Metamorphoses, Apuleius 2.1
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Ut primum nocte discussa sol novus diem fecit , et somno simul emersus et lectulo , anxius alioquin et nimis cupidus cognoscendi quae rara miraque sunt , reputansque me media Thessaliae loca tenere , quo artis magicae nativa contamina totius orbis consona ore celebrentur , fabulamque illam optimi comitis Aristomenis de situ civitatis huius exortam , suspensus alioquin et voto simul et studio , curiose singula considerabam . Nec fuit in illa civitate quod aspiciens id esse crederem quod esset , sed omnia prorsus ferali murmure in aliam effigiem translata , ut et lapides quos offenderem de homine duratos , et aves quas audirem indidem plumatas , et arbores quae pomerium ambirent similiter foliatas , et fontanos latices de corporibus humanis fluxos crederem . Iam statuas et imagines incessuras , parietes locuturos , boves et id genus pecua dicturus praesagium , de ipso vero caelo et iubaris orbe subito venturum oraculum .
The
moment
the
sun
put
the
darkness
to
flight
and
ushered
in
a
new
day
,
I
woke
up
and
arose
at
once
.
Being
in
any
case
an
all
too
eager
student
of
the
remarkable
and
miraculous
,
and
remembering
that
I
was
now
in
the
heart
of
Thessaly
,
renowned
the
whole
world
over
as
the
cradle
of
magic
arts
and
spells
,
and
that
it
was
in
this
very
city
that
my
friend
Aristomenes’
story
had
begun
,
I
examined
attentively
everything
I
saw
,
on
tenterhooks
with
keen
anticipation
.
There
was
nothing
I
looked
at
in
the
city
that
I
didn’t
believe
to
be
other
than
what
it
was
:
I
imagined
that
everything
everywhere
had
been
changed
by
some
infernal
spell
into
different
shape
–
I
thought
the
very
stones
I
stumbled
against
must
be
petrified
human
beings
,
I
thought
the
birds
I
heard
singing
and
the
trees
growing
around
the
city
walls
had
acquired
their
feathers
and
leaves
in
the
same
way
,
and
I
thought
the
fountains
were
liquefied
human
bodies
.
I
expected
statues
and
pictures
to
start
walking
,
walls
to
speak
,
oxen
and
other
cattle
to
utter
prophecies
,
and
oracles
to
issue
suddenly
from
the
very
sky
or
from
the
bright
sun
.