Met. 8.260Iamque fatīgātum tellūs Aetnaea tenēbat
Daedalon, et sūmptīs prō supplice Cōcalus armīs
mītis habēbātur, iam lāmentābile Athēnae
pendere dēsierant Thēsea laude tribūtum.And now the land of Etna held the weary Daedalus, and Cocalus, who had taken up arms for the suppliant, was considered kind; now Athens, thanks to the glory of Theseus, had ceased to pay its lamentable tribute. Met. 8.264Templa corōnantur, bellātrīcemque Minervam
265cum Iove dīsque vocant aliīs, quōs sanguine vōtō
mūneribusque datīs et acerrīs tūris honōrant.The temples are garlanded, and they call upon warlike Minerva together with Jupiter and the other gods, whom they honour with vowed blood and gifts offered and boxes of incense. Met. 8.267Sparserat Argolicās nōmen vaga fāma per urbēs
Thēseos, et populī, quōs dīves Achāia cēpit,
huius opem magnīs implōrāvēre perīclīs.Wandering rumour had spread the name of Theseus through the Argive cities, and the peoples whom rich Achaia contained begged for his help in great dangers. Met. 8.270Huius opem Calydōn, quamvīs Meleagron habēret,
sollicitā supplex petiit prece.Calydon, though it had Meleager, sought his help as a suppliant with anxious prayer. Met. 8.271Causa petendī
sūs erat, īnfestae famulus vindexque Diānae.The cause of the asking was a boar, the servant and avenger of angry Diana.
Met. 8.273Oenea namque ferunt plēnī successibus annī
prīmitiās frūgum Cererī, sua vīna Lyaeō,
275Palladiōs flāvae laticēs lībāsse Minervae.For they say that Oeneus, after a year full of success, offered the first-fruits of the crops to Ceres, his wine to Lyaeus, and the liquid of Pallas to golden-haired Minerva. Met. 8.276Coeptus ab agricolīs superōs pervēnit ad omnēs
ambitiōsus honor;Begun with the gods of the countryside, the coveted honour reached all the gods above; Met. 8.277sōlās sine tūre relictās
praeteritae cessāsse ferunt Lātōidos ārās.only the altars of Leto's daughter, they say, who had been passed over, were left without incense and lay idle. Met. 8.279Tangit et īra deōs.Anger touches gods too. Met. 8.279"At nōn impūne ferēmus,
280quaeque inhonōrātae, nōn et dīcēmur inultae"
inquit, et Oeneos ultōrem sprēta per agrōs
mīsit aprum, quantō maiōrēs herbida taurōs
nōn habet Ēpīros, sed habent Sicula arva minōrēs.'But we shall not bear it unpunished, and though unhonoured, we shall not also be called unavenged,' she says, and, scorned, she sent through the fields of Oeneus an avenging boar, so big that grassy Epirus has no bigger bulls, while the fields of Sicily have smaller ones.
Met. 8.284Sanguine et igne micant oculī, riget horrida cervīx,
fervida cum raucō lātōs strīdōre per armōs
spūma fluit, dentēs aequantur dentibus Indīs,
fulmen ab ōre venit, frondēs adflātibus ārdent.His eyes flash with blood and fire, his rough neck is stiff, seething foam flows with a hoarse hissing over his broad shoulders, his tusks are equal to Indian tusks, lightning comes from his mouth, the leaves burn with his breath. Met. 8.290Is modo crēscentēs segetēs prōculcat in herbā,
nunc mātūra metit flētūrī vōta colōnī
et Cererem in spīcīs intercipit.Now he tramples the crops as they grow in the blade, now he reaps the ripe hopes of the farmer, who will weep, and cuts off Ceres in the ear. Met. 8.292Ārea frūstrā
et frūstrā exspectant prōmissās horrea messēs.In vain the threshing-floor, and in vain the barns await the promised harvest. Met. 8.294Sternuntur gravidī longō cum palmite fētūs
295bācaque cum rāmīs semper frondentis olīvae.The heavy fruit is laid low together with the long vine-shoots, and the berries together with the branches of the ever-leafy olive. Met. 8.296Saevit et in pecudēs: nōn hās pāstorve canisve,
nōn armenta trucēs possunt dēfendere taurī.He rages against the flocks too: neither shepherd nor dog can defend them, nor can fierce bulls defend the herds.
