Georg. 4.333At māter sonitum thalamō sub flūminis altī
sēnsit.But his mother heard the sound in her chamber beneath the deep river. Georg. 4.334Eam circum Mīlēsia vellera Nymphae
335carpēbant hyalī saturō fūcāta colōre,
drȳmōque Xanthōque Ligeaque Phyllodocēque,
caesariem effūsae nitidam per candida colla,
Nēsaeē Spīōque Thalīaque Cȳmodocēque,
Cydippēque et flāva Lycōrias, altera virgō,
340altera tum prīmōs Lūcīnae experta labōrēs,
Clīōque et Beroē soror, Ōceanītidēs ambae,
ambae aurō, pictīs incīnctae pellibus ambae,
atque Ephyrē atque Ōpis et Asia Dēiopēa
et tandem positīs vēlōx Arethūsa sagittīs.Around her the Nymphs were spinning Milesian fleeces dyed with a deep glassy colour, Drymo and Xantho and Ligea and Phyllodoce, their shining hair streaming over their white necks, Nesaee and Spio and Thalia and Cymodoce, Cydippe and golden Lycorias, one a maiden, the other having just then known the first pangs of Lucina, and Clio and her sister Beroe, both daughters of Ocean, both girt with gold, both with dappled skins, and Ephyre and Opis and Asian Deiopea, and swift Arethusa, her arrows at last laid aside. Georg. 4.345Inter quās cūram Clymenē narrābat inānem
Vulcānī Mārtisque dolōs et dulcia fūrta,
āque Chaō dēnsōs Dīvum numerābat amōrēs
carmine quō captae dum fūsīs mollia pēnsa
dēvolvunt, iterum māternās impulit aurēs
350lūctus Aristaeī, vitreīsque sedīlibus omnēs
obstipuēre;Among them Clymene was telling of the vain watchfulness of Vulcan, and the tricks and sweet thefts of Mars, and was counting the crowded loves of the gods from Chaos onwards; and while, charmed by the song, they unwound the soft wool from their spindles, once again the lament of Aristaeus struck his mother's ears, and all were astonished on their glassy seats; Georg. 4.351sed ante aliās Arethūsa sorōrēs
prōspiciēns summā flāvum caput extulit undā
et procul: "Ō gemitū nōn frūstrā exterrita tantō,
Cȳrēnē soror, ipse tibi, tua maxima cūra,
355trīstis Aristaeus Pēnēī genitōris ad undam
stat lacrimāns et tē crūdēlem nōmine dīcit."but before her other sisters Arethusa, looking out, raised her golden head above the surface of the water, and from afar called: 'O Cyrene, my sister, not in vain alarmed by so loud a groaning, it is your Aristaeus himself, your greatest care, who stands in sorrow by the water of father Peneus, weeping, and calls you cruel by name.' Georg. 4.357Huic percussa novā mentem formīdine māter,
"dūc, age, dūc ad nōs;To her the mother, her mind struck with a strange dread, said, 'Bring him, come, bring him to us; Georg. 4.358fās illī līmina Dīvum
tangere," ait.it is right for him to touch the thresholds of the gods.' Georg. 4.359Simul alta iubet discēdere lātē
360flūmina, quā iuvenis gressūs īnferret.At once she bids the deep river part far and wide, to let the young man enter.
Georg. 4.360At illum
curvāta in montis faciem circumstetit unda
accēpitque sinū vāstō mīsitque sub amnem.And the water, arched into the shape of a mountain, stood around him, and received him in its vast embrace and sent him beneath the river. Georg. 4.363Iamque domum mīrāns genetrīcis et ūmida regna
spēluncīsque lacūs clausōs lūcōsque sonantēs
365ībat et ingentī mōtū stupefactus aquārum
omnia sub magnā lābentia flūmina terrā
spectābat dīversa locīs, Phāsimque Lycumque
et caput, unde altus prīmum sē ērumpit Enīpeus
unde pater Tiberīnus et unde Aniēna fluenta
370saxōsusque sonāns Hypanis Mȳsusque Caīcus,
et gemina aurātus taurīnō cornua vultū
Ēridanus, quō nōn alius per pinguia culta
in mare purpureum violentior effluit amnis.And now, marvelling at his mother's home and watery kingdom, and the lakes shut in caves and the echoing groves, he went on, and stunned by the vast movement of the waters he gazed at all the rivers gliding beneath the great earth in their different places, Phasis and Lycus, and the source from which deep Enipeus first bursts forth, from which father Tiber and from which the streams of Anio flow, and rocky, roaring Hypanis and Mysian Caicus, and Eridanus, with gilded horns on his bull-like face, than whom no river flows more violently through rich farmland into the purple sea.
Georg. 4.374Postquam est in thalamī pendentia pūmice tēcta
375perventum et nātī flētūs cognōvit inānēs
Cȳrēnē, manibus liquidōs dant ōrdine fontēs
germānae tōnsīsque ferunt mantēlia villīs;When he had reached the chamber's roof hung with pumice and Cyrene had learned of her son's vain weeping, her sisters in turn pour clear spring water on his hands, and bring towels of close-shorn nap; Georg. 4.378pars epulīs onerant mēnsās et plēna repōnunt
pōcula, Panchaeīs adolēscunt ignibus ārae;some load the tables with a feast and set out full cups again, and the altars blaze with Panchaean fires; Georg. 4.380et māter, "Cape Maeoniī carchēsia Bacchī:
Oceanō lībēmus," ait.and his mother said, 'Take the goblets of Maeonian wine: let us pour a libation to Ocean.' Georg. 4.381Simul ipsa precātur
Oceanumque patrem rērum Nymphāsque sorōrēs
centum quae silvās, centum quae flūmina servant.At the same time she prays herself to Ocean, father of all things, and to the sister Nymphs who guard a hundred woods, a hundred rivers. Georg. 4.384Ter liquidō ārdentem perfundit nectare Vestam,
385ter flamma ad summum tēctī subiecta relūxit.Three times she sprinkles the blazing hearth with clear nectar; three times the flame shot up to the roof and shone again.
Georg. 4.386Ōmine quō firmāns animum sīc incipit ipsa:Strengthening his spirit with this omen, she herself begins thus: