Sagae Thessalae 8

Question 0

cum industriam sedulam eius fallere non potuissent, postremo iniecta somni nebula eum in profundam quietem sepeliverunt.

Answer 0

When they were not able to deceive his determined diligence, finally they threw upon him a cloud of sleep that buried him into a deep slumber.

Question 1

tunc digito me demonstrans: ‘nam cum corporis mei custos hic sagacissimus exsertam vigilam mihi teneret, sagae quaedam exuviis meis imminentes forma mutata apparuerunt.

Answer 1

Then, pointing me out with his finger, he said: ‘For when this keen-witted guard of my body was holding his intensive vigil for me, certain witches, eager for my remains, appeared in changed form.

Question 2

tum me nomine excitare coeperunt neque prius desierunt quam dum hebetes artus mei et membra frigida ad artis magicae obsequia segniter nituntur.

Answer 2

Then they began to wake me by name and they didn’t stop until my sluggish limbs struggled slowly to obey the commands of their magic art.

Question 3

hic autem, qui vivus erat, et tantum sopore mortuus, idem mecum nomen forte habet.

Answer 3

This man, however, who was alive and only dead asleep, by chance has this same name as me.