Sagae Thessalae 6

Question 0

iam tumore pectus cadaveris extolli, iam spiritu corpus impleri.

Answer 0

At one moment, the chest of the corpse was being raised by a swelling, at another the body was being filled with breath.

Question 1

immitto me turbae et pone ipsum lectulum lapidem insistens omnia curiosis oculis spectabam.

Answer 1

I push myself into the crowd and standing behind the stone bier itself, I began watching everything with curious eyes.

Question 2

et surgit cadaver et profatur ‘cur, oro, me post Lethaea pocula iam Stygiis paludibus innatantem ad momentariae vitae officia reducitis?

Answer 2

The corpse both gets up and speaks out: ‘Why, I beg, are you bringing me back, after drinking from the waters of Lethe and as I now embark onto the Stygian pools, for the duties of a short-lived life?

Question 3

desine iam, precor, desine, ac me in meam quietem permitte.’

Answer 3

Cease now, I pray, cease and allow me back into my rest.’