Met. 8.298Diffugiunt populī nec sē nisi moenibus urbis
esse putant tūtōs, dōnec Meleagros et ūna
300lēcta manus iuvenum coiēre cupīdine laudis:
Tyndaridae geminī, spectātus caestibus alter,
alter equō, prīmaeque ratis mōlītor Iāsōn,
et cum Pīrithoō, fēlīx concordia, Thēseus;The people scatter and do not think themselves safe except within the city walls, until Meleager and with him a chosen band of young men gathered in desire for glory: the twin sons of Tyndareus, the one famed for boxing, the other for horsemanship, and Jason, builder of the first ship, and Theseus with Pirithous, a happy harmony; Met. 8.304et duo Thestiadae prōlēsque Aphareia, Lynceus
305et vēlōx Idās, et iam nōn fēmina Caeneus
Leucippusque ferōx iaculōque īnsignis Acastus
Hippothousque Dryāsque et crētus Amyntore Phoenix,
Actoridaeque parēs et missus ab Ēlide Phyleus.and the two sons of Thestius, and the offspring of Aphareus, Lynceus and swift Idas, and Caeneus, no longer a woman, and fierce Leucippus, and Acastus, famous for the javelin, and Hippothous and Dryas and Phoenix, son of Amyntor, and the two sons of Actor, alike, and Phyleus, sent from Elis. Met. 8.309Nec Telamōn aberat magnīque creātor Achillis
310cumque Pheretiadē et Hyantēō Iolāō
impiger Eurytiōn, et cursū invictus Echīōn,
Naryciusque Lelex Panopeusque Hyleusque ferōxque
Hippasus et prīmīs etiamnum Nestor in annīs,
et quōs Hippocoōn antīquīs mīsit Amyclīs,
315Pēnelopaeque socer cum Parrhasiō Ancaeō,
Ampycidēsque sagāx et adhūc ā coniuge tūtus
Oeclīdēs, nemorisque decus Tegeaea Lycaeī.Nor was Telamon absent, nor the father of great Achilles, and with the son of Pheres and Boeotian Iolaus came tireless Eurytion, and Echion, unbeaten in running, and Narycian Lelex and Panopeus and Hyleus and fierce Hippasus and Nestor, still in his early years, and those whom Hippocoon sent from ancient Amyclae, and Penelope's father-in-law with Parrhasian Ancaeus, and the shrewd son of Ampyx, and the son of Oecleus, still safe from his wife, and the girl of Tegea, the glory of the Lycaean woods.
Met. 8.318Rāsilis huic summam mordēbat fībula vestem,
crīnis erat simplex, nōdum conlēctus in ūnum.A polished brooch bit the top of her robe; her hair was simple, gathered into a single knot. Met. 8.320Ex umerō pendēns resonābat eburnea laevō
tēlōrum custōs, arcum quoque laevā tenēbat.Hanging from her left shoulder an ivory quiver, keeper of her arrows, rattled; her left hand held a bow as well. Met. 8.322Tālis erat cultū;Such was her dress; Met. 8.322faciēs, quam dīcere vērē
virgineam in puerō, puerīlem in virgine possīs.her face, one which you could truly call girlish in a boy, boyish in a girl. Met. 8.324Hanc pariter vīdit, pariter Calydōnius hērōs
325optāvit renuente deō flammāsque latentēs
hausit et "ō fēlīx, sīquem dignābitur" inquit
"ista virum."The hero of Calydon at once saw her and at once desired her, though the god refused it, and drank in hidden flames and said: 'O happy he, if there is any man she thinks worthy of her.' Met. 8.327Nec plūra sinit tempusque pudorque
dīcere: maius opus magnī certāminis urget.Time and modesty do not allow him to say more: the greater work of the great contest presses.
