Latin Project 2: 5.27
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English
Necdum sermonem Psyche finierat ; illa vesanae libidinis et invidiae noxiae stimulis agitata , e re concinnato mendacio fallens maritum , quasi de morti parentum aliquid comperisset , statim navem ascendi ! et ad illum scopulum protinus pergit , et quamvis alio flante vento , caeca spe tamen inhians , Accipe me dicens Cupido , dignam te coniugem et tu , Zephyre ,
suscipe dominam ! saltu se maximo praecipitem dedit Nec tamen adillum locum vel saltem mortua pervenire potuit : nam per saxa cautiummembris iactatis atque dissipatis et proinde ut merebatur laceratavisceribus suis alitibus bestiisque obvium ferens pabulum interiit . Necvindictae sequentis poena tardavit nam Psyche rursus errabundo gradupervenit ad civitatem aliam , in qua pari modo soror morabatur alia . Nec setius et ipsa fallacie germanitatis inducta , et in sororis sceleratasnuptias aemula , festinavit ad scopulum inque simile mortis exitiumcecidit .
suscipe dominam ! saltu se maximo praecipitem dedit Nec tamen adillum locum vel saltem mortua pervenire potuit : nam per saxa cautiummembris iactatis atque dissipatis et proinde ut merebatur laceratavisceribus suis alitibus bestiisque obvium ferens pabulum interiit . Necvindictae sequentis poena tardavit nam Psyche rursus errabundo gradupervenit ad civitatem aliam , in qua pari modo soror morabatur alia . Nec setius et ipsa fallacie germanitatis inducta , et in sororis sceleratasnuptias aemula , festinavit ad scopulum inque simile mortis exitiumcecidit .
Psyche
had
barely
finished
speaking
before
her
sister
spurred
on
by
raging passion and venomous jealousy had conceived a tale to deceive her
husband . Pretending she had just had news of her parents’ deaths , she took
ship , and travelled to the cliff-edge . Though an adverse wind was blowing ,
filled with desire and in blind hope she cried : " Accept a wife worthy of
you , Cupid : carry your mistress to him , Zephyr ! And she took a headlong
leap . Yet even in death she could not reach her goal . Her body was broken
and torn on the jagged rocks , as she deserved , and her lacerated corpse
provided a ready banquet for the wild beasts and carrion birds .
Nor was the second sister’s punishment slow in arriving . Psyche
wandered on to the city where her other sibling lived in similar style , who
likewise roused by her sister’s story , eager to supplant her wickedly in
marriage , rushed to the cliff and met the selfsame end .
raging passion and venomous jealousy had conceived a tale to deceive her
husband . Pretending she had just had news of her parents’ deaths , she took
ship , and travelled to the cliff-edge . Though an adverse wind was blowing ,
filled with desire and in blind hope she cried : " Accept a wife worthy of
you , Cupid : carry your mistress to him , Zephyr ! And she took a headlong
leap . Yet even in death she could not reach her goal . Her body was broken
and torn on the jagged rocks , as she deserved , and her lacerated corpse
provided a ready banquet for the wild beasts and carrion birds .
Nor was the second sister’s punishment slow in arriving . Psyche
wandered on to the city where her other sibling lived in similar style , who
likewise roused by her sister’s story , eager to supplant her wickedly in
marriage , rushed to the cliff and met the selfsame end .