Apuleius, Metamorphoses 4.29.2
Chiara Palladino / LTN201
- Created on 2020-10-16 16:16:21
- Translated by A.S. Kline (left) vs. R. Graves (right)
- Aligned by Chiara Palladino
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Crowds of eager citizens , and visitors alike , drawn by tales of this peerless vision , stood dumbfounded , marvelling at her exceptional loveliness , pressing thumb and forefinger together and touching them to their lips , and bowing their heads towards her in pious prayer as if she were truly the goddess Venus .
Multi denique civium et advenae copiosi , quos eximii spectaculi rumor studiosa celebritate congregabat , inaccessae formositatis admiratione stupidi et admoventes oribus suis dexteram primore digito in erectum pollicem residente ut ipsam prorsus deam Venerem venerabantur religiosis adoptionibus .
Every day thousands of her father ' s subjects came to gaze at her , foreigners too , and were so dumbfounded by the sight that they paid her the homage due to the Goddess Venus alone .