Lydia Taft
Apuleius, Metamorphosis 10.20.1
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English
Latin
English
E.J. Kenny (1998)
Latin Text
A.S. Kline (2013)
So having dined we left the master ' s table and found the lady in my apartment , where she had been waiting for some time . Ye gods , what splendid preparations she had made ! Four eunuchs busied themselves in making a bed for us on the ground with a heap of pillows puffed up airly with the finest down , over which they carefully draped a coverlet embroidered with gold and dyed with Tyranian purple
Iam denique cenati e triclinio domini decesseramus , et iamdudum praestolantem cubiculo meo matronam offendimus . Dii boni , qualis ille quamque praeclarus apparatus ! Quattuor eunuchi confestim pulvillis compluribus ventose tumentibus pluma delicata terrestrem nobis cubitum praestruunt , sed et stragula veste auro ac murice Tyrio depicta probe consternunt
Finishing supper and leaving the dining room , we found the lady had been waiting for some time in my room . Heavens , what magnificent and luxurious preparations ! Four eunuchs hastened to make a bed on the floor , scattering a large heap of soft feather pillows for us , carefully overlaid with a cover of cloth of gold and Tyrian purple