Section 4A(i) Verres and Agrigentum

Question 1

Herculis templum apud Agrigentīnōs est nōn longē ā forō.

Answer 1

Among the people of Agrigentum there is a temple of Hercule not far from the forum.

Question 2

ibi est simulācrum ipsīus Herculis pulcherrimum.

Answer 2

There is there an extremely beautiful statue of Hercules himself.

Question 3

quamquam plūrima simulācra uīdī, iūdicēs, pulchrius simulācrum quam illud numquam cōnspicātus sum.

Answer 3

Although I have seen many statues, judges, I have never caught sight of a more beautiful statue than that one.

Question 4

ad hoc templum Verrēs nocte seruōs quōsdam armātōs repente mīsit.

Answer 4

To the temple Verres, at night, suddenly sent certain armed slaves.

Question 5

hī concurrērunt et templum expugnābant, …

Answer 5

These (men) charged and were beginning to storm the temple, …

Question 6

… sed custōdēs templī clāmāuēre, …

Answer 6

… but the guards of the temple shouted, …

Question 7

… et seruīs obsistere templumque dēfendere cōnābantur.

Answer 7

… and they tried to resist the slaves and to defend the temple.

Question 8

sed seruī Verris eōs clāuīs et pugnīs reppulērunt, …

Answer 8

But the slaves of Verres repelled them with clubs and fists, …

Question 9

… et ubi ualuās templī effrēgērunt, simulācrum commouēbant.

Answer 9

… and when they broke the folding doors of the temple, they started shifting the statue.

Question 10

intereā fāma per tōtam urbem percrēbrēscēbat;

Answer 10

Meanwhile rumor was spreading through the whole city;

Question 11

fāma erat seruōs templum expugnāre.

Answer 11

the rumor was that the slaves were storming the temple.

Question 12

subitō nūntius quīdam, …

Answer 12

Suddenly a certain messenger,

Question 13

… in forum celerrimē ingressus, …

Answer 13

… having entered the forum very quickly (who had entered the forum very quickly) …

Question 14

… nūntiāuit seruōs quōsdam simulācrum Herculis commouēre.

Answer 14

… announced that certain slaves were shifting the statute of Hercules.

Question 15

omnēs Agrigentīnī, ubi surrēxērunt tēlaque arripuērunt, breuī tempore ad templum ex tōtā urbe accurrērunt.

Answer 15

All the Agrigentines, when they rose up and seized weapons, in a short time ran up to the temple from the whole city.

Question 16

ubi ad templum peruēnērunt, uīdērunt seruōs simulācrum summā uī commouēre cōnārī.

Answer 16

When the arrived at the temple, they saw that slaves were trying to shift the statue with the utmost force.

Question 17

tum Agrigentīnī, maximē īrātī, impetum repente fēcērunt;

Answer 17

Then the Agrigentines, utterly angry, suddenly made an attack;

Question 18

fīēbat magna lapidātiō;

Answer 18

a great stoning was happening;

Question 19

seruī Verris fūgērunt.

Answer 19

the slaves of Verres fled.

Question 20

num scelera peiōra umquam audīuistis, iūdicēs?

Answer 20

Surely you have not ever heard (of) worse wickednesses, judges?

Question 21

num facinora scelestiōra umquam accēpistis?

Answer 21

Surely you have not ever learned of more wicked crimes?

Question 22

audīte, iūdicēs, operamque dīligentius date:

Answer 22

Listen, judges, and pay attention more diligently;

Question 23

mox et peiōra et scelestiōra audiētis.

Answer 23

soon you will hear worse and more wicked things.