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Apuleius, Metamorphosis 4.32

Sage Rieth /

Created on 2018-10-29 22:17:29
Modified on 2018-11-12 18:05:50
Translated by A.S. Kline
Aligned by Sage Rieth

Latin

English

Interea Psyche cum sua sibi perspicua pulchritudine nullum decoris sui fructum percipit . Spectatur ab omnibus , laudatur ab omnibus , nec quisquam , non rex , non regius , nec de plebe saltem cupiens eius nuptiarum petitor accedit : mirantur quidem divinam speciem , sed ut simulacrum fabre politum mirantur omnes . Olim duae maiores sorores , quarum temperatam formositatem nulli diffamarant populi , procis regibus desponsae iam beatas nuptias adeptae sed Psyche virgo vidua domi residens deflet desertam suam solitudinem , aegra corporis , animi saucia , et quamvis gentibus totis complacitam odit in se suam formositatem . Sic infortunatissimae filiae miserrimus pater , suspectatis caelestibus odiis et irae superum metuens , dei Milesii vetustissimum percontatur oraculum et a tanto numine precibus et victimis ingratae virgini petit nuptias et maritum . Sed Apollo , quamquam Graecus et Ionicus , propter Milesiae conditorem sic Latina sorte respondit :

Psyche , for all her conspicuous beauty , reaped no profit from her charms . Gazed at by all , praised by all , no one , neither prince nor commoner , wishing to marry her , sought her hand . They admired her divine beauty of course , but as we admire a perfectly finished statue . Her two elder sisters , whose plainer looks had never been trumpeted through the world , were soon engaged to royal suitors and so made excellent marriages , but Psyche was left at home , a virgin , single , weeping in lonely solitude , ill in body and sore at heart , hating that beauty of form the world found so pleasing . So the wretched girl’s unhappy father , suspecting divine hostility , fearing the gods’ anger , consulted the ancient Miletian oracle of Apollo at Didyma . With prayer and sacrifice he asked the mighty god for a man to marry the unfortunate girl . Apollo , though Greek and Ionian too , favoured the author of this Miletian tale with a reply in Latin :

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Translation Pairs 52 Unique Translation Pairs 52

LAT	ENG	Frequency
conditorem	tale	1
divinam speciem	her divine beauty	1
domi desertam	was left at home	1
virgo vidua	a virgin single	1
sed Psyche	but Psyche	1
sed ut mirantur	but as we admire	1
temperatam formositatem	plainer looks	1
nulli diffamarant	had never been trumpeted	1
quarum	whose	1
duae maiores sorores	two elder sisters	1
simulacrum fabre politum	perfectly finished statue	1
quidem	of course	1
mirantur	They admired	1
solitudinem	solitude	1
eius petitor	sought her hand	1
cupiens nuptiarum	wishing to marry	1
quisquam non regius nec plebe	neither prince nor commoner	1
nec	no one	1
laudatur ab omnibus	praised by all	1
Spectatur ab omnibus	Gazed at by all	1
sui decoris	from her charms	1
fructum nullum	no profit	1
cum sua sibi perspicua pulchritudine	for all her conspicuous beauty	1
percipit	reaped	1
deflet	weeping	1
populi	through the world	1
Milesiae	of this Miletian	1
Apollo quamquam Graecus et Ionicus	Apollo though Greek and Ionian	1
a tanto numine	the mighty god	1
maritum	marry	1
petit	he asked	1
et precibus et victimis	With prayer and sacrifice	1
percontatur	consulted	1
vetustissimum	ancient	1
oraculum	oracle	1
Milesii	Miletian	1
irae superum metuens	fearing the gods’ anger	1
Latina sorte respondit	with a reply in Latin	1
suspectatis caelestibus odiis	suspecting divine hostility	1
desponsae	engaged	1
miserrimus pater	unhappy father	1
Sic infortunatissimae filiae	So the wretched girl’s	1
gentibus	form	1
totis	of the world	1
iam	soon	1
complacitam	found pleasing	1
odit	hating	1
animi saucia	sore at heart	1
aegra corporis	ill in body	1
procis regibus	to royal suitors	1
beatas nuptias	excellent marriages	1
Psyche	Psyche	1