Project 2: Apuleius, Metamorphoses 6.9
Anna Potash /
- Created on 2018-11-25 05:31:07
- Modified on 2018-11-26 06:02:38
- Translated by A.S. Kline
- Aligned by Anna Potash
Latin
English
et audaciter in capillos eius immissa manu trahebat eam nequaquam renitentem . Quam ubi primum inductam oblatamque sibi conspexit Venus , laetissimum cachinnum extollit , et qualem solent frequenter irati caputque quatiens et ascalpens aurem dexteram Tandem inquit Dignata es socrum tuam salutare ? An potius maritum , qui tuo vulnere periclitatur , intervisere venisti ? Sed esto secura ; iam enim excipiam te ut bonam nurum condecet : et Ubi sunt inquit Sollicitudo atque Tristities ancillae meae ? ; quibus intro vocatis torquendam tradidit eam . At illae sequentes herile praeceptum , Psychen misellam flagellis afflictam et ceteris tormentis excruciatam iterum dominae conspectui reddunt . Tunc rursus sublato risu Venus Et ecce inquit Nobis turgidi ventris sui lenocinio commovet miserationem , unde me praeclara subole aviam beatam scilicet faciat . Felix vero ego , quae in ipso aetatis meae flore vocabor avia , et vilis ancillae filius nepos Veneris audiet . Quamquam inepta ego frustra filium dicam : impares enim nuptiae , et praetera in villa sine ; testibus , et patre non consentiente factae legitimae non possunt videri , ac per hoc spurius iste nascetur , si tamen partum omnino perferre te patiemur .
With
that
she
seized
her
tight
by
the
hair
and
dragged
her
inside
.
The
unresisting
Psyche
was
thrust
into
Venus’
presence
.
The
goddess
burst
into
savage
laughter
as
women
do
when
deeply
enraged
,
beating
her
round
the
head
and
dragging
her
about
by
the
ear
,
crying
:
"
So
you
deign
to
call
on
your
mother-in-law
at
last
,
do
you
?
Or
are
you
here
to
visit
that
husband
of
yours
,
laid
low
by
your
own
hand
?
Don’t
you
worry
,
I’ll
entertain
you
as
a
fine
daughter-in-law
deserves
.
Where
are
those
attendants
of
mine
,
Anxiety
and
Sorrow
?
"
When they entered she handed the girl over to them for punishment . At the goddess’s command they flogged poor Psyche and tortured her in other ways , then returned her to their mistress’s sight . Then Venus screeched with laughter again : " Look at her , " she cried , " trying to stir my pity with that offering , that swollen belly of hers ! No doubt she thinks its illustrious origin might gladden its grandmother’s heart . Indeed what joy , in the very flower of my youth , to be known as a grandmother , with the offspring of a lowly servant as Venus’ own grandson ! But how foolish of me to call it such : since this ‘marriage’ of mortal and god took place in some country villa , with nary a witness , without the father’s consent . It was not done within the law , and your child too will be illegitimate , if indeed I allow the birth at all . "
When they entered she handed the girl over to them for punishment . At the goddess’s command they flogged poor Psyche and tortured her in other ways , then returned her to their mistress’s sight . Then Venus screeched with laughter again : " Look at her , " she cried , " trying to stir my pity with that offering , that swollen belly of hers ! No doubt she thinks its illustrious origin might gladden its grandmother’s heart . Indeed what joy , in the very flower of my youth , to be known as a grandmother , with the offspring of a lowly servant as Venus’ own grandson ! But how foolish of me to call it such : since this ‘marriage’ of mortal and god took place in some country villa , with nary a witness , without the father’s consent . It was not done within the law , and your child too will be illegitimate , if indeed I allow the birth at all . "