Met. 8.329Silva frequēns trabibus, quam nūlla cecīderat aetās,
330incipit ā plānō dēvexaque prōspicit arva.A wood dense with trees, which no age had felled, begins from the plain and looks out over sloping fields. Met. 8.331Quō postquam vēnēre virī, pars rētia tendunt,
vincula pars adimunt canibus, pars pressa sequuntur
signa pedum cupiuntque suum reperīre perīclum.When the men came there, some stretch out nets, some take the leashes off the dogs, some follow the pressed tracks of feet and long to find their own danger. Met. 8.334Concava vallis erat, quō sē dēmittere rīvī
335adsuērant pluviālis aquae: tenet īma lacūnae
lenta salix ulvaeque levēs iuncīque palūstrēs
vīminaque et longā parvae sub harundine cannae.There was a hollow valley, into which streams of rainwater were accustomed to run down: the bottom of the pool holds pliant willow and light sedge and marsh rushes and osiers and little reeds beneath tall canes. Met. 8.338Hinc aper excitus mediōs violentus in hostēs
fertur, ut excussīs ēlīsī nūbibus ignēs.Roused from here, the boar rushes violently into the midst of his enemies, like lightning struck out from colliding clouds. Met. 8.340Sternitur incursū nemus et prōpulsa fragōrem
silva dat.The grove is flattened by his onrush, and the forest, driven before him, gives a crash.
Met. 8.341Exclāmant iuvenēs praetentaque fortī
tēla tenent dextrā lātō vibrantia ferrō.The young men shout and hold their weapons out before them in strong right hands, quivering with their broad iron points. Met. 8.343Ille ruit spargitque canēs, ut quisque furentī
obstat, et oblīquō lātrantēs dissipat ictū.He charges and scatters the dogs, as each one stands in the way of his fury, and disperses them, barking, with sidelong blows. Met. 8.345Cuspis Echīoniō prīmum contorta lacertō
vāna fuit truncōque dedit leve vulnus acernō.The spearpoint first hurled by the arm of Echion was in vain, and gave a light wound to the trunk of a maple. Met. 8.347Proxima, sī nimiīs mittentis vīribus ūsa
nōn foret, in tergō vīsa est haesūra petītō:
longius it.The next, had it not been thrown with too much of its sender's strength, looked as if it would have stuck in the back it was aimed at: it goes too far. Met. 8.349Auctor tēlī Pagasaeus Iāsōn.The thrower of the weapon was Jason of Pagasae. Met. 8.350"Phoebe," ait Ampycidēs "sī tē coluīque colōque,
dā mihi quod petitur certō contingere tēlō!"'Phoebus,' said the son of Ampyx, 'if I have worshipped you and do worship you, grant me to strike what I aim at with an unerring weapon!' Met. 8.352Quā potuit, precibus deus adnuit: ictus ab illō est,
sed sine vulnere, aper;As far as he could, the god assented to his prayers: the boar was struck by him, but without a wound; Met. 8.353ferrum Diāna volantī
abstulerat iaculō: lignum sine acūmine vēnit.Diana had taken the iron from the javelin in flight: the wood arrived without its point.
Met. 8.355Īra ferī mōta est, nec fulmine lēnius ārsit:
ēmicat ex oculīs, spīrat quoque pectore flamma.The beast's anger was roused, and blazed no more gently than lightning: flame flashes from his eyes, and breathes from his breast too. Met. 8.357Utque volat mōlēs adductō concita nervō,
cum petit aut mūrōs aut plēnās mīlite turrēs,
in iuvenēs certō sīc impete vulnificus sūs
360fertur et Hippalmon Pelagonaque, dextrā tuentēs
cornua, prōsternit;And as a mass flies, launched from a drawn-back cord, when it is aimed at walls or at towers full of soldiers, so the wounding boar rushes with sure onset upon the young men and lays low Hippalmus and Pelagon, who were guarding the right wing; Met. 8.361sociī rapuēre iacentēs.their comrades snatched them away as they lay. Met. 8.362At nōn lētiferōs effūgit Enaesimus ictūs,
Hippocoonte satus: trepidantem et terga parantem
vertere succīsō līquērunt poplite nervī.But Enaesimus, son of Hippocoon, did not escape the deadly blows: as he trembled and made ready to turn his back, the sinews of his hamstrung knee gave way.