeō nūlla est sincēra voluptās,
sollicitumque aliquid laetīs intervenit) Aegeus
455gaudia percēpit nātō sēcūra receptō.Yet (so true is it that no pleasure is unmixed, and some anxiety intrudes upon joys) Aegeus did not enjoy carefree happiness at his son's recovery. Met. 7.456Bella parat Mīnōs.Minos is preparing war. Met. 7.456Quī quamquam mīlite, quamquam
classe valet, patriā tamen est firmissimus īrā
Androgeīque necem iūstīs ulcīscitur armīs.Although he is strong in soldiers, strong in his fleet, yet he is strongest in a father's anger, and avenges the death of Androgeos with just arms. Met. 7.459Ante tamen bellō vīrēs adquīrit amīcās,
460quāque potēns habitus, volucrī freta classe pererrat.But before the war he gathers friendly forces, and roams the seas with his swift fleet, where he was thought powerful. Met. 7.461Hinc Anaphēn sibi iungit et Astypalēia regna,
prōmissīs Anaphēn, regna Astypalēia bellō;On this side he joins to himself Anaphe and the kingdom of Astypalaea, Anaphe by promises, the kingdom of Astypalaea by war; Met. 7.463hinc humilem Myconum crētōsaque rūra Cimōlī
flōrentemque thymō Cythnum parvamque Serīphon
465marmoreamque Paron, quāque impia prōdidit Arnēn
Sīthonis (acceptō, quod avāra poposcerat, aurō
mūtāta est in avem, quae nunc quoque dīligit aurum,
nigra pedēs, nigrīs vēlāta monēdula pennīs).on this side low Myconos and the chalky fields of Cimolus, and Cythnos, flowering with thyme, and little Seriphos, and marble Paros, and the place where the impious Sithonian woman betrayed Arne (having received the gold which she had greedily demanded, she was changed into a bird which even now loves gold, the jackdaw, black-footed and clad in black feathers).
Met. 7.469At nōn Oliaros Didymaeque et Tēnos et Andros
470et Gyaros nitidaeque ferāx Peparēthos olīvae
Gnōsiacās iūvēre ratēs.But Oliaros and Didyme and Tenos and Andros and Gyaros and Peparethos, rich in the gleaming olive, did not help the Cnossian ships. Met. 7.471Latere inde sinistrō
Oenopiam Mīnōs petit, Aeacidēia regna:
Oenopiam veterēs appellāvēre, sed ipse
Aeacus Aegīnam genetrīcis nōmine dīxit.Then on the left Minos makes for Oenopia, the realm of the Aeacids: the ancients called it Oenopia, but Aeacus himself named it Aegina after his mother. Met. 7.475Turba ruit tantaeque virum cognōscere fāmae
expetit.The crowd rushes out, eager to meet a man of such great fame. Met. 7.476Occurrunt illī Telamōnque, minorque
quam Telamōn Pēleus, et prōlēs tertia Phōcus.Telamon goes to meet him, and Peleus, younger than Telamon, and Phocus, the third son. Met. 7.478Ipse quoque ēgreditur tardus gravitāte senīlī
Aeacus, et quae sit veniendī causa requīrit.Aeacus himself also comes out, slow with the heaviness of age, and asks what is the reason for his coming. Met. 7.480Admonitus patriī lūctūs suspīrat et illī
dicta refert rēctor populōrum tālia centum:
"Arma iuvēs ōrō prō gnātō sūmpta piaeque
pars sīs mīlitiae;Reminded of his grief as a father, the ruler of a hundred peoples sighs, and replies to him in such words: 'I beg you to help the arms I have taken up for my son, and to be a part of a dutiful campaign; Met. 7.483tumulō sōlācia poscō."I ask consolation for a tomb.' Met. 7.484Huic Asopiadēs "petis inrita" dīxit "et urbī
485nōn facienda meae: neque enim coniūnctior ūlla
Cecropidīs hāc est tellūs: ea foedera nōbīs."To him the grandson of Asopus said: 'You ask in vain, and for what my city must not do: for no land is more closely joined to the descendants of Cecrops than this one: such is our treaty.' Met. 7.487Trīstis abit "stābunt" que "tibi tua foedera magnō"
dīxit et ūtilius bellum putat esse minārī
quam gerere atque suās ibi praecōnsūmere vīrēs.He goes away gloomy, and says, 'Your treaty will cost you dear,' and thinks it more useful to threaten war than to wage it and use up his strength there beforehand.
