lines 564-580 Flashcards
at Metabus magna propius iam urgente caterva dat sese fluvio,
But Metabus, with a great band [of men] now pressing him more closely, entrusted himself to the river
atque hastam cum virgine victor gramineo, donum Triviae, de caespite vellit.
and in triumph he plucked the spear with the maiden, a gift to the goddess of the crossroads, from the grassy turf.
non illum tectis ullae, non moenibus urbes accepere
no cities accepted him within their hources, nor within their walls
(neque ipse manus feritate dedisset)
nor would he himself have surrendered because of his wildness.
pastorum et solis exegit montibus aevum
and he spent time on the lonely mountains of the shepherds.
hic (nutribat-from further in sentence) natam in dumis interque horrentia lustra
here he was nourishing his daughter in the thickets and amid the dreadful lairs [of animals]
armentalis equae mammis et lacte ferino
on the breasts of a herd mare and the milk of a wild animal
teneris immulgens ubera labris.
milking the udders into her soft lips.
utque pedum primis infans vestigia plantis institerat
and when the child had planted her foot-marks with her first heals
iaculo palmas armavit acuto
he armed her hands with a sharp javelin
spiculaque ex umero parvae suspendit et arcum.
and he hung arrows and a bow from the shoulder of the little girl.
pro crinali auro, pro longae tegmine pallae
instead of gold for her hair, instead of a covering for her long dress
tigridis exuviae per dorsum a vertice pendent.
the pelt of a tiger hung from her head across her back
tela manu iam tum tenera puerilia torsit et
already at that time she branished the childish weapons with her gentle hand
fundam tereti circum caput egit habena
and whirled a sling with a smooth strap around her head
