Apuleius Metamorphoses 4.6 Project Two
Luke Garges /
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urn:cts:latinLit:phi1212.phi002.perseus-lat1:4.6
Res ac tempus ipsum locorum speluncaeque illius quam latrones inhabitabant , descriptionem exponere flagitat : nam et meum simul periclitabor ingenium , et faxo vos quoque an mente etiam sensuque fuerim asinus sedulo sentiatis . Mons horridus silvestribusque frondibus umbrosus et in primis altus fuit ; huius per obliqua devexa , qua saxis asperrimis et ob id inaccessis cingitur , convalles lacunosae cavaeque nimium spinetis aggeratae et quaquaversus repositae naturalem tutelam praebentes ambiebant . De summo vertice fons afluens bullis ingentibus scaturribat , perque prona delapsus evomebat undas argenteas , iamque rivulis pluribus dispersus ac valles illas agminibus stagnantibus irrigans in modum stipati maris vel ignavi fluminis cuncta cohibebat . Insurgit speluncae , qua margines montanae desinunt , turris ardua caulae firma solidis cratibus , ovili stabulationi commoda , porrectis undique lateribus ; ante fores exigui tramites vice structi parietis attenduntur : ea tu bono , certe meo periculo , latronum dixeris atria . Nec iuxta quicquam quam parva casula cannulis temere contecta , quo speculatores e numero latronum , ut postea comperi , sorte ducti noctibus excubabant .
Time
and
place
demand
a
description
of
the
robber’s
cave
,
and
its
surrounds
,
a
test
of
my
skill
and
a
chance
to
see
whether
I
was
merely
the
ass
I
seemed
,
in
mind
and
perception
.
The
mountain
was
rugged
,
shaded
by
leafy
forests
,
and
very
high
.
Its
precipitous
slopes
,
surrounded
by
jagged
and
quite
inaccessible
rocks
,
were
lined
with
deep
hollowed-out
gullies
choked
by
a
mass
of
thorns
,
and
isolated
on
every
side
,
forming
a
natural
fortress
.
From
the
mountain-top
a
flowing
spring
gushed
out
in
a
foaming
stream
,
and
rushed
headlong
down
in
silvery
falls
,
then
split
into
several
channels
,
flooding
the
valley
with
standing
water
and
covering
the
land
with
a
marshy
lake
or
sluggishly-moving
river
.
Above
the
cave
,
on
the
mountainside
there
rose
a
steep-sided
tower
.
Strong
,
and
solid
wattle
fencing
,
fit
for
penning
sheep
,
flanked
the
entrance
on
either
side
like
a
narrow
path
between
well-built
walls
.
Take
my
word
for
it
:
it
was
the
hall
of
a
robber
band
.
Nearby
,
there
was
nothing
except
a
little
hut
badly
thatched
with
cane
,
where
guards
chosen
by
lot
from
the
rest
kept
watch
by
night
,
as
I
later
learned
.