Perseus section H

Question 1

resoluta catenis incedit virgo,

Answer 1

released from her chains, the maiden stepped forward,

Question 2

pretiumque et causa laboris.

Answer 2

the prize and reason for his task.

Question 3

ipse manus hausta victrices abluit unda,

Answer 3

[The hero] himself washed his victorious hands with water
drawn from the sea,

Question 4

anguiferumque caput dura ne laedat harena,

Answer 4

and so that the snake-bearing head might not suffer an injury from the hard sand,

Question 5

mollit humum foliis natasque sub aequore virgas

Answer 5

he made the ground soft with leaves, and he spread out seaweed that grew beneath the surface,

Question 6

sternit et imponit Phorcynidos ora Medusae.

Answer 6

then he placed on that the head of Medusa, daughter of Phorcys.

Question 7

virga recens bibulaque etiamnum viva medulla

Answer 7

The fresh seaweed, even now absorbent and living,

Question 8

vim rapuit monstri tactuque induruit huius

Answer 8

drew in the strength to its core and became hard at the touch of this monster

Question 9

percepitque novum ramis et fronde rigorem.

Answer 9

and felt a new rigidity in its branches and foliage;

Question 10

at pelagi nymphae factum mirabile temptant

Answer 10

but the sea-nymphs tested this amazing thing

Question 11

pluribus in virgis et idem contingere gaudent

Answer 11

and were thrilled that the same thing happened with more seaweed,

Question 12

seminaque ex illis iterant iactata per undas.

Answer 12

and the seeds from them, scattered across the waves, repeated [the
action]

Question 13

nunc quoque coraliis eadem natura remansit,

Answer 13

Now red coral also retain the same nature;

Question 14

duritiam tacto capiant ut ab aere, quodque

Answer 14

they become hard at the touch of air,

Question 15

vimen in aequore erat fiat super aequora saxum.

Answer 15

and that which was [pliant] seaweed in the water, becomes a rock above it.