Met. 7.490Classis ab Oenopiīs etiamnum Lyctia mūrīs
spectārī poterat, cum plēnō concita vēlō
Attica puppis adest in portūsque intrat amīcōs,
quae Cephalum patriaeque simul mandāta ferēbat.The Lyctian fleet could still be seen from the walls of Oenopia, when an Attic ship, driven under full sail, arrives and enters the friendly harbour, bringing Cephalus and at the same time the instructions of his country. Met. 7.494Aeacidae longō iuvenēs post tempore vīsum
495agnōvēre tamen Cephalum dextrāsque dedēre
inque patris dūxēre domum.The young Aeacids, though they had not seen Cephalus for a long time, still recognised him, gave him their right hands, and led him into their father's house. Met. 7.496Spectābilis hērōs
et veteris retinēns etiamnum pignera fōrmae
ingreditur rāmumque tenēns populāris olīvae
ā dextrā laevāque duōs aetāte minōrēs
500maior habet, Clyton et Būtēn, Pallante creātōs.The hero, a sight to behold and still keeping tokens of his former beauty, enters holding a branch of his country's olive, and, older himself, has on his right and left two men younger in age, Clytus and Butes, sons of Pallas. Met. 7.501Postquam congressūs prīmī sua verba tulērunt,
Cecropidae Cephalus peragit mandāta rogatque
auxilium foedusque refert et iūra parentum
imperiumque petī tōtīus Achāidos addit.After the first meeting had exchanged its greetings, Cephalus delivers the instructions of the descendant of Cecrops, asks for help, recalls the treaty and the compacts of their fathers, and adds that dominion over all Achaea is the aim.
Met. 7.505Sīc ubi mandātam iūvit fācundia causam,
Aeacus, in capulō scēptrī nitente sinistrā,
"nē petite auxilium, sed sūmite", dīxit "Athēnae;When eloquence had thus aided the cause entrusted to him, Aeacus, his left hand resting on the shining hilt of his sceptre, said, 'Do not ask for help, Athens, but take it; Met. 7.508nec dubiē vīrēs, quās haec habet īnsula, vestrās
dūcite;and without hesitation count as your own the forces which this island has; Met. 7.509et omnia habet (rērum status iste meārum).and it has everything (such is the state of my affairs). Met. 7.510Rōbora nōn dēsunt, superat mihi mīles et hostī:
grātia dīs, fēlīx et inexcūsābile tempus."Strength is not lacking; I have soldiers to spare even against an enemy: thanks to the gods, it is a fortunate time, and one that allows no excuse.' Met. 7.512"Immō ita sit," Cephalus, "crēscat tua cīvibus optō
urbs!"'Indeed, may it be so,' Cephalus — 'I pray your city may grow in citizens!' Met. 7.513ait.said. Met. 7.513"Adveniēns equidem modo gaudia cēpī,
cum tam pulchra mihi, tam pār aetāte iuventūs
515obvia prōcessit.'For my part, on arriving just now I felt joy, when youth so handsome and so equal in age came out to meet me.
Met. 7.515Multōs tamen inde requīrō,
quōs quondam vīdī vestrā prius urbe receptus."Yet I miss many among them whom I once saw when I was received in your city before.' Met. 7.517Aeacus ingemuit trīstīque ita vōce locūtus:
"Flēbile prīncipium melior fortūna secūta est.Aeacus groaned and spoke thus in a sad voice: 'A happier fortune has followed a pitiful beginning. Met. 7.519Hanc utinam possem vōbīs memorāre sine illō!Would that I could tell you of the one without the other! Met. 7.520Ōrdine nunc repetam.Now I shall go back over it in order. Met. 7.520Neu longā ambāge morer vōs:
ossa cinisque iacent, memorī quōs mente requīris.And not to delay you with a long circuit of words: they lie as bones and ashes, those whom you seek with your remembering mind. Met. 7.522Et quota pars illī rērum periēre meārum!And how great a part of my fortunes were those who perished! Met. 7.523Dīra luēs īrā populīs Iūnōnis inīquae
incidit exōsae dictās ā paelice terrās.A dreadful plague fell upon the peoples through the anger of unjust Juno, who hated the land named after her rival.
Met. 7.525Dum vīsum mortāle malum tantaeque latēbat
causa nocēns clādis, pugnātum est arte medendī:
exitium superābat opem, quae victa iacēbat.While the evil seemed one of human origin, and the harmful cause of so great a disaster lay hidden, it was fought with the art of healing: destruction overcame help, which lay defeated. Met. 7.528Prīncipiō caelum spissā cālīgine terrās
pressit et ignāvōs inclūsit nūbibus aestūs;At first the sky pressed down on the earth with thick darkness and shut in a sluggish heat beneath the clouds; Met. 7.530dumque quater iūnctīs explēvit cornibus orbem
lūna, quater plēnum tenuāta retexuit orbem,
lētiferīs calidī spīrārunt aestibus austrī.and while the moon four times filled out her orb with joined horns, and four times, waning, unwove her full orb, the hot south winds blew with deadly heat. Met. 7.533Cōnstat et in fontēs vitium vēnisse lacūsque,
mīliaque incultōs serpentum multa per agrōs
535errāsse atque suīs fluviōs temerāsse venēnīs.It is agreed too that the infection came into springs and lakes, and that many thousands of snakes wandered through the untilled fields and polluted the rivers with their poisons.
Met. 7.536Strāge canum prīmō volucrumque oviumque boumque,
inque ferīs subitī dēprēnsa potentia morbī.The power of the sudden disease was first detected in the slaughter of dogs and birds and sheep and cattle, and among the wild beasts. Met. 7.538Concidere īnfēlīx validōs mīrātur arātor
inter opus taurōs mediōque recumbere sulcō;The unlucky ploughman marvels that his strong bulls collapse at their work and lie down in the middle of the furrow; Met. 7.540lānigerīs gregibus bālātūs dantibus aegrōs
sponte suā lānaeque cadunt et corpora tābent.from the woolly flocks, as they utter sick bleatings, the wool falls of its own accord and their bodies waste away. Met. 7.542Ācer equus quondam magnaeque in pulvere fāmae
dēgenerat palmās veterumque oblītus honōrum
ad praesēpe gemit lētō moritūrus inertī.The horse, once spirited and of great fame on the dusty track, disgraces his palms, and, forgetting his old honours, groans at the manger, about to die an idle death. Met. 7.545Nōn aper īrāscī meminit, nōn fīdere cursū
cerva, nec armentīs incurrere fortibus ursī.The boar does not remember to rage, nor the deer to trust in its running, nor bears to charge the strong herds.
Met. 7.547Omnia languor habet;Languor holds everything; Met. 7.547silvīsque agrīsque viīsque
corpora foeda iacent, vitiantur odōribus aurae.in woods and fields and roads foul bodies lie, and the air is tainted by the stench. Met. 7.549Mīra loquar: nōn illa canēs avidaeque volucrēs,
550nōn cānī tetigēre lupī;I shall tell of wonders: dogs and greedy birds did not touch them, nor grey wolves; Met. 7.550dīlāpsa liquēscunt
adflātūque nocent et agunt contāgia lātē.falling apart, they melt away and harm with their breath and spread contagion far and